Scanners have some sort of depth of field too. I have already made some scans from my face a few inches away and it worked great, a bit too dark that was corrected with photoshop but not exactly out of focus. The only problems with glass plate might be newton rings (I'm not sure if they happen with glass against glass) and scratching the scanner's glass, so be carefull!
Cheers Joao G.Penate wrote: > Scanners focus is optimized on the outer surface of the scanner's glass, > placing > the emulsion side face down may make a difference in the results (or not!). > > Guillermo > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: pinhole-discussion-admin@p at ??????? > > > > Does anyone have experience scanning glass plate negatives? Can it > > even be done? A friend asked me to make contact prints from some > > glass negs he bought at an estate sale. Since my darkroom hasn't been > > reassembled after the big move, I thought scanning might work (haven't > > tried it yet, though). I have an Epson scanner with a transparency > > adapter (the extra light source on top). > > _______________________________________________ > Post to the list as PLAIN TEXT only - no HTML > Pinhole-Discussion mailing list > Pinhole-Discussion@p at ??????? > unsubscribe or change your account at > http://www.???????/discussion/
