[filmscanners] Re: cleaning up scratched transparencies

2005-01-06 Thread Frank & Lila Mullins
Hi, I have just seen an ad for the Microtek Scanmaker i900. I have two questions: Has anyone actually used this scanner or heard anything definitive about it for scanning 35mm slides? Does the included Silverfast Ai6 work with BOTH reflective and transparency scans? Thanks, Frank -

[filmscanners] Re: Scanning B+W negatives

2005-01-06 Thread Arthur Entlich
Hi Chris, I used to load my black and white reels in a closet with a towel blocking the light from the floor gap. Sometimes it got hot and my hands would get sweaty and then the film would get sticky. Worse was if the reel wasn't fully dry because I was running a bunch of film through, or horror