Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/02/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think it moves the neg, then scans it while the neg is kept still, therefore it cannot scan the width of the Xpan neg. I looked into it and the 5000 simply will not be doing it without making 2 or 3 "passes" Cheers On 07/02/2006, at 14:30, 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. > > > > > -- > brad daly > brad@bradbrad.com > http://www.bradbrad.com > > "Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich." > --Napoleon Bonaparte > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > Alastair