Digital BW, The Print

Lew writ:

> Looking at the specs I see that it can scan 2 strips of 6 frames  
> each in
> an adapter, so I'm assuming that you've found a way to place the  
> strips
> directly onto the scanner without this. What prevents the strips from
> moving around when you lower the top? Also, this seems to be a
> reflective scanner, what provision is there for placing the negative
> between the light source & ccd?
> Thanks for taking the time to answer!

My PowerLook 2100XL (one of my clients and me bought *four* of these,  
which were about to be tossed by a Manhattan publishing house) came  
complete with the optional transparency adapter, which covers the  
entire tabloid platen. I simply lay down the strips directly on the  
platen, contact-sheet style. Since I don't use an additional sheet of  
glass on top of the strips, this obviously works better if the film  
is reasonably flat (and also the reason why I love the fact that  
Kodak managed to lick the problem of film curling in recent years;  
most of the time, their films lie *perfectly* flat). This scanner has  
come in ridiculously handy because of its size (I've also made direct  
scans of clients' original [reflective] artwork with it).


- Barrett




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