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Re: [Digital BW] Re: B&W 6x6 neg scan suggetions please

2008-01-23 by Walker Blackwell

I have a 750 pro. I took the glass whoe-dinger that you put negs on  
and ripped off the frame. Then I used that as the "myler" and put Kami/ 
Film/Kami below it. I can get a sharp 20x24 print from a 6x7 with this  
with just a bit of sharpening. 4x5 (for some reason) is comparable to  
a drum scanner. Blew me away frankly. When I was mounting on top of  
the frame, everything was blurry. Thanks Epson for your wonderfully  
bad engineering.

Best part about using glass as the "sealer" is you don't need any tape  
(the glass is heavy enough) and there's no myler smearing. All you  
have to do is buff the glass with a cell-phone emery cloth and it's  
totally clean in a few secs. This is great if you need a quick good  
quality cheap scan for an artist who doesn't want drum-scan prices.

take care,
Walker

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