With some scanners wet mounting can indeed make a big difference. Although it will not increase real resolution wet mounting will reduce the appearance of grain with most scanners, and add micro-contrast which can make the image look much sharper.
With the Better Scanning holder you can choose to either dry mount or fluid mount. And just as important, there is a mechanism for placing the holder at the plane of best focus. This requires a bit of trial and error but once determined should not change for these conditions.
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