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Re: negative scanners (OT)


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  • Subject: Re: negative scanners (OT)
  • From: SusanV <susanvoss3@gmail.com>
  • Date: Sun, 01 Jul 2007 18:00:17 -0400
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Haha... Hey Eric.  I felt the same way when I read it!  So darned
easy.  I do wish I could give credit for the person who shared the
idea, but I can't remember, darnit.

eat your vegetables,
Susan


On 6/30/07, eric nelson <emanphoto@gmail.com> wrote:

Your tip just gave me a V8 moment!

Thanks.
Eric

On 6/30/07, SusanV <susanvoss3@gmail.com> wrote:
> Regarding "best plane of focus"... I read somewhere an easy way of
> finding this on a flatbed.    Using a stack of business cards or
> something similar, fan them out a bit so that each card edge extends
> past the others in the stack, then place this on the scanner bed and
> scan.  Note the card edge with the sharpest image.  In my case it was
> the third card... so the focusing distance is 3 cards high.  Happily
> for me, that also happens to be exactly where my Epson stock negative
> holder places the neg.
>
> susan
>
> gravure blog at www.susanvossgravures.blogspot.com
>
>
>
> On 6/28/07, Sandy King <sanking@clemson.edu> wrote:
> > For $60 you can buy a fluid mount kit for the Epson 4990, V700 or
> > V750. See http://www.betterscanning.com/scanning/mstation.html
> >
> > This mounting station provides for adjustment to plane of best focus,
> > and fluid mount on the under side of the mounting station. These two
> > features together will provide a significant increase in quality of
> > scan with the Epson flatbeds.
> >
> > Sandy King
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > At 12:38 AM -0400 6/28/07, Ryuji Suzuki wrote:
> > >
> > >In my comparison of V700 and Coolscan scanner (5000 and 9000),
> > >V700 delivers just as good resolution for 35mm
> > >format. However, 5000 scans faster. Another thing is that
> > >V700, like any scanner, is very sensitive to the glass-to-film
> > >distance, but Epson ships the scanner with flimsy plastic
> > >crap, which is usable, but requires some tests to get full
> > >potential performance.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> susan
> gravure blog at www.susanvossgravures.blogspot.com
>


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