Film holder Epson V850

[Rogier]

I had to sell my V700 with Betterscanning film holders before moving back to the Netherlands.

Now the dust of the international move has settled I got back into photography and bought a V850 scanner.

The original film houders suck and I wanted to order the ones with glass from Betterscanning.com. Unfortunately they do not reply to any order's, emails or even a letter I send to the home address where the URL and the business is registered. But there is no answer.

Meantime I modified my film holders by replacing the plastic with glass. But the 2mm glass prevents the film holder from clicking shut and I have to use gaffers tape to keep it closed while flipping it over in order to place it on the scanner bed.

I have made 2 pieced of black cardboard and cut a slot for the museum glass so I can sandwich the film between this glass in order to keep the negatives flat. Strangely enough the scanner wil not detect the film no matter what setting I choose. I also experimented by keeping the opening at the top clear to the same width as the negative holders do.

What magic am I missing here?

Oh and if someone knows how to get the Betterscannning film holders I would love to know!

Thanks!

Rogier

 

[armadsen]

Betterscanning hasn't responded to orders for a couple years at least. I wish they'd take the website down (or even better sell to someone who wants to keep running it!).

 

[Rogier]

Betterscanning hasn't responded to orders for a couple years at least. I wish they'd take the website down (or even better sell to someone who wants to keep running it!).

Indeed, if you look at the waybackmachine you sill see that it was recently updated, including a message at the top of their website. No clue what the heck is going on.