placing film in the holder

    1 open the holder

    holding the fh-3 with the nikon logo uppermost, unlatch the holder snaps and open the holder.

   

    2 place fi lm in the holder

    place a strip of 35-mm fi lm base up (matte emulsion surface down) in the bottom half of holder. align the frame to be scanned with an aperture in the bottom half of the holder.

   

    3 close the holder

    close the holder and align the ends of the top and bottom halves. latch the holder cover and snap the top and bottom halves together at both ends.

   

    4 align the fi lm with an aperture slide the black plastic holder until the frame to be scanned is aligned with one of the two apertures in the metal cover.

   

   

    when fi lm is examined under bright light, the image on the emulsion surface will be in slight relief, with bumps and hollows where the image has been developed. the opposite surface (the fi lm base) will be refl ective and smooth. place the fi lm in the holder base up.

    inserting the holder

    1 insert the ma-21 slide-mount adapter

   

    2 insert the fh-3

    the direction of insertion depends on which of the two apertures in the metal cover contains the frame to be scanned; refer to the illustration below (arrows indicate direction of insertion). slide the holder in until it stops.

   

    to scan frames 1–3, insert the left end of the holder into the scanner.

   

    to scan frames 4–6, insert the right end of the holder into the scanner.

   

    removing the holder

    after confi rming that the status led is not blinking, remove the fh-3 by hand. the eject button on the ma-21 can not be used when removing the fh-3.

   

   

    remove the fh-3 after use. errors may occur if the fh-3 is in place when the scanner is turned on. if an error occurs, turn the scanner off and then on again after removing the fh-3.