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2001-08-28 Thread Rob Geraghty
Peter wrote: I have done a few tests with my LS-30 using Julian Robinson's method -- see http://members.austarmetro.com.au/~julian/ls2000-focus.htm I'll have to try this is I get the time. My results: *Mounted slide in Slide Mount Adapter -- OK, all sharply focussed *Strip of film in

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2001-08-28 Thread Arthur Entlich
mahimahi wrote: Looking for suggestions as to the best way keep the film flat while scanning. Thought about glass mounts but I do not mount my images as the mounts tent to crop the image. have both a Nikon LS1000 For most scanners film flatness is not critical due to adequate DOF,

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2001-08-28 Thread Peter Marquis-Kyle
My response to Rob Geraghty's comments on the Nikon SA-20 strip film adapter: Did the focus using the film strip adapter vary depending on where you were in the strip? Yes. Curl in the film (transverse and longitudinal) can throw some parts of the image outside the zone of sharp focus. The

Re: filmscanners: Back to Basics

2001-08-27 Thread Moreno Polloni
You can get glass mounts from Wess Plastics that show the full frame. Looking for suggestions as to the best way keep the film flatwhile scanning. Thought about glass mounts but I do not mount my images as the mounts tent to crop the image.

Re: filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: Back to Basics

2001-08-27 Thread Peter Marquis-Kyle
Rob Geraghty wrote If I recall the original situation correctly it was an LS2000. Are there problems with film flatness using the film strip holder (as opposed to the motorised film strip feeder)? The only time I've had focussing issues is with the film strip feeder at the ends of