ADVANTAGES OF THE ScanScience PRO KITS

    a) Scanner Calibration for Maximum Sharpness and film placement at the scanner's
    Optimal  Plane of Focus

    Scanners are known to vary their optimal plane of focus from the nominal spec. The ScanScience TKK Pro takes this into consideration
    and allows precise adjustment of the plane of focus, above and below the specified nominal elevation.  This is illustrated below for the
    Epson V scanners but applies similarly to kits for other flatbed scanners. The calibrated shims provided allow calibration of the scanner's
    optimum plane of focus.












          





    b)  Enhanced Optics: Fluid scanning without additional Refraction

    FIG. 1 -  With the Epson tray for the V scanners, the image forming light travels through a total of 4 mm of glass
                 (2 mm + 2 mm) before reaching the sensors.   
    FIG. 2, 3  With the ScanScience Pro Kit, the image-forming light emerging from the film is NOT refracted by the
                  adapter's glass plate avoiding degradation.
    Fig. 3     shows that the film elevation can be adjusted by fractions of a mm. to match the optimum focus plane of the
                  actual unit,  which may differ from the nominal optimal 2 mm.
    Epson V Scanners Nominal Optimal
    Elevation  Hi Pass Optics >         
Spec Elvn
2.0 mm
POSSIBLE ELEVATIONS
Kit  Element Provided
Element
Designation
Elevation,
mm
Elements used
Totall elevation
mm
Elevation, + / -
nominal  mm
Fluid Scanning Adapter
 A
 1.6
 A
 1.6
 - 0.4
    Shim 1
 B
 0.2
 A+B
 1.8
 - 0.2
    Shim 2
 C
 0.5
 A+C
 2.1
 + 0.1
    Shim 3
 D
 1.1
 A+B+C
 2.3
 +0.3
8X10 - Low Pass Optics 0.5 mm Nominal. Scan
Science adapters range from 0.5 mm for full image
scanning and to the elevations required for crops
from 8X10 that use High Pass optics
 A+D
 2.6
 +0.6
A+B+D
 2.9
 +0.9
A+B+C+D
 3.4
 +1.4
    More About the Kits
    and Fluid Scanning

  •       Fluid Mounting has
    the potential for greatly
    improving the quality of
    your images but it can be  
    undermined by refraction
    if additional glass is
    placed between the film
    and the sensors.
  •        With the Pro Kit, the
    film is placed under the
    fluid mounting plate, not
    above it as with the Epson
    adapter.  
  •        The adapter tray that
    comes with the Epson
    scanner has a two (2) mm
    thick glass plate.  The
    ScanScience Pro kit uses
    an optical plate just 1 mm
    thick, -the thickness of a
    microscope slide.
  •        Because the
    ScanScience plate is
    placed above the film, it
    does not filter the light
    from the film that creates
    the image.  
  •        The ScanScience
    TKK Pro aligns the film
    perfectly to the custom-
    sized glass for the format
    you order, and the adapter
    automatically masks all
    the area around the film
    for maximum dynamic
    range and Dmax.
Pro Kits orders including a
Supplemental Kit include a carry on
Laptop Case
See price list and Catalogue
For more details
about the kits for
Epson and other
scanners please see
the ScanScience
Catalog and price list,
accessible from the
order page in this
web site.
For an explanation of  Wetmounting or fluid scanning click         HERE.
If you like to see what Kodachrome slides look like when scanned dry and fluid scanned click        HERE
If you like to see what negative film scanned dry compares to negative film scanned wet click         HERE
If you like to see what black and white film scanned dry and wet click         HERE and HERE.
    Fluid scannign uses fluid.  You will also see in this page a comparison with another commercial fluid in tests that you can do
    yourself.  
To learn about the fluid LUMINA click         HERE

If you want to see special features of the ScanScience kits for the Epson V750/700 click        HERE
For special fetarues of the ScanScience kits for the Nikon scanners and Film Scanners  click            HERE
To know who we are click        HERE
To contact us click         HERE
To get the catalog and price list click         HERE   
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