I'm not Richard, but.... On 2. juli. 2009, at 00.24, Don Williams wrote:
(I still don't understand why my film scanner doesn't care very much if the film is not flat against the glass, how does it still produce sharp scans?)
Because it has a lens optimized for flat field and a small aperture (high F stop) resulting in depth of field beyond the surface of the glass.
That's my best guess. I'll leave the rest to the engineers :-)
DAW
Thor