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By: Steve Kossack
Don't Be Left in Stitches
Ok, I admit that when I first get my film back after a shoot I look at my XPan frames first, but work on them last. Like most of us I do whatís easy first. I like to have something to show for the thirty some rolls of film that I have just shot and had processed, and something to show quickly!
I look at the XPan frames first because they are larger compared to my normal 35mm. They are also often better in quality and certainly different. I love what my XPan does!
So why wait? Because they take more work! I have thePolaroid SprintScan 4000. I have used it for some time and like it a great deal. It does a lot of things well, but it can only scan normal 35mm frames in one pass. To scan an XPan frame this means two scans and stitching. Itís not the end of the world though! As a matter of fact, I have come to appreciate the difference. 
Working with a panoramic camera is a different way of seeing. Itís not often that I see an im...