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I've been trying to order a Nikon Coolscan 5000 for nearly a month.

but all the reputable dealers have it back ordered (literally, all of them).

I'm wondering what people think this might mean, could Nikon

be preparing to release updated models?

The 5000 hasn't been updated in over three years, so it

would seem like its possible, but I don't really know anything

about Nikon product cycles.

Should I wait and see what happens or start bidding on ebay?

thanks.

Hi,

I have a ton of old medium format mounted slides that were taken by my

grandfather in the 1950's and 60s. Some are mounted in glass plates

other just regular slides mounts.

I'm in the process of scanning these slides and I've been looking

for a way to store them once they've been scanned. The slides are

6x6cm, by if you include the extra size from the mounts, they actually

measure 7x7cm.

My grandfather used to just store the slides in a series of slide trays.

I'm looking for a more archival way to preserve them. But I haven't been able to

find any archival sleeves that accomdate 7x7cm mounted slides.

there's lots of archival pages / sleeves for 35mm slides, but not MF?

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=NavBar&A=search&Q=&ci=2631

does anyone have any suggestions?

are there any options out there?

thanks,

steve

thanks for the quick responses!

i should have just tried placing the slides on the

flatbed, but i was thinking that an adapter was

needed to add a certain amount of height?

i was also a little worried that the slides

with metal frames would scratch the glass on the scanner.

i guess i could tape the edges of the slide that

will face down on the glass bed, just to be careful.

i'll try it out tonight, see how it works.

steve

Hi,

I recently acquired a ton of old (1940's & 50s) medium format slides from

my grandfather.

I'm trying to figure out the best way to digitize them.

they don't fit the flatbed adapters that I have - they measure 7x7cm

if I measure from the outside border/edge of the slide.

I guess it must be 6x6 film? and the mounting gives it an extra 1 cm.

The images are positives, mounted in two different types of slides - one is a

normal transparency slide with a white mounting/border. the other is a glass

plate with a metal mounting/border.

I can't find any information on how to scan these glass plates.

I have an new Epson 4490 flatbed with an adapter for medium format film -

unfortunately, the adapter only fits 6x6cm negatives - these mounted slides

measure 7x7cm.

Ideally, i'd like to figure out a way to just scan these slides with the Epson

I already have, but without a proper adapter, i'm wondering if the results will

be any good?

I was thinking about creating a home-made adapter with some thick black matte

board - does anyone think that might work?

any advice or recommendations would be really appreciated.

thanks,

steve