Digital BW, The Print

Dan, if the 4870 is like the lesser 3200 you don't need any adapter. 

You can just lay the film on the glass with a black paper
mask...there's tremendous depth of focus,unlike film-only scanners.
The supposed need for "1mm" spacing seems an urban legend with sheet
film (I've scanned a lot of 4X5). 

In fact, you may not even need a mask (though a densitometer might
prove that wrong). I've scanned a lot of strange sized ancient
negatives without masks and it's worked beautifully.  

fyi you'll probably want to use the bundled Silverfast. 


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Dan Koons"
<hackberry@s...> wrote:
> I e mailed epson asking if their 4870 could scan  5x7 negative. they
said yes if you make an adapter. Anyone out there tried this? Does
anyone have another idea? I would appreciate any input    Dan
>