This is an APS film format negative holder for use with select Canon and Epson flatbed film scanners (US Patent Pending). This holder will work with the following film scanners:

Epson Perfection V500/4490

Completely redesigned model that features a slide in "top" that assists in keeping film flat for scanning. This was CAD designed and manufactured for use with the obsolete Advanced Photo System (APS) format that was briefly popular nearly 20 years ago. It was marketed by Kodak under the name "Advantix" in 1996. Both Kodak and Fuji stopped manufacturing APS film in 2011.

Unfortunately not only is it almost impossible to get prints made from APS film these days, but APS negative holders are hard to come by and the ones that you can find are very expensive. Additionally, while many film scanners allow for negatives to be scanned directly on the glass, APS presents a special issue because its stored wound tightly inside the film canister. Once you get it out of the canister, the negatives roll in to a ball unmercifully without something to hold them flat. Removing exposed negatives from an APS canister is actually quite easy. You literally break it out any way you can. Since APS canisters are plastic, I use a pair of pliers to gently crack open the canister to gain access to the negatives. If you dont want to destroy your APS canister, there are commercially available products known as "film retrieval tools" that will work for APS.

Specifications for the APS negative holder:

Overall: 199 mm x 55 mm Assembled thickness: 5 mm Material: Solid Plastic Features: Unlike some designs, this holder features a recessed channel to hold your negative strip firmly which can help avoid scratches or trapped dust that other holders may cause.

Important

• Scanning of uncut filmstrips is not possible with this model. You must cut your film down to the the size of the holder
• Automatic or "thumbnail" mode will not work with any aftermarket film holder. You must scan in full manual mode