Digital BW, The Print

BTW - I now have a Nikon 9000 scanner and the
panoramic 120 negs fit perfectly into the holder BUT
with Nikon-Scan neither Chris nor I have been able to
get the scanner to recognize the long negs and Nikon
tek support has told both of us it can't be done.

Now the question - does anyone know if this is
possible in any way, with, for example, Vue-Scan?

--- Michael Vendrell <mjvendrell2@...> wrote:

> My studio-mate Chris Faust does medium format
> panoramic photography - quite well I might add.  You
> can view his work via his link at our Studio 210
> site.
> (Maybe if I can get a bit of time off from my
> medical
> practice - I'll get something posted too!) There are
> also huge collages of his work in the MSP airport.
> 
> 
> When i got my previous generation Canon flatbed I
> made
> a "carrier" for his negs using 8-ply black
> matte-board
> that fit into the same space as the 35mm strip
> holder
> and it worked OK. We merely taped the neg by its
> edges
> onto the holder with 3M photo tape.  He later cut a
> better one out of black plastic of a similar
> thickness
> which is quite a bit stiffer but still uses the
> tape.
> He gets entirely acceptable scans even for large
> poster sized prints especially using the Silver-Fast
> software since the Canon-Scan software (how to put
> this delicately?) sucks.
>  
> Keeping the 8x10" big boys flat is going to be more
> challenging.  I'll probably give one of these simple
> methods a try but am certainly open to any good
> ideas
> - especially if based upon success although sharing
> the "agony of defeat" might spare me some pain.
> 
> Thanks...Michael
> 
> --- mwesley3 <mwesley250@...> wrote:
> 
> > Ken, Gary,
> > 
> > A company called "invent it" used to sell
> > refrigerator magnet 
> > material for inkjet printing in 8.5X11 sheets that
> > was roughly the 
> > same thickness as the flatbed negative holders.
> Some
> > people had 
> > sucess cutting out negative holders and using the
> > magnetic force to 
> > hold the two pieces together with the negative in
> > between. Wet 
> > mounting is prefered but with an 8X10 neg on on an
> > letter size 
> > scanner it might be tough.
> > 
> > Martin
> > 
> > --- In
> DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com,
> > "Ken Carney" 
> > <kcarney1@...> wrote:
> > >
> > > Gary,
> > > 
> > > I have the 4990 and it is a good scanner,
> > especially at the 
> > price.  It is
> > > not going to compete with a professional drum
> > scan, but for me it 
> > is "good
> > > enough".  I do have an issue scanning b&w 8x10
> > negs, in that 
> > the "film
> > > guide" supplied by Epson for that scanner is
> > worthless, even 
> > before my cat
> > > chewed it in half.  It does not elevate the
> > negative off the 
> > scanner glass,
> > > as the 4x5 holders do.  Therefore you will need
> to
> > find some way 
> > to deal
> > > with Newton rings, such as Kami fluid, or
> > fabricating a negative 
> > holder that
> > > will hold the negative flat and off the glass.
> > > 
> > > Ken 
> > > 
> > (snip)
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
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