Digital BW, The Print

Ooops, sorry:  http://www.betterscanning.com/

I promote this whenever possible because I'm very happy with 3
generations of versions for my antique Epson...not compensated in any
way. 

He MAY sell A-N glass as a courtesy, it's not his business. 

The AN glass carrier helps 120 Vs his standard glassless replacement
carrier, which is better than OEM, but the adjustable carrier is best
... OEM<glassless<glass<adjustable. They all hold film flatter than
OEM. Small investment Vs the improvement. I have more $ in carriers
than in the scanner itself :-) I've not used with 35mm because I have
a Nikon. 

I don't think "image path" is a scanner concept. It only sees points
of light. Theoretically a layer of glass might disperse or even
attenuate light and lose data. In practice that may not be
significant. For example, Nikon 8000/9000 accessory 120 carrier uses
glass..an even better carrier for it uses glass and fluid (Aztek). One
reads that these glass carriers are also better for 35 with that scanner. 

Flat film, especially when sharply focused, is certainly better than
OEM with my aged Epson. I don't know nuttin' bout' no Microteks first
hand...perhaps there's a similar advantage. I guess I'm a film holder
fanatic, having relied on Dursts, pin-registration systems, Beseler
Negaflats etc :-)  John


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Lew <lew1716@...>
wrote:
>
> I meant in the *image* path, but I accept your assessment that it's
just hype anyway. It seems that your
> posting was supposed to contain a link of url to visit. Could you check?
> -Lew 
>