Anyone use the Epson V700?

Please ignore - double post

Please ignore - double post

Ignore this. I somehow made a double post, duh!
 
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I think the Microtek i900 is a viable alternative to the Epsons. It has better film holders and scans film in an area below the glass.
 
Outsource scanning to India

Outsource scanning to India

Bob_McBob said:
I'm giving some serious consideration to getting one of these scanners just for the automated 35mm scanning. Having to sit around and constantly feed film into my Coolscan V is a bit mind-numbing, especially if you have to make adjustments. I have tonnes of unscanned film sitting around because I don't have the time or motivation to work on it. I'd also be able to play with my Holga and TLR properly, of course...
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You can outsource your scanning to India for very little $$$:

http://scancafe.com/

I haven't tried them myself.
 
mfogiel said:
Lord Fluff,
I have both the V750 and the CS 9000 (which has the same resolution as CS 5000)

My quick point is: with the flatbed you lose one format quality, so your Leica becomes a Pen F and your Summicron becomes a Soligor. Since it seemed to me like you are a pro who wants to do the rf shooting for pleasure, keep the pleasure and not the PITA.
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I see what you are saying here - but in the UK the CS9000 is over £2000 - the V700 just over £300. I should think it should produce better results in that case.....
 
I think the best choice for 35mm is the CS5000 or a second hand Minolta 5400 - there was one mint in the classifieds a few weeks ago. My point was, that if you put a low quality element in your imaging chain, you are sort of wasting the potential of your other tools, which are very refined and capable of rewarding results even within the limitations of the medium.
 
How does the Minolta compare in your opinion to the Coolscan V ? Is buying a used scanner not a little risky? Presumably there is plenty to go out of alignment in there....
 
usayit said:
PVia brings up a good point.

Many (i mean a lot) of people will run some B&W negatives through the scanner in default and then complain about the quality. To get good scans out of a B&W negative, you have to turn ICE OFF. IIRC, this was mentioned in their manuals somewhere.
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This is true, whenever I scan (BW) with the V700, I turn everything off.
Digital ICE, Dust and Scratches, Unsharp mask, It all goes. Otherwise, dICE will remove the grain, and not in a good way. If you want the best best you can actually set the tonal curve for each negative, but I've found that Epsonscan's auto-setting works pretty well here.

The Epson is quick(er) too. A full tray in about 45min to an hour, the Nikon 9000 does a full tray in an hour too but it only holds 12 frames (35mm) vs the 700's 24-28. (if you do strips of 6 or 7, depending)

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I forgot to mention: 9000@4000ppi, V700@3200ppi
 
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Lord Fluff said:
How does the Minolta compare in your opinion to the Coolscan V ? Is buying a used scanner not a little risky? Presumably there is plenty to go out of alignment in there....
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Just a note-
New scanners can go (or be) out of alignment too. The school lab where I worked had the Coolscan 5000 station on a very large, heavy table. It wasn't heavy enough, or it was just right for the frequency of the scanner, when it got going the entire table would shake back and forth. Every 9 months or so, the scanner would need to be serviced. When the lab bought the 9000 to supplement the 5000, it had to be returned because it was off. The second one was fine though.
 
Lord Fluff,
It is always risky, but if you sniff around, there are people who buy a scanner just to digitalize their archives, and once ther're done, they sell almost new equipment. From what I know, Minolta 5400 is the best 35mm scanner ever made, but I do not know about the service possibilities, while the Nikon is still in production and is being serviced regularly, so if it is out of whack you can certainly fix it.

I believe this one is old, but it is a classic case:

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost-classifieds/showproduct.php?product=7993&cat=6
 
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