Re: Hassleblad XPAN camera and related scanning question

[rafeb <rafeb@channel1.com>]

At 07:37 PM 2/22/00 -0700, you wrote:
>At 08:42 AM 2/22/2000 -0500, Raphael Bustin wrote:
>>
>>To me, about the only thing going for XPAN is that
>>it uses 35 mm film, which will make it easier to 
>>get the film itself processed.  Of course, what 
>>happens after that (prints? slides?) is anybody's guess.
>
>I had the same thought (question?)  Does anyone
>know if any of the common 35mm film scanners
>can be make to scan a 65mm long image from a
>strip of 35mm film?  I'm pretty sure neither of mine
>will.  (I suppose you could scan the pieces and
>stitch them together in Photoshop for printing, but
>that would sort of negate the convenience of making
>panoramic images with the camera.


If I recall correctly, Ed Hamrick has
trained VueScan to do this on the HP
Photosmart slide scanner.  I know the
discussion came up a while back on the
filmscanners listserv, but I wasn't
paying very close attention.


rafe b.


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