Scanning 35mm like 8x10

[drgoose]

Hello everyone, I have a stupid question. I currently own a V600 and an Epson 4990. I use the V600 to scan my 35mm film and I hate the results. I bought the ANR glass inserts from betterscanning and some film stills culrs up under the weight of the glass.

I recently started shooting 8x10 and using the 4990 you end up putting the negative on top of the glass and I have had pretty good results. I am wondering, and I know the answer will probably be "just try it", what can I expect from scanning 35 mm directly on the glass and covered by the 8x10 ANR glass sheet that betterscanning sells to scan 8x10. I am hoping that the weight of the larger glass sheet will make the film flat and that the quality I will loose by virtue of the negative being below the focus distance of the scanner will be made up by my film not looking like a half pipe.

Any experience using a set up similar to this?

Thanks in advance.

Joaquin

 

[Pioneer]

I don't know about scanning with the 4990, but I get decent results from my V500 by taping my curly film to the ANR Glass Inserts to hold them flat.

 

[drgoose]

do you tape just the ends or also the long sided?


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[Pioneer]

Usually just the ends but occasionally I have also taped along the sprocket holes. I admit that it is a pain but at least its possible with the ANR inserts. It was a huge problem with only the normal Epson holders.

I have also heard that the new digitaLIZA holders from Lomography work terrific but I haven't tried one yet.

 

[Tristan Campbell]

Wet mount your negs. Just get some Kami and place some optical mylar over the film. For sheet film this will typically hold flat, anything smaller just tape the mylar down with kami tape and it will keep it completely flat.