Scanning XPan panoramic negs -- suggestions?

[Colin Corneau]

The Nikon FH-869G holder for the 9000 (?8000 also?) has a precut mask for the XPan format. Works very well. Can post an example later if desired.
LJS

That'd be very generous of you, much appreciated. I've heard nothing but good things about Nikon scanners.

[ljsegil]

Slightly cropped (length) after scanning in the Nikon 9000 with the rotating glass holder, a little jazzed in PS. Hope this helps.
Larry

[Colin Corneau]

Thanks! Much appreciated...I realize flatbeds have come a long way, but there's nothing like an actual film scan IMO.

The XPan is such a great camera and such a sharp lens - be a shame to lose any of that in digitizing.

[Fred L]

indeed they have Colin and since you're shooting the full gamut, an Epson V700 or V750 would fill many roles. mf and lf scans are pretty nice. not scanning for prints mind you.

[Lenny Eiger]

Slightly cropped (length) after scanning in the Nikon 9000 with the rotating glass holder, a little jazzed in PS. Hope this helps.
Larry

Cinnamon Bay?

Lenny

[ljsegil]

Cinnamon Bay?

Lenny

got the island all right, but it's Turtle Bay.
Larry

[Colin Corneau]

Hey Fred
I'd kinda like the option to scan for prints, hence the neg-scanner line o' thinking.

[Fred L]

see if someone who has one can let you scan or get them to scan, properly, some stuff and see if it passes muster.

don't forget that the v750 can scan wet which is a noticeable benefit from what I've heard.

[Archphoto]

On a flatbed 6x17 would be no problem to me at all.
I have been scanning strips of 3 6x6 neg's on mine to get some .jpg's, works good.

Peter

[ljsegil]

Agree that a flatbed would be a feasible approach for 6x17, but was wondering if there is a workaround for the Nikon 9000 without splitting the scan and stitching in PS. The 9000 software will not scan beyond 6x9 (that I've been able to figure out) in a single frame, although it can do three 6x6 single negs or trannies, thus covering the necessary dimensions with a single holder (though with three separate scans, but one pass for thumbnails). So it seems to me that there might be some way to fool it into scanning the entire 6x17 strip in a single go, but I've yet to find the secret, if it exists.
Larry
Special mask works for XPan in the rotating glass holder, similar format ratio, so maybe a more creative soul than I has devised a mask to take the 9000 into the previously uncharted dimensions of the 6x17 film format. Not that Nikon itself is noted for its wild and crazy ways for using its equipment, perhaps even a bit on the staid side one might venture, but a wilier human than I may have already found a path to the grail. Are you out there somewhere, quietly lurking?
LJ