http://www.elvum.net/gallery/holga/police_trafalfar_square_bad_scan
(hmm, looks like I can't spell... ;-)
I deduced that the scanner needs the first centimetre or so of the glass to be left uncovered, as it uses that distance to calibrate the sensor. If you look at the plastic film holder, it has a cutout in that region. (It does on my 1660, at least...) Anyway, when I moved the negative down the glass to leave a similar sized gap, it worked fine. :-)
S
J. C. O'Connell wrote:
I did find a quirk with the 3200 that I must share with you. I tried scanning a 8x10 negative assuming I would be able to get a 4x9 crop of it because that is the size of the overhead lamp. I did not use any of the film holders, I just laid the negative on the glass.
Result?
I thought the scanner was broken because all I got was an overly contrasty and badly streaked image. I nearly sent it back for service. On a whim, I tried going back to 4x5 and the scanner came back to life! While I haven't confirmed this completely, it seems that the transparency mode does not work properly without one of the film holders in place. Of course, Epson makes no claims that the scanner can do 8X10 or 4X9 for that matter, so I have no beef with them. I may try to make a holder of my own to hold the 8x10's with a 4x9 crop and see if that works. I may use cardboard as a prototype.
JCO
