Epson 4490 and B/W Neg.
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From: marierdj on 2 Oct 2006 07:11 I have still learning how to use this Epson 4490. As far as the color slides are concerned I am doing OK. I have experimented with Black and White negatives. With 35mm the results are coming good. However when I use the old 120 (2 3/8" / 3 3/8") format utilized in boxes camera the scanning result comes in two medium size preview. Although the manual specifications are only for 35mm and medium size film I wonder if they is a way to scan that 120 format?
From: - on 2 Oct 2006 09:03 Your post seems a bit unclear to me. Are you saying the film doesn't fit in the holder? If so, then it seems like it is a format that is close to but not really 120. You can make your own mask out of black 1 mm thick material and tape to that for odd-sized film formats. If your problem is really that the scanner is not auto cropping the negatives correctly, this is a common issue with scanners. You must manually crop. Auto cropping is often fooled. I have put up some quick tips here in regard to manual cropping that might help you: http://www.betterscanning.com/scanning/batchscanning.html#_Epson_Scan_Twain Doug -- www.BetterScanning.com - Custom Film Holders and Accessories for Agfa, Microtek and Epson Scanners
From: tomm42 on 2 Oct 2006 10:33 - wrote: > Your post seems a bit unclear to me. Are you saying the film doesn't fit in > the holder? If so, then it seems like it is a format that is close to but > not really 120. You can make your own mask out of black 1 mm thick material > and tape to that for odd-sized film formats. If your problem is really that > the scanner is not auto cropping the negatives correctly, this is a common > issue with scanners. You must manually crop. Auto cropping is often > fooled. I have put up some quick tips here in regard to manual cropping > that might help you: > > http://www.betterscanning.com/scanning/batchscanning.html#_Epson_Scan_Twain > > Doug > -- > www.BetterScanning.com - Custom Film Holders and Accessories for Agfa, > Microtek and Epson Scanners Epson's web site says that the 4490 will take 2 1/4 film. If you have wider film then you maybe out of luck with this scanner and need the 4990 or V700. There were many odd film sizes until the '70s when the manufacturers standardized roll film. The V700 takes up to 8x10 film. Tom
From: marierdj on 2 Oct 2006 11:44 Thanks to everyone for their feedback. The opening (window) in the template is about 2 1/4" X 4 3/4". The black and white negative (120 format) is approx. 2 3/8" X 3 3/8". I have no problem inserting the 2 3/8" X 3 3/8 neg. The preview output is in two parts. As an example when scanning a 2 3/8" X 3 3/8" neg. showing a person standing, the preview results is showing one 2 1/4" X 2 1/4" view with the head and the other with the legs. It almost looks like it is only designed to scan medium size neg. of 2 1/4" x 2 1/4"? The opening in the template was probably cut to accommodate two medium size negative at one time? "tomm42" <tmonego(a)wildblue.net> wrote in message news:1159799594.932011.149210(a)b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com... > > - wrote: >> Your post seems a bit unclear to me. Are you saying the film doesn't fit >> in >> the holder? If so, then it seems like it is a format that is close to >> but >> not really 120. You can make your own mask out of black 1 mm thick >> material >> and tape to that for odd-sized film formats. If your problem is really >> that >> the scanner is not auto cropping the negatives correctly, this is a >> common >> issue with scanners. You must manually crop. Auto cropping is often >> fooled. I have put up some quick tips here in regard to manual cropping >> that might help you: >> >> http://www.betterscanning.com/scanning/batchscanning.html#_Epson_Scan_Twain >> >> Doug >> -- >> www.BetterScanning.com - Custom Film Holders and Accessories for Agfa, >> Microtek and Epson Scanners > > Epson's web site says that the 4490 will take 2 1/4 film. If you have > wider film then you maybe out of luck with this scanner and need the > 4990 or V700. There were many odd film sizes until the '70s when the > manufacturers standardized roll film. The V700 takes up to 8x10 film. > > Tom >
From: Harry Stottle on 2 Oct 2006 13:56
<marierdj(a)nb.sympatico.ca> wrote in message news:5taUg.1723$%6.38743(a)ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca... > Thanks to everyone for their feedback. > > The opening (window) in the template is about 2 1/4" X 4 3/4". > The black and white negative (120 format) is approx. 2 3/8" X 3 3/8". > I have no problem inserting the 2 3/8" X 3 3/8 neg. > The preview output is in two parts. > As an example when scanning a 2 3/8" X 3 3/8" neg. showing a person > standing, the preview results is showing one 2 1/4" X 2 1/4" view > with the head and the other with the legs. It almost looks like it is > only designed to scan medium size neg. of 2 1/4" x 2 1/4"? The opening > in the template was probably cut to accommodate two medium size > negative at one time? > The 4490 is designed, when using the 120 film holder, to scan 120 size film. I'm not sure what film size you have (could it be 127?) but a way round this would be to make two separate images, one the head and body, and one the legs, then join the images using an image editing problem. |