Scanscience wet scanning vs Nikon glass carriers

[muser53]

As an owner of a Nikon Coolscan 8000 I am thinking of getting into medium format. My question is this: As the asking price for the Nikon glass carrier for this scanner are in the $500 range I was thinking of ordering the appropriate kit for wet scanning from scanscience. Does anyone here have experience their system. I'm more interested in the quality of the results as opposed to speed of scanning. Of course if anyone finds the wet scanning to be a total PITA do tell why.
Thanks in advance for any input bout this.

Paul

 

[xvvvz]

Michael Grecco used to sell a unit through Freestyle and Aztek. You might want to investigate that too.

Doug

 

[rbrooks]

I have both the glass carrier (and one of my own making) and the scan science wet scanning kit. This is for the Nikon 9000.

The wet scanning is a PITA. Not worth it in my opinion. I paid a bomb for it plus customs duty based on some of the hype one reads on the internet.

The key in scanning is to keep the negative flat. The glass carrier does this. The Nikon 8000/9000 keeps the dust to an acceptable level as it has more diffuse lighting than the 5000. The time I spend editing the dust is worth it compared to the fiddly nature of the wet scanning process.

 

[clayne]

I also use the glass holder for pretty much everything. Dust is easy to control and its only something of concern at the beginning of scanning. Personally I don't waste my time with wet scanning. If I want to get wet I head to the darkroom.