scanning question

[yelofngr]

i just purchased a canoscan 9000f to scan 35mm color negatives, and i am not satisfied with the results.

i feel the scans are muddy and blotchy, and i'm not sure if its the film, or the scanner or what the problem is.

when i look at my scans with an older scanner i did 3 years ago, you can see the fine dots of the film negative in the scanned image, making up the image. with this new scanner, everything looks as if it has been smeared or smoothed out, kinda like a painting or a bad cellphone camera.

i am scanning at 4800dpi, i've tried it with certain settings on and off, like dust removal, usm on/off, and the results, as far as being able to see the dots/smearing goes, is unchanged. i am importing through photoshop through canon's scangear.

the old scans i am looking at are from iso800 film and the new ones are from iso400 and iso160, so i am thinking the problem might be the scanner, but at am not sure.

does anyone have experience with this?

 

[kzphoto]

The Canoscan 9000f is a flatbed scanner if I recall. Flatbed scanners are difficult to use at times. The plane of focus in which sharp scans can be acquired is very very thin! You might need to shim the negative carrier a bit to get the scans tack sharp. It'll come down to experimentation.

I've found that these help on my Epson 4990:

http://www.betterscanning.com/scanning/canon8xxx.html

No relation, but I use their product for 120 & 4x5.

 

[archeophoto]

I had the same experience. Whatever I did (shims etc.) the 9000f had disappointing results. Especially the bright areas were blotchy and blown out. I returned mine and bought an Epson V750. It's expensive, but worth every penny.

i just purchased a canoscan 9000f to scan 35mm color negatives, and i am not satisfied with the results.

i feel the scans are muddy and blotchy, and i'm not sure if its the film, or the scanner or what the problem is.

when i look at my scans with an older scanner i did 3 years ago, you can see the fine dots of the film negative in the scanned image, making up the image. with this new scanner, everything looks as if it has been smeared or smoothed out, kinda like a painting or a bad cellphone camera.

i am scanning at 4800dpi, i've tried it with certain settings on and off, like dust removal, usm on/off, and the results, as far as being able to see the dots/smearing goes, is unchanged. i am importing through photoshop through canon's scangear.

the old scans i am looking at are from iso800 film and the new ones are from iso400 and iso160, so i am thinking the problem might be the scanner, but at am not sure.

does anyone have experience with this?

 

[yelofngr]

oh my holy jesus, archeophoto, i was so distraught by my scans yesterday i kept researching for hours, and finally clicked the buy button on the epson v750. and japanese amazon does not mess around, in less than 12 hours i already have it and have done initial scans, and
man,
that canoscan 9000f is a piece of shhhh! haha. i was about to pop my eyes out of my head yesterday trying to see what the hell kinda of oil painting was on my screen that looked nothing like when i pushed the shutter!

canon should be ashamed.
no forreal.
all shooters with the fat neckstrap on their dslrs with the CANON sign visible, need to turn that inside out.
booo!!

 

[user237428934]

canon should be ashamed.
no forreal.
all shooters with the fat neckstrap on their dslrs with the CANON sign visible, need to turn that inside out.
booo!!

Why that? Only because the company has somewhere something in their product lineup that is of not so great quality?

 

[yelofngr]

i do like canon and i think they make a lot of great products.

however, i find it sad that their latest consumer level 9600 dpi capable scanner is getting beat to death by a cheaper epson scanner from 4 years ago only capable of 2400 dpi max. searching for answers on why my scans were looking so bad, trying to find out what it was i was doing wrong, i came across angry sites in regard to this issue. people were angry that pretty much what canon is doing, when they sell the newest 9600dpi scanner is straight lying, because the optics of the unit are not actually capable of this. you can scan a blurry scan as big as you want but its still blurry. they were saying it should be fraud and false advertising.

i understand that canon has become such a huge company that really profits are the only true motivator anymore. and they still manage to put out good products from time to time and thats commendable. but with some things, like this scanner, per se, the gap between the marketing lie and the actual product has gotten too large, i feel.

anyways, i have learned my lesson.

be careful out there, and enjoy your canon neckstrap!