10 Dec
2012
10 Dec
'12
12:24 a.m.
On 9 Dec 2012, at 21:11 , steve shumaker <shumaker at att.net> wrote:
On 12/9/2012 1:34 PM, Joost van de Griek wrote:
the link didn't help (doesn't link to anything specific) but it did prod me into
doing a google. interesting! Been scanning stuff at fairly high res for years but never
heard of that technique before. makes sense though.
Sorry, Youtube's mobile site gave me a convoluted link on the iPhone, my manual
cleanup must've mangled it. I meant this:
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svdsXGqjWEg>
Point is, I wet scan directly on the flatbed, no (flimsy) film holders. Excellent results.
Not drum-scanning level results, but good enough for home scanning.
There is some experimentation involved with getting the best focus. Flipping the film and
adding or subtracting mylar sheets until the image plane is in near-perfect focus.
.tsooJ
--
The best things in life aren't things.
--
Joost van de Griek
<http://www.jvdg.net/>
please
explain what you mean by "scanning them wet"....
<http://youtube.com/#/watch?v=sMnxWknF4SM>