So I've gotten myself into 8x10 format film shooting, I love it it's awesome, I can envision way better with this format, however when it comes to scanning, I have a little trouble because of course there's no holder provided by Epson.
Right now I'm scanning against the glass but depending on the humidity level the film edges lift up or the film actually glides and doesn't stay still (like an air hocky table).
Now the company betterscanning is what I use for my 120 film with their ANR glass and it's great!
but what I'm trying to ascertain is, the betterscanning company does NOT sell an 8x10 holder but do sell an 8x10 ANR glass, that supposedly is a bit wider than 8x10 to fit the "film area guide" so the film area guide is almost as thin as sheet film, so does it press too hard and cause newton rings on the bottom of the glass?
Is there some magic that the better lens will enable me to scan using that lens and come out with good results with a raised up sheet of 8x10?
I'm really hoping that somebody who actually has experience shooting 8x10 and scanning 8x10 will chime in here and let me know what they do and if they have used this glass that would be the best of course.
Sadly the website like so many has the worst examples possible, I don't quite understand why all of these websites have terrible photo pictures especially since they're all photography related websites but I found that some of the best stuff is designed by people who are the worst at taking pictures of the actual item hah!
Most of the time I'm simply scanning smaller resolutions in order to get an idea of what this film image looks like and maybe make some small prints, but part of my concept for shooting 8x10 is to make some fairly large prints (20x24 or greater) with extremely good detail using the scan and print to lambda/lightjet printer method.
So this is why I have concerns over the sharpness of such a large negative, I want to be able to really have really good detail but don't want to have to pay for a drum scan because 1 it's expensive and 2 I've developed specific scanning techniques to perfect the image which won't work for someone who's scanning on auto mode.
Thanks!
Right now I'm scanning against the glass but depending on the humidity level the film edges lift up or the film actually glides and doesn't stay still (like an air hocky table).
Now the company betterscanning is what I use for my 120 film with their ANR glass and it's great!
but what I'm trying to ascertain is, the betterscanning company does NOT sell an 8x10 holder but do sell an 8x10 ANR glass, that supposedly is a bit wider than 8x10 to fit the "film area guide" so the film area guide is almost as thin as sheet film, so does it press too hard and cause newton rings on the bottom of the glass?
Is there some magic that the better lens will enable me to scan using that lens and come out with good results with a raised up sheet of 8x10?
I'm really hoping that somebody who actually has experience shooting 8x10 and scanning 8x10 will chime in here and let me know what they do and if they have used this glass that would be the best of course.
Sadly the website like so many has the worst examples possible, I don't quite understand why all of these websites have terrible photo pictures especially since they're all photography related websites but I found that some of the best stuff is designed by people who are the worst at taking pictures of the actual item hah!
Most of the time I'm simply scanning smaller resolutions in order to get an idea of what this film image looks like and maybe make some small prints, but part of my concept for shooting 8x10 is to make some fairly large prints (20x24 or greater) with extremely good detail using the scan and print to lambda/lightjet printer method.
So this is why I have concerns over the sharpness of such a large negative, I want to be able to really have really good detail but don't want to have to pay for a drum scan because 1 it's expensive and 2 I've developed specific scanning techniques to perfect the image which won't work for someone who's scanning on auto mode.
Thanks!
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Thanks so much! Sorry I 'stole the thread'.
