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Since Nikon doesn't provide any accessories for the Super Coolscan 5000 ED with which to scan 110 film (for reasons now obvious to me -- the film sucks), I made myself a film carrier for the negatives.

It consists of four layers of bristol paper (heavy white art paper), 5cm x 5cm, taped together along the edges. I cut a 19mm x 14mm hole in the middle, and then made small slits between the inner two layers of paper through which to slide the negative. The whole thing is a bit more square than it appears in this picture.

It's a little tricky to get the prepped negative into the scanner without bumping the negative out of position, but it can be done with a steady hand and foreceps.