[Leica] scanning Xpans

[enitka1 at comcast.net (Ernest Nitka)]

But alas my other problem is that I no longer have the Xpan - am  
hoping to right that wrong at some point.

ernie
On Feb 6, 2006, at 8:30 PM, brad daly wrote:

> ernest,
>
> that's exactly how i do it.  not impossible--quite often quite easy.
>
> what i find so annoying is this: i have the roll-film adapter for  
> the coolscan 4000.  it handles a roll of regular 35mm stuff no  
> problemo.  if it would just *pretend* it's scanning a regular roll  
> of Xpans, and scan them in halves--or even sometimes in threes,  
> given registration issues and all, i'd be fine splicing them  
> together.  what happens is that a roll of Xpan images really  
> confuses it.  it takes in the first *half* of the roll just fine.   
> but when it gets to the middle it starts skipping frames and  
> scanning only half frames.  this means, in order to scan a whole  
> roll, i have to run it through once forwards and once backwards.   
> the two *halves* of the second half images are reversed (BA instead  
> of AB), which makes looking at them on a contact sheet really  
> confusing.
>
> not a huge problem, obviously, since i put up with it, but still  
> something i'd like to get corrected.  i assume it's just a software  
> issue that could be solved relatively easily.  all one would have  
> to do is tell the scanner than 65mm-wide images are okay.
>
> --brad
>
> On 6 Feb 2006, at 7:33 PM, Ernest Nitka wrote:
>
>> I have a coolscan 4000 AND when I had the Xpan I was able to use  
>> vuescan to manual dow what david is talking about.  the two halves  
>> would be spliced together in photo shop.  While it was time  
>> intensive it was not impossible.
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