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RE: [Digital BW] Flatbed scanners with film adaptors - good, bad, or ugly?

2002-07-09 by Tim Atherton

>
> As for the larger sizes. the big problem is that  negs and
> transparencies tend to sag when held by the templates made for most
> flatbed scanners..  If you go that route, I strongly suggest ordering
> some anti-newton glass to place in the template beneath the
> transparency.  That generally will give it enough rigidity to prevent
> any serious sagging.
>
> Alternatively, one could sandwich the larger neg/transparency between
> two pieces of the glass and place it directly on the flatbed glass..
>
> The glass itself is quite inexpensive..
>

or buy a pack of 100 8x10 anti-newton sheets from media street... Just got
some and they seem to do the trick for 4x5 and 8x10

tim

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