Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, sandersm@a...
wrote:
> Mark Hahn asked about scanning Tri-X.
> 
> Mark, I have used two consumer scanners that handled Tri-X well.  
If you're 
> shooting 120 roll film, the Epson 2450/3170/3200 will do a good job,
at least 
> if you put the filmstrip directly onto the glass, emulsion side down
(to avoid 
> Newton rings).   It has a diffuse light source, that seems to yield
pleasing 
> results when scanning b+w negatives.   Many have panned it as a tool
for 
> scanning 35mm film, but as I scan 120 roll film and 4x5 sheets, I
cannot speak to 
> that from experience.
> 
Sanders,

Do you really just lay the negatives down on the scanner?  Not in the
holder?  wowo.  How do you keep the negatives flat?  I would like to
try that on my 2450 but I didn't think it possible...

Don Karner