Good idea, Mark. I do have the old film holder. I'll give it a try. On Mar 13, 2013, at 10:30 PM, Mark C <[email protected]> wrote:
> Do you still have the 4 x 5 holder for the Epson 3800? By chance I have my > film holders for the 3800 and V500 sitting in the same drawer. Both look like > they hold the film the same distance above the scanner's flatbed (no > micrometer handy to actually measure that.) I put the 3800 holder on the V500 > and the lid does no close properly, because the lager pull on the frame > around the film keeps the lid on the V500 closing. If you have your old 3800 > 4x5 holder, and if you could trim back the pull , you might have a useable > 4x5 holder for the V500.... > > Mark > > On 3/13/2013 9:47 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: >> Thanks Mark. You're right. Previous attempts with film on glass have >> produced Newton rings. Have to try it again with this scanner. I have some >> other 4 x 5s I'd like to scan. >> >> >> On Mar 13, 2013, at 9:03 PM, Mark C <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Very nice shot, Paul, and extra points for doing it the hard way. I'm >>> surprised you did not get Newton rings with the film on the scanner, but >>> the results speak for themselves. >>> >>> On 3/12/2013 7:51 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: >>>> Way back in 1975 a teacher at the Chicago high school where I taught >>>> English asked if I would take a BW pic of her and her kids. Like many >>>> young photographers, I had a penchant for doing things the hard way, so I >>>> decided to shoot them with my Speed Graphic and 127 mm Raptor 4.5. I had >>>> jerry rigged a cord so I could attach a Honeywell potato masher strobe. So >>>> I did that and mounted the strobe on an umbrella that I had painted white. >>>> I had to tray process the film. (Couldn't take it to a lab. That would be >>>> too easy.) >>>> >>>> I'm not sure if the lady specified that she didn't want to look at the >>>> camera, but neither she nor her children are looking at the camera. The >>>> pic was for a newspaper column she wrote. Maybe they just thought they >>>> should look at the flash. >>>> >>>> I scanned it today on the V500. Just for grins. There's no 4 x 5 film >>>> holder for that scanner, so I just placed the neg on the scanner in the >>>> approximate position of the overhead light. The scanning area is less than >>>> 4 inches wide, but I needed to crop it a bit anyway. At 3200 dpi, the scan >>>> is 1.2 gigs. I may print it. Just for grins. >>>> >>>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17035692 >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >> > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
