Re: filmscanners: Wet-mounting slides?

[Jeffrey Goggin <audidudi@mindspring.com>]

>AIUI, it's common practice with drum scanners, 
>but I've never heard it being done on a CCD 
>scanner, unless one were using a glass film 
>carrier.  (Which might be useful if one were 
>scanning a 6x9 cm negative, perhaps.)

I have a Minolta Scan-Multi and it uses a(n anti-newton) glass carrier for
medium-format film.  I've been tinkering with a modification to the holder
that makes it glassless and while this works -- and works quite well --
it's a PITA to scan more than a few images at a throw because it takes so
much time to load and align the film properly.  I thought maybe if I use
mounting fluid with plain optical glass in the carrier, I might achieve
better results still and faster loading to boot...


Jeff Goggin
Scottsdale, AZ