Bolster my confidence, please!

[feilb]

Hey all, thanks for the help! I think i will probably give that class a shot, and i found a great deal on a v700 today on epson's refurb site with a 10% coupon code for $373, so i think ill give the hybrid for now! I do look forward to learning about wet printing though! One step at a time...

 

[mascarenhas]

Don't bother with the v700 unless you want to scan bigger than 35mm later... if you have the money get one of the $500 Nikons (Coolscan V, used Super Coolscan 4000), if you don't get an Epson 4490 for now and save the money for an upgrade later.

Hey all, thanks for the help! I think i will probably give that class a shot, and i found a great deal on a v700 today on epson's refurb site with a 10% coupon code for $373, so i think ill give the hybrid for now! I do look forward to learning about wet printing though! One step at a time...

 

[40oz]

Ilfosol S is what I started using, based purely on convenience. I have since switched to D-76, for a variety of reasons. Convenience wasn't one of them, but it is hardly inconvenient. Mixing D-76 powder in a bottle with hot water is not all that different than making Kool-Aid.

I use Tri-X 400 because it is available, very flexible, not all that expensive, and there is a world of data available on using and developing.

Developing is far easier than one would think. You certainly don't need a class to get started.

 

[feilb]

Don't bother with the v700 unless you want to scan bigger than 35mm later... if you have the money get one of the $500 Nikons (Coolscan V, used Super Coolscan 4000), if you don't get an Epson 4490 for now and save the money for an upgrade later.

Thanks for the advice, though i did pick up the v700... I guess having the flexibility to scan 120 in the future put me over the top as it is something i would like to do eventually. Though it may not be quite as sharp and produce quite as much DR as the nikon, i went for flexibility.

 

[RayPA]

Thanks for the advice, though i did pick up the v700... I guess having the flexibility to scan 120 in the future put me over the top as it is something i would like to do eventually. Though it may not be quite as sharp and produce quite as much DR as the nikon, i went for flexibility.

Congrats! That's a good choice for a flatbed scanner. You could have done a LOT worse. The V700 is well regarded, particularly by the large format crowd. V700 and the V750 are about as good as it gets for flatbeds. I've been looking at both the V700 and the V750 to compliment my 35mm scanner. I love that big scan area. I dream of contact sheets (the one thing I truly miss from my darkroom days). 🙂 You're right, lots of elbow room to grow.

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