RE: filmscanners: Wet-mounting slides?

2001-07-26 Thread Laurie Solomon
: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Hans Rijnbout Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 7:04 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: filmscanners: Wet-mounting slides? On 26-07-2001, LAURIE SOLOMON wrote: >I would think that what you propose would be as much of a pain in the butt

Re: filmscanners: Wet-mounting slides?

2001-07-26 Thread Tony Sleep
On Wed, 25 Jul 2001 15:28:38 Jeffrey Goggin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Is it worth the added expense and hassle? Is Kami mounting fluid really > the hot setup these days? Inquiring minds need to know! I haven't tried it and don't plan to. The consequences of getting fluid inside are not w

RE: filmscanners: Wet-mounting slides?

2001-07-26 Thread Jeffrey Goggin
>In theory wet mounting would have the advantage that scratches in the >film and most dust particles become almost invisible, because their >refractive index is close to that of the mounting oil. This is the main reason I've been exploring alternatives to the Minolta carrier. Despite my best e

RE: filmscanners: Wet-mounting slides?

2001-07-26 Thread Hans Rijnbout
On 26-07-2001, LAURIE SOLOMON wrote: >I would think that what you propose would be as much of a pain in the butt >as what you are now doing with your glassless renovation of the original >Minolta holder and would be a lot more messy. I personally use the glass >holder and have had neither any tr

RE: filmscanners: Wet-mounting slides?

2001-07-25 Thread LAURIE SOLOMON
ffrey Goggin Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 5:59 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: filmscanners: Wet-mounting slides? >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

Re: filmscanners: Wet-mounting slides?

2001-07-25 Thread rafeb
At 05:59 PM 7/25/01, Jeff Goggin wrote: >>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-

Re: filmscanners: Wet-mounting slides?

2001-07-25 Thread Jeffrey Goggin
>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

Re: filmscanners: Wet-mounting slides?

2001-07-25 Thread rafeb
At 03:28 PM 7/25/01, Jeff Goggin wrote: >Has anybody tried this with a film scanner? Does it yield better scans? >Is it worth the added expense and hassle? Is Kami mounting fluid really >the hot setup these days? Inquiring minds need to know! AIUI, it's common practice with drum scanners, b

filmscanners: Wet-mounting slides?

2001-07-25 Thread Jeffrey Goggin
Has anybody tried this with a film scanner? Does it yield better scans? Is it worth the added expense and hassle? Is Kami mounting fluid really the hot setup these days? Inquiring minds need to know! Thanks! Jeff Goggin Scottsdale, AZ