Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Custom Film Holders By Better Scanning

Hey Guys and Gals Like Ian Ive been scanning a bunch this summer and I thought Id share. I bought a 120/220 scanning tray from Better Scanning (click the title for link) this summer and its wonderful. It has an adjustable height allowing you to calibrate the film for the scanner, quarter turn equals .2mm, something that Epson's trays don't allow. Below are some more images examples for reference. They are a pretty penny but if you are shooting and scanning film, they get the most out of your film. Top one was scanned with Epson tray for my senior this spring. Second one is with the Better Scanning tray with the height calibrated to 3mm. See you guys in a few weeks and ill post some images from my summer soon.

4 comments:

Ian van Coller said...

Wow, that is an astonishing difference. I am ordering one tomorrow. Thanks for the info.

Jackson said...

Wont regret it! May want to look at the Mounting Station too.

http://www.betterscanning.com/scanning/mstation.html

You can do all formats, Dry mount and Wet.

Jace said...

are the trays scanner specific or interchangeable

Jackson said...

They make trays for a hand full of different scanners, I think based on the original tray size and the area the scanner is capable of scanning, some dont cover all the glass on high quality scans. The guy who runs the sites name is Doug Fisher, you deal with him directly if you email them and he can tell you more, like which tray will work for you if they dont make one for your scanner.