Minolta Dualscan IV- Will 126 Slides damage the scanner Physically

Help
I have just purchased a Minolta Dualscan IV and have not even installed it
yet. Most of my slides are 35mm but a few are 40 years old and came from a
Kodak Instamatic camera that used 126 Film and some I think are 120 square
Slides from an old twin reflex camera that take up all most all of the slide
save for about 3/8 inch. I know that the scanner was not made for this
older film and may not be able to scan the full slide and that is OK but
will putting this slide in the scanner damage the optics or the scanner
Physically?
Thank you in advance for anyone's thought and guidance on this issue.
Mike

I haven't actually used this scanner but I can't imagine 126 slides or 127
"super slides" damaging it as long as they aren't badly bent. If the slide
fits into the same physical space as a 35-mm slide, it should go in and out
just fine. This is based on my experience with other Minolta and Nikon
scanners; I haven't actually used the one you mention.

I rather wish 127 hadn't died out... I never got to use it.

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"Mike Koperskinospam" wrote in message
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Help
I have just purchased a Minolta Dualscan IV and have not even installed it
yet. Most of my slides are 35mm but a few are 40 years old and came from
a
Kodak Instamatic camera that used 126 Film and some I think are 120 square
Slides from an old twin reflex camera that take up all most all of the
slide
save for about 3/8 inch. I know that the scanner was not made for this
older film and may not be able to scan the full slide and that is OK but
will putting this slide in the scanner damage the optics or the scanner
Physically?
Thank you in advance for anyone's thought and guidance on this issue.
Mike

I haven't actually used this scanner but I can't imagine 126 slides or 127
"super slides" damaging it as long as they aren't badly bent. If the slide
fits into the same physical space as a 35-mm slide, it should go in and out
just fine. This is based on my experience with other Minolta and Nikon
scanners; I haven't actually used the one you mention.

I rather wish 127 hadn't died out... I never got to use it.

--
Clear skies,

Michael A. Covington
Author, Astrophotography for the Amateur
www.covingtoninnovations.com/astromenu.html


"Mike Koperskinospam" wrote in message
...
Help
I have just purchased a Minolta Dualscan IV and have not even installed it
yet. Most of my slides are 35mm but a few are 40 years old and came from
a
Kodak Instamatic camera that used 126 Film and some I think are 120 square
Slides from an old twin reflex camera that take up all most all of the
slide
save for about 3/8 inch. I know that the scanner was not made for this
older film and may not be able to scan the full slide and that is OK but
will putting this slide in the scanner damage the optics or the scanner
Physically?
Thank you in advance for anyone's thought and guidance on this issue.
Mike

In this specific case, it shouldn't -- I've got the Scan Elite II, which
basically uses the same feed mechanism. 126 film fits, but gets masked at
the top and the bottom by the holder, and the negative is shorter than a
standard 35mm. The film is the same size, though.

That other film should be OK -- never tried it, but unless it's hanging
out, or so lose it could fall into the scanner you should be ok.

On 11-Dec-04 23:06, Mike Koperskinospam wrote:
Help
I have just purchased a Minolta Dualscan IV and have not even installed it
yet. Most of my slides are 35mm but a few are 40 years old and came from a
Kodak Instamatic camera that used 126 Film and some I think are 120 square
Slides from an old twin reflex camera that take up all most all of the slide
save for about 3/8 inch. I know that the scanner was not made for this
older film and may not be able to scan the full slide and that is OK but
will putting this slide in the scanner damage the optics or the scanner
Physically?
Thank you in advance for anyone's thought and guidance on this issue.
Mike

In this specific case, it shouldn't -- I've got the Scan Elite II, which
basically uses the same feed mechanism. 126 film fits, but gets masked at
the top and the bottom by the holder, and the negative is shorter than a
standard 35mm. The film is the same size, though.

That other film should be OK -- never tried it, but unless it's hanging
out, or so lose it could fall into the scanner you should be ok.

On 11-Dec-04 23:06, Mike Koperskinospam wrote:
Help
I have just purchased a Minolta Dualscan IV and have not even installed it
yet. Most of my slides are 35mm but a few are 40 years old and came from a
Kodak Instamatic camera that used 126 Film and some I think are 120 square
Slides from an old twin reflex camera that take up all most all of the slide
save for about 3/8 inch. I know that the scanner was not made for this
older film and may not be able to scan the full slide and that is OK but
will putting this slide in the scanner damage the optics or the scanner
Physically?
Thank you in advance for anyone's thought and guidance on this issue.
Mike

In this specific case, it shouldn't -- I've got the Scan Elite II, which
basically uses the same feed mechanism. 126 film fits, but gets masked at
the top and the bottom by the holder, and the negative is shorter than a
standard 35mm. The film is the same size, though.

That other film should be OK -- never tried it, but unless it's hanging
out, or so lose it could fall into the scanner you should be ok.

On 11-Dec-04 23:06, Mike Koperskinospam wrote:
Help
I have just purchased a Minolta Dualscan IV and have not even installed it
yet. Most of my slides are 35mm but a few are 40 years old and came from a
Kodak Instamatic camera that used 126 Film and some I think are 120 square
Slides from an old twin reflex camera that take up all most all of the slide
save for about 3/8 inch. I know that the scanner was not made for this
older film and may not be able to scan the full slide and that is OK but
will putting this slide in the scanner damage the optics or the scanner
Physically?
Thank you in advance for anyone's thought and guidance on this issue.
Mike

In this specific case, it shouldn't -- I've got the Scan Elite II, which
basically uses the same feed mechanism. 126 film fits, but gets masked at
the top and the bottom by the holder, and the negative is shorter than a
standard 35mm. The film is the same size, though.

That other film should be OK -- never tried it, but unless it's hanging
out, or so lose it could fall into the scanner you should be ok.

On 11-Dec-04 23:06, Mike Koperskinospam wrote:
Help
I have just purchased a Minolta Dualscan IV and have not even installed it
yet. Most of my slides are 35mm but a few are 40 years old and came from a
Kodak Instamatic camera that used 126 Film and some I think are 120 square
Slides from an old twin reflex camera that take up all most all of the slide
save for about 3/8 inch. I know that the scanner was not made for this
older film and may not be able to scan the full slide and that is OK but
will putting this slide in the scanner damage the optics or the scanner
Physically?
Thank you in advance for anyone's thought and guidance on this issue.
Mike

Mike Koperskinospam wrote:

Help
I have just purchased a Minolta Dualscan IV and have not even installed it
yet. Most of my slides are 35mm but a few are 40 years old and came from a
Kodak Instamatic camera that used 126 Film and some I think are 120 square
Slides from an old twin reflex camera that take up all most all of the slide
save for about 3/8 inch. I know that the scanner was not made for this
older film and may not be able to scan the full slide and that is OK but
will putting this slide in the scanner damage the optics or the scanner
Physically?

If you can get the film to be well held within the film holder and there is no
chance of it slipping or popping out and getting into the mechanics of the
scanner, then it should work fine.

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Mike Koperskinospam wrote:

Help
I have just purchased a Minolta Dualscan IV and have not even installed it
yet. Most of my slides are 35mm but a few are 40 years old and came from a
Kodak Instamatic camera that used 126 Film and some I think are 120 square
Slides from an old twin reflex camera that take up all most all of the slide
save for about 3/8 inch. I know that the scanner was not made for this
older film and may not be able to scan the full slide and that is OK but
will putting this slide in the scanner damage the optics or the scanner
Physically?

If you can get the film to be well held within the film holder and there is no
chance of it slipping or popping out and getting into the mechanics of the
scanner, then it should work fine.

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-- r.p.e.35mm user resource: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpe35mmur.htm
-- r.p.d.slr-systems: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpdslrsysur.htm
-- [SI] gallery & rulz: http://www.pbase.com/shootin
-- e-meil: there's no such thing as a FreeLunch.

"Mike Koperskinospam" wrote in message
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Help
I have just purchased a Minolta Dualscan IV and have not even installed it
yet. Most of my slides are 35mm but a few are 40 years old and came from
a
Kodak Instamatic camera that used 126 Film and some I think are 120 square
Slides from an old twin reflex camera that take up all most all of the
slide
save for about 3/8 inch. I know that the scanner was not made for this
older film and may not be able to scan the full slide and that is OK but
will putting this slide in the scanner damage the optics or the scanner
Physically?
Thank you in advance for anyone's thought and guidance on this issue.
Mike


It won't hurt the scanner by putting 126 film into a 35 mm film strip
holder.

Here is a comparsion of 126 film to 35 mm film and 126 film in a Minolta
Scandual IV film holder.
http://www.carlmcmillan.com/Temp

You can scan one frame of 126, move the 126 so that the next frame is fully
in the frame area. Of the six frames that are available, at least one of the
126 frames will show in one of the 35 mm frames with the top of the 126 film
cut off by the 35 mm film holder.

There is also a Kodak Catalog listing of 70 mm film for somebody else.

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