epson v700 or coolscan v?

Nobody mentioned getting the Betterscaning holders for the Epson. Those may help you get closer to the quality of the Nikon. AND, when you decide to get larger formats, you'll be all set with the Epson.
 
Anybody know if the V750 is worth the extra money than the V700? (No I am not interested in wet mounting with volatile chemicals with the V750 offers)
 
I have read that the optical glass used is much better in the 750 and worth it if you are after the best possible results, especially for 35mm. For large negatives you will rarely even want to save a full res scan IMO, so it doesn't make a lot of difference.
 
Any recommendations on the best places to pick up a Nikon Coolscan V ED right now? Other than eBay? I just read that it was discontinued a few months ago so I plan to check around but I'm presuming these can no longer be found in stores or online?
 
There is plenty of stock still left on stores and online.
It was only discontinued about a month ago.
Ebay of course has quite a few.
 
Well I did state "other than eBay" as there are actually 0 on eBay as of this posting. I haven't managed to find any store or online retailer that is still listing them or has any in stock. As I understand it was discontinued in August. If you've got a time machine, though, perhaps you wouldn't mind lending it out? :)

I wonder how the V700 compares to the Coolscan V ED in the b&w tonality department. I seem to remember the V ED blowing away the Minolta DS IV in this regard but has Epson done any better?
 
Well, I just did a search on ebay and found 2.
these folks also have them (closer to home for me).
Look around and you'll find them.
But given they are discontinued, don't expect availability
to stay high for long: folks are snapping them up at a high rate...
:)
 
I have a V750 and am pretty happy with the results. I prefer having the ability to scan multiple sizes rather than locking myself into one.

Hopefully, once my Masters degree is completed I will have more time to fiddle with these things.
 
Quick OT q for V700 owners: what is the max res you scan at? I find that I can't get over 1200dpi with my v350. It just adds more mush to the image without any extra detail.
 
Max optical resolution is 4800dpi. You can go up to 6300dpi with no gain in quality, just a bigger file.
 
EliasK said:
Max optical resolution is 4800dpi.
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Mmm that's what they say about the V350 too though... Do you actually scan at 4800 dpi?

Here's what I get when I scan at 4800 dpi:

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Sharpening and all other scanning settings set to neutral or off.

I'm actually very disappointed with my v350, the film transport thing continually malfunctions and throws up errors and most of my scans get a stripe down the middle of them.

This is my second scanner too, the first one was a warranty issue.
 

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Yes, I always scan at 4800dpi with no problems or artifacts, this is a crop from a 100% image size:

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I don't know the max optical (this is the real resolution) of the V350 for 35mm, but i suppose it should not be more than 2400dpi. You can do some test scans to check where these artifacts stop appearing, you cant go higher.
 
Yeah I can't get above 1200 dpi, which is pretty disappointing. The stupid f***ing thing just spat another error at me as I type this.

Piece of junk.
 
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