Epson V600 problems

[jmllr89]

Hello I am new to film photography and recently bought a V600 to scan some of my photos. However, I am getting poor results. I have tried looking up what the problem could be but I think I am either to upset to find it or I am not looking for the right thing :bang:
Anyways here are some photos.

When I look through these negatives they have really nice vibrant color and really nice tones but when I scan them they don't look so good.

Bad Scan by ren., on Flickr


Bad Scan 2 by ren., on Flickr


Scan 4 by ren., on Flickr


Scan 2 by ren., on Flickr

And the black and white ones I scan look really strange. They look kind of like they could be a lot better quality. I don't know how to describe it but is is kind of like it's a scan from a distance or something. I don't know.
Any help would be great. 😀

 

[skibeerr]

Did you get good enlarged images with this camera lens combination before?

If not I suggest to have a decent size enlargement made at a lab to check if the negatives are ok.

 

[jmllr89]

Did you get good enlarged images with this camera lens combination before?

If not I suggest to have a decent size enlargement made at a lab to check if the negatives are ok.

Yes I have had really nice photos from this camera before.

 

[marek_]

I've a V600 scanner too and found I had to play around a lot with the settings to find the best ones to get descent results. I find colour film the most difficult to scan and need to do a lot of post processing using editing software. I find b&w easier and have a set the software settings that give me acceptable results (though the results don't come closed to what I get when I wet print). I think with a flat bed scanner medium format film scans better because of the larger negative area. With 35mm you'll have to accept the limitations if you want to enlarge bigger than 12x8inch, or veiw other than on a monitor.

Try these settings using the epson software;

B&W scans

Professional mode
-Film
-Positive film
-48-bit Color
-3200dpi (i find that any larger dpi softens the image and detail is lost - also creates massive file sizes)
-Target size original
-Scale 100%
-Trimming off

Adjustments
-Auto exposure on
-Unsharp mask low
-All other adjustments off

Configurations
-Color control on
-Continuous auto exposure on
-Gamma 2.2
-Auto exposure level low
-sRGB

Then in your editing software;
-Convert to greyscale
-Invert
-Adjust contrast/brightness in curves (you might have to do this multiple times to get the best results)
-Add sharpness (i find i need to add more to 35mm scans than to medium format scans)
-Resize


Hope this help.

Mark

 

[jmllr89]

I've a V600 scanner too and found I had to play around a lot with the settings to find the best ones to get descent results. I find colour film the most difficult to scan and need to do a lot of post processing using editing software. I find b&w easier and have a set the software settings that give me acceptable results (though the results don't come closed to what I get when I wet print). I think with a flat bed scanner medium format film scans better because of the larger negative area. With 35mm you'll have to accept the limitations if you want to enlarge bigger than 12x8inch, or veiw other than on a monitor.

Try these settings using the epson software;

B&W scans

Professional mode
-Film
-Positive film
-48-bit Color
-3200dpi (i find that any larger dpi softens the image and detail is lost - also creates massive file sizes)
-Target size original
-Scale 100%
-Trimming off

Adjustments
-Auto exposure on
-Unsharp mask low
-All other adjustments off

Configurations
-Color control on
-Continuous auto exposure on
-Gamma 2.2
-Auto exposure level low
-sRGB

Then in your editing software;
-Convert to greyscale
-Invert
-Adjust contrast/brightness in curves (you might have to do this multiple times to get the best results)
-Add sharpness (i find i need to add more to 35mm scans than to medium format scans)
-Resize


Hope this help.

Mark

Thank you so much that helped a lot. When I try using the guide that came with it my pictures look like I took with with a Nintendo Gameboy or something, but these adjustments did help tremendously. Still not too satisfied with the V600 altogether though. Thanks again 🙂

 

[Dayrell bishop]

Cant promise to help as I still use an old 3200 scanner , just recently ive started scanning at close to the native resolution ,which on mine is I think about 1600dpi yours is about that aswell , Idont use any usm or other settings ,I get better results than I ever did at high dpi settings without masive files.

 

[Dayrell bishop]

Forgot to say use ps for sharpening etc you will need it.