Re: The Great Scanner debate - round one

Thanks Jack. So maybe I use 2 pieces of 1/16" plate glass to mount the
film instead of putting it directly on the scanner bed within the Kami
fluid. This sounds good. I didn't understand your last statement,
however. *What* would you seal with silicone? The edge around the
scanner bed where the plastic meets the glass? Please clarify.

BTW, I found Kami in smaller quantities here:
http://www.baypressservices.com/shop/index.html?target=p_2.html&lang=en-us

Love that Google! http://froogle.com can sometimes turn up good deals
too.

Thanks,
Jon

On Sun, 21 Mar 2004, Jack Fulton wrote:

> One can purchase Kami fr the maker in LA but you need to purchase a
> gallon and then there is the hazardous chemical shipping charge. I
> believe one can go to a local digital photo place and most likely buy
> about 16 fluid ounces from them. You can mount your neg/slide between
> two sheets of thin glass and you are okay. There is info out there on
> the web which is most likely possible to Google. It does not seem to be
> a worry about the fluid sneaking around the edge of the platen glass.
> Yet, I would try to seal that (myself) w/perhaps a very thing bead of
> transparent silicone caulk and allow that to dry for a few days before
> scanning again.
> Jack Fulton
>
>
> On Mar 21, 2004, at 11:41 AM, Jon Lybrook wrote:
>
> > Interesting! Does anyone here recommend that? I'm interested in
> > trying
> > it but wouldn't want to mess up the scanner bed glass using something
> > that
> > was designed for another purpose....
> >
> > Jon
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sun, 21 Mar 2004, Loris Medici wrote:
> >
> >> Apart Sandy's neat suggestion... I've read some people
> >> are wet mounting their negative onto scanner glass
> >> (using special fluids designed for drum scanners - I
> >> remember them mentioning "Kami mounting fluid" ->
> >> http://www.kami-produkte.de/english/sxl.html). They
> >> say this way they can get rid of Newton rings, keep
> >> the negative flat and most importantly have better
> >> scans (due to mounting fluid somehow increasing
> >> sharpness/contrast).
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Loris.
> >>
> >> --- Carl Weese <cweese@earthlink.net> wrote:
> >>> John,
> >>>
> >>> No, the 4870 is 6x9 and handles 5x7 negs easily.
> >>> That is, if you can figure
> >>> out a way to hold the negs flat and at the same time
> >>> avoid Newton
> >>> rings.---Carl
> >>
> >
> >
> You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket.
> John Adams
>
Received on Sun Mar 21 14:57:51 2004