Lasts Epson Perfection scanners with fixed focus have it very close to the glass,0.5mm, I can't tell a difference scanning with the original frame or with the film on the glass directly for most situations, in fact I believe to perceive a slight better sharpness scanning with the frame, however it is also a fact to me you can get more details from negs clearly underexposed if you scan it on the glass directly, but my general rule is to scan with the scanner film frame. I had no special reason to scan this photograph on the glass directly and couldn't perceive a minimal difference using both ways but I liked the black frame (2.8C Xenotar TMax 100 in Tetenal Ultrafin+ 1+4): http://www.flickr.com/photos/itarfoto/5540247614/ TMax 400 and Rodinal were not the best combo, anyway I did the experiment (3.5F Planar TMax400 in Rodinal 1+25): http://www.flickr.com/photos/itarfoto/5537895991/ Carlos --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list