Digital BW, The Print

I believe Ernst Dinkle, who occassional contributes to this list 
also makes one, though I don't know his price. He also hangs out on 
the wide-format forum. I rather expected him to speak up, but maybe 
he was preoccupied?

Steven Karafyllakis

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "peterzakos" 
<peterzakos@y...> wrote:
> 
> Hi all.  A while back I posted a question about using a fluid-
mount 
> film holder with the Nikon 8000/9000 scanner but got no replies.  
> Doesn't anyone on this forum use Kami (i.e."lighter fluid") to 
mount 
> their film for scanning?  I've heard that it helps a lot with 
dust, 
> scratches and Newton rings in comparison to the Nikon medium 
format 
> glass holder.  I do not experience these problems to a significant 
> degree but I was wondering if there are any other benefits to 
fluid 
> mounting in comparison to glass-only (e.g. sharpnes, resolution, 
> tone, etc?).  If so, are any additional benefits 
significant/notable 
> enough to warrant the $500 pricetag for such holder kit.  The only 
> source I know of is Aztek.  Does anyone know of any other (i.e. 
less 
> expensive) sources?
> Thanks, Peter.