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Scanning 6x9 negatives with Epson 3170


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Does anyone know if the film holder that came with the Epson 3170 accomodates 6x9 negatives full frame without

cropping anything off? The opening in the holder is 3 1/4 inches wide. I guess I'd need to know the width of 6x9

format. I've read 84mm. If that's the case it'll cut off 2mm or so. Not much I suppose.

 

Thanks for any input.

 

Alex

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Yes, it does do 6x9 negatives. I used to use it to scan the negs from my various 6x9 folder.

 

You should bear in mind that most cameras don't shoot a full 60mm x 90mm. Most are 56mm x 80-85mm.

 

If you really do need the full 90mm width, you could modify the holder a bit, or get a 3rd party one from somehwere like betterscanning.com

 

Paul

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Thanks all for your answers. I want to pick up a 6x9 folder soon and just wanted to make sure I could use the scanner I have. Eventually I'd like to upgrade to a Coolscan 9000 to better scans negs from my other medium format cameras, but that's more of an investment now that I went digital. Thanks again.

 

Alex

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