ANR glass source in Germany or EU

[k__43]

Hi people,

I'd need some custom sized ANR glas for
A) my Meopta enlarger's 6x6 holder
B) My scanners MF strip holder

is there a known dealer I could call and get custom sized glass?

Also when using ANR glass in my enlarger should I only replace the upper piece of the sandwich or both ? I have an Opemus 2A

I'm on the fence of buying some Durst glass on ebay and get it cut locally but I'd rather get it scratch free from a regular dealer.

Thanks!

 

[andrewmore]

Knight Optical

www.knightoptical.com

Their standard ANR glass pieces worked well for scanning 110 film on my Epson scanner.

Regards

Andrew More

 

[M.Hilo]

It is only the upper part of the glass in a negative holder that needs to be AN treated. This being where the glass presses onto the glossy side of film.

I would say a place still very involved with analog products would know where to go. In Berlin there's Foto Impex you can ask.

Let's us know if you find something !

 

[ivan28]

ANR glass local shop

ANR glass local shop

ANR glass are, for what I know, acid treated (hydrofluoric acid) glass.
The treated surface become opaque with a very smooth finish.
Don't confuse with sandblasted glass, which has an opaque surface too, but rough, not as smooth as the acid-treated glass.

If you take a look at this page on betterscanning.com:
http://www.betterscanning.com/scanning/insert35.html
you'll see that they use
"High quality acid-etched anti-Newton Ring glass from Europe"

I think that acid-tratment is a quite common treatment in glass working (it's used in architecture, furniture, ...). In a glass shop in my little town (in Italy) I asked for 2 glass insert for my flatbed scanner (similar to those sold by bettercanning.com in my idea) and they had no problem making those in few days (and for about 5 euros each, so they are also not so expensive).

So maybe you can try to your local glass shop and ask them. If they are not able to do so, maybe they'll know someone that could do it...

Ivan

 

[HHPhoto]

Mr. Kienzle can make everything you need for your enlarger:

http://www.kienzle-phototechnik.de/index.html

Excellent craftsman, highly recommended.

Cheers, Jan

 

[Sejanus.Aelianus]

He seems to be supplying a similar market to Odyssey Sales, who bought up De Vere in the 'nineties.

 

[Eugen Mezei]

Does it make sense to bother with glass from laptop screens? I bought some laptop screens with broken glass for reusing the polarizing foils from it. But the undamaged pieces of glass are big enough to cover up to type 120 film.

Anybody used this type of glass for holding the film flat in the scanner?