Sandy,
There was a very good post on the Yahoo Epson
scanner list this week by Ernst Dinkla discussing wet mounting.
Rather than try to paraphrase the post or
cut and paste it entirely I’ll simply post the link:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Epson_Scanners/message/3891
Perhaps this will help others get an
insight about fabricating their own homemade wet scanning platen.
Don Bryant
From: Sandy King
[mailto:sanking@clemson.edu]
Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2006
5:58 PM
To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca
Subject: RE: Sorry to ask again
but...
My suggestion would be to buy a piece of thin glass, about 1mm thick by
about 8X10" to fit over the glass of your holder, glue some thin brass
strips to the glass to serve as a frame for the size negative you want to scan,
and scan your negative emulsion down wet-mounted with some type of mounting
fluid. You could also use Johnson baby oil for this, though clean-up is a
little harder.
My experience is that wet-mounting can improve significantly the
quality of your scan, by 1) reducing grain size, 2) minimizing marks from
scratches on the negative, and increasing overall sharpness. I did this with my
Epson 4870 and was really pleased with the improvement in quality.
Michael,
Doug is not manufacturing anything but MF
holders. He has attempted to come up with a design for LF negatives but as of
yet he has not succeeded. Per a conversation, I had with him at lunch earlier
this week the LF holder development has been placed on hold due to the high
demand for his MF holders.
No one else makes a LF holder for the
4990. It would be nice but there are a lot of problems creating a reliable high
quality and yet comparatively inexpensive holder that meets the needs of
LF users.
I'm sure a crafty person such as yourself
could make a home made holder that would suffice for your on personal use.
Coming up with a mass marketed item is much more problematic. Doug's approach
is to manufacture and market value added products that are durable and almost
fool proof.
Don Bryant
From: Michael
Koch-Schulte [mailto:mkochsch@shaw.ca]
Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2006
4:35 PM
To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca
Subject: Re: Sorry to ask again
but...
If you scroll down the page he mentions that he's working on
4x5, 5x7 and "odd sized" holders...whether you can get one yet is the
question.
~m
----- Original Message -----
From: Don Bryant
To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca
Sent: Friday, August 25,
2006 6:31 PM
Subject: RE: Sorry to ask
again but...
Doug only has MF negative holders and is
only making MF holders.
From: Michael
Koch-Schulte [mailto:mkochsch@shaw.ca]
Sent: Friday, August 25, 2006 1:05
PM
To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca
Subject: Re: Sorry to ask again
but...
Were you thinking Doug's MF holder. I think he's making
other frame sizes no too.
~m
http://www.betterscanning.com/
----- Original Message -----
From: BOB KISS
To: ALT PHO PROC.
Sent: Tuesday, August
22, 2006 4:09 PM
Subject: Sorry to ask again
but...
DEAR LIST,
Sorry to bother
y'all again but, try as I might, I cannot find
the e-mail from the person who makes 5X7 and 8X10 negative holders for the
Epson 4990 scanner. Please remind me of his e-mail address so that I can
contact him.
THANKS!
CHEERS!
BOB
Please check my website: http://www.bobkiss.com/
<http://www.bobkiss.com/>
"Live as if you are going to die tomorrow. Learn as if you are going
to
live forever". Mahatma Gandhi