Lars
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Sounds like exactly what I'm doing.Yes, this is of course possible.
The benefit of the 3F idea is that it requires no settings from the user. Just load an original and hit scan - thats it.
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Sounds like exactly what I'm doing.Yes, this is of course possible.
The benefit of the 3F idea is that it requires no settings from the user. Just load an original and hit scan - thats it.
Maybe.Sounds like exactly what I'm doing.
It's a drum scanner, scan area is 12x12", position of a wetmounted 8x10" film is of course not precise, so yes unless I want excessive margins I need to preview and position my crop.Maybe.
Do you have to make a preview scan first, to then crop?
You mean top left hand corner, right? (at least in my Flexcolor scan window).Yes! You certainly can - hit the 3F button in the top right hand corner, and then look at the options.
David
Hard, but not impossible :ROTFL:We have built an entire niche industry around cultural heritage rapid film scanning based on high-res digital backs and high quality macro lenses. Planarity (making sure the sensor and film are parallel) and film flatness are both challenges, and should not be underestimated. But once you overcome those issues, and assuming you're using sufficient quality capture equipment the results rival very good flatbed film scanners with the added benefit of capturing raw files adjustable in a variety of modern software and capturing several dozen times faster (assuming you're scanning many pieces of similar size). Durability and maintenance is also much less of a concern, now and especially in the future. One other obvious benefit being that if you're not using the film-scanner full-time you can take the digital back or camera being used and go take pictures with it, which is hard to do with a flatbed scanner .
This approach is worth considering for you whether it's a prosumer Nikon, a homebuilt stand, and a decent nikon macro, or an 80mp digital back on a dedicated camera bench like our rcam and a full industrial grade copy stand.
Ha! :chug::chug:Hard, but not impossible :ROTFL: