I wrote > > Firstly, does the setting of focus point in this way work for 100% of > > shots or are badly bowed slides still compromised?
Tony Terlecki replied: > No it doesn't because film can be bowed differently depending on the mount, > etc. You personally need to find how far from the focus plane is acceptable > for you and then take it from there. I sample various points on the film and > then make a decision. It's time intensive but by far the best method. I > also now do my best to ensure film is flat before scanning - I don't mount > film anymore and also try and flatten it out prior to scanning (weighting it > under books etc.). If all else fails then I cut the frame from the strip and > mount on a glass mount. Tony, Thanks for your input. I don't think remounting the slides is an option for me - a lot of them are my wife's and she doesn't trust my dexterity enough (probably rightly so!). I guess I'm not surprised that positioning the focus point in a single position isn't a totally effective fix - if it were Nikon would have incorporated it into Nikonscan. It would just gall me to spend that much on a scanner and still have to worry about focus. (I cut my teeth on a Minolta Elite which had fixed focus and yet was sharp over the whole frame.) Al Bond ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
