Digital BW, The Print

Hi Jonathan,
you may want to take a look at this yahoo! 
group:     http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WETMOUNTING/
As the name says, talks there are mostly about wet mounting, and on flatbed 
scanners, specifically the Epson 4990 and 4870.
Regards,
Paulo

At 14:28 18/1/2006, you wrote:
>Does anyone have any helpful input as to which machine is better for 
>scanning negs? Most of
>what I need to scan are long (up to 10in) 120 negs that have image all the 
>way to the edge.
>Holders usually don't work because they grip the filkm on the edges and I 
>loose part of the
>image. I have wet mounted on older Microtek (2500f) and this works well 
>because it has
>removable glass carrieer for negs. I know Epson is not equiped this way, 
>and worry about
>putting scanning fluid on only scanning surgace - sounds like a recipe for 
>disaster. Any other
>scanner suggestions? I am planning a 4x5 and 8x10 camera, so going up to 
>this size would
>be beneficial, otherwise I might look at NIKON 8000. Any input would be 
>greatly appreciated.
>
>Jonathan
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