Digital BW, The Print

D. Hill wrote:
> Does anybody know of a film scanner in which the film
> holder can be modified to scan the entire frame of
> film with the black borders?
> 
> My darkroom days were filled with filed negative
> carriers - as I prefer the look of printing the
> unexposed film edges.
> 
> Oh, and the photoshop plugins that simulate the look
> are a bit cheesy.
> 
> So, I am looking for a dedicated film scanner that
> will provide at least a 26x38 read area.  Have any of
> you filed or altered your film scanners to do this?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Don

The Wess ABX500K  slide mounts are exactly 36 x 24.4 mm wide. 
That is most of the time enough to get the edges scanned without 
too much stray light entering. You can always scrape the window a 
bit wider with a knife. I've a reputation of filling out enlarger 
carriers and reshaping scanner carriers but in this case I prefer 
the slide mounts + slide carrier.

If you want the sprocket holes etc included then you need a MF 
scanner with a glass carrier. There's a lot lost by the stray 
light though.

Ernst