8 mm film holder/adapter made for Epson v700/750 - parallel scan option

Description

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Custom manufactured film holder for Super 8 mm and Regular 8 mm movie film (Patent Pending).  This model is designed for use with Epson Perfection v750 and v700 flatbed film scanners
only
.  8 mm film was created in the 1920s and quickly became the most popular home movie format.  Usage of 8 mm film lasted well in to the 1980s until VHS cameras finally became affordable.  8 mm film is still manufactured and continues to have a niche with film students.
Scanning uncut 8 mm movie film on an Epson v700 or v750 has always been a hassle, if not downright impossible.  The issue is that the "normal" scanning orientation is perpendicular to the scanning sensor on these models.  But doing so means you must pass your film through the top part of the scanner.  When a film strip is passed through the top half of the scanner, it invariably obstructs the calibration sensor.  This causes lines and weird colors in your scans.  The answer is to scan parallel to the sensor.  This enables you to avoid the calibration area at the top and allows you to scan uncut movie film in an easy manner.
This holder features a scan window of 168 mm in length.  The window features two 38 mm "borderless" scan windows.  This is likely the first attempt at creating a consumer product to provide for "crossways" or parallel scanning on an Epson v750/v700.
A few notes about scanning 8 mm film:
8 mm movie film was never intended to be used (and subsequently scanned) as a still photo format.  The frames are extremely small and you cannot expect to extract an image of the same quality you could from a 35 mm film.  This is a newly designed model that finally allows for full frame 8 mm scanning.  With our old model, few customers noticed or cared that they were not able to get 100% edge-to-edge scanning.  The new model features two cut out sections as displayed in the photos above.  The two sections that are borderless are 38 mm in length.  If full frame scanning isn't critical to your needs, you can scan the entire frame all at once.  For those frames where you want to capture the entire image, you align those images in one of the two borderless areas
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Specifications:
Scanning window:  168 x 6.70 mm
Material:  Solid plastic
Features:  Unlike some models, this holder features a recessed film channel that holds your filmstrip firmly while also helping avoid scratches.
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SPECIAL NOTE FOR INTERNATIONAL BUYERS
:  Ebay has recently changed rules for international buyers.  If you are buying multiple items from the same seller you can no longer combine shipping.  Ebay will also require you to pay immediately so I am not able to send you an invoice for combined shipping.  Unless something changes (or unless you know of a way to combine shipping that I haven't found yet), your only option is to buy and pay for each item separately.  This will likely result in overpayment of shipping charges.  I always refund overpayment of combined shipping charges, but unfortunately Ebay charges sellers a 10% commission on the original shipping charge and will not refund the difference.  I will continue to refund overpayment of shipping on multiple items, but in the future I will have to deduct the 10% commission that Ebay sticks me with.  I apologize for the inconvenience.  Hopefully Ebay will change this practice soon!
Important additional notes:
- If you are buying my holders for resale, please be aware that my products are more about "function" over "form."  This is why they are so inexpensive compared to other commercially produced options.  Each holder is custom made and may contain spot sanding and other finishing marks.  I do my best to clean my products up cosmetically, but due to sales volume I simply can't spend a lot of time on it.  My main concern is that it works like it is supposed to.  As a result, if you are reselling please be aware that you may need to do some more finishing work suitable for a retail environment.
- Aftermarket holders for odd film sizes will usually require the ability to manually scan film strips with "thumbnail" modes turned off.  Depending on your model and software, masking of individual frames for scanning may be necessary for the best results.  Please ensure you know how to set your scanner/software for full manual control.  Simply pushing a green button on the front of your scanner (common with Epson models) to scan a film strip will not work with most aftermarket film holders.
- Please pay particular attention to the "handling" days before shipping as noted above.  I do not typically maintain an inventory of my film holders as most are custom made upon order placement.  As such, I ask for 5 business days handling before shipping.  My average is likely around 2 days, but there are occasions where orders are very high and I may need all 5 business days before I am able to ship your holder.  Please keep this in mind.
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