Epson Perfection V700 PHOTO scanner

[C R Maclauchlan]

V700

V700

I have an Epson V700 which I find to be quite good with my medium format negs. The Epson film holders are a joke but using a 3rd party holder (which also came with an optional piece of anti-newton ring glass) the results are fine. I recently purchased an xPan and for these negatives I do use the glass. I tape the negative to the glass and place it in the medium format holder. I like the results. I don't know about sharpness increases with the V750 but after researching I do NOT believe wet mounting is the panacea we are often led to believe it is.

 

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I have an Epson V700 which I find to be quite good with my medium format negs. The Epson film holders are a joke but using a 3rd party holder (which also came with an optional piece of anti-newton ring glass) the results are fine. I recently purchased an xPan and for these negatives I do use the glass. I tape the negative to the glass and place it in the medium format holder. I like the results. I don't know about sharpness increases with the V750 but after researching I do NOT believe wet mounting is the panacea we are often led to believe it is.

I also have the V700 and find the holders to be a bit flimsy. Where did you buy the 3rd party holders?

 

[AusDLK]

I am working on decent (i.e., not flimsy and will hold film flat) film holder for multiple strips of Xpan sized film (24x65mm frame).

I'm am now expanding this idea to accommodate standard 35mm film for flatbed scanners.

If you might be interested in said holder, just e-mail me directly, ausdlk(at)gmail.com, and I'll keep you informed as to my progress.

 

[garymcat]

I have the same stuff under the main glass..

I have the same stuff under the main glass..

I have contacted epson too soon for a reply.

Thanks! I would love to hear your opinion of the scanner compared to those others. The 750 PRO with the wet mount and the anti-glare glass is supposed to be the cat's meow. However, I just recieved my very own 700 PHOTO model just a couple of days ago!

My only complaint so far :bang: is that it arrived with a chunk of shmegma under the cover glass where I cannot clean it! It shows up on my scans (only one frame) like some blurry alien spacecraft on the horizon of my landscape shots! ICE does not work on it at the speed or quality level. I'll be calling up Epson, or at least the company I bought it from on Monday to settle up. Other than that accident, the scanner seems to work like a charm.

I am certainly no professional, so I wouldn't really know the difference between a good scan or bad, but the online review above was a MAJOR eye opener for me. I can't say I have acquired the same quality of scan when zooming-in to 400% like they did, but I went straight to 3.5mm's on the risers out of the box and have not yet compared 3.0 or 2.5mm's to see if the image sharpens up.

I answered my own question above about the auto function. In short- it doesn't work for xpan users. I will always have to scan my slides with auto off. It does function, it just cuts them in half-plus sizes so you get 5 standard-sized slides from three xpan frames (it apparently doesn't have enough of the last -3rd- xpan frame to justify adding the last bit of the last -6th- slide, cutting out nearly half of the last half-frame).

I attached an example shot that I was working on- at least I think it attached; 1st timer for that on here. This one was a 1200 dpi scan with low USM and speed ICE from the scanner, and no photo alteration in PS. Tell me what you think! (But don't call unless you want to buy it! )

I would love to see an example of your 750 PRO scan, if you don't mind. I am really interested in the comparison with a drum scan, since the review didn't directly do so.

 

[Pherdinand]

I have contacted epson too soon for a reply.

i had similar gathering through the first months of usage. A big of plastic outgassing means fog on the flatbed glass inside.
You can take the glass off quite easily (4 screws covered with black plastic in the 4 corners of the scanner next to glass) and clean it.

 

[wallace]

A friend of mine constructed a mf holder for another Epson flatbed.
The same way you can build a 35mm holder for your scanner.
Description can be found here:
http://mauglee.kitox.com/files/Maug_Lee_DIY_120-film_holder.pdf

Wallace

 

[garymcat]

epson 750 stuff under glass

epson 750 stuff under glass

Hi, thanks for the suggestion. Before doing anything I talked to my supplier. They said for waranty reasons it would be best to not to open but to return for exchange. I like dealing with them. This is the first item I've had with a manugacturer's defect to return.