[alt-photo] Re: scanning negatives (negative carrier)

[Don Bryant]

Oh, and one other thing, Diafine can be used for an easy no brainer
developer for roll films. There is a blog to ref.

http://figitalrevolution.com/2008/03/20/processing-black-and-white-film-for-
scanning-diafine-and-tx/ 

Diafine works well with more than just Tri-X. Most pictorial films play well
with Diafine. Also D-23. Sandy King wrote an article for View Camera mag. A
awhile back discussing the merits of Diafine and D-23, if I recall
correctly.

Personally, I prefer TMAX developer though for me a 1:9 or 1:7 works better
than the 1:4 recommended dilution. Diafine has the added benefit of a long
working life since it is a 2 part developer.
  

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Ryuji Suzuki
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Subject: [alt-photo] scanning negatives (negative carrier)

I just developed a 35mm roll for the sole purpose of scanning with Epson
V700. 
The film dried with longitudinal curl, and it is difficult to go into the
Epson 
negative carrier straight. The scans are soft near the edges of the strips.
But 
this negative was exposed in a panoramic camera with rather tight
inter-frame 
spacing (almost no space to hold down without blocking the image area).

I imagine scanning freshly dried negatives rather routinely in the future.

Is there a decent solution for this?

Also, is there any study/report on film developers optimized for scanning?

--
Ryuji Suzuki
"Don't play what's there, play what's not there." (Miles Davis)
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