Flatbed scanners

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drewbarb, that's a great photo! Anywhere we can see more?

 

[Michael P.]

You can get the Epson V500 on Amazon for $230. I have one. It scans 35 and medium format negs and slides pretty. It Doesn't do a good job on black and white, though.

 

[venchka]

I appreciate all of that

I appreciate all of that

I'm an IT software guy, but I was once an IT hardware guy, so I have a lot of experience with SCSI-1 and 2. The problem with them was generally compatibility. Not all SCSI card worked with all SCSI devices. Not all software talked directly to SCSI cards, but generally needed some sort of software driver to address, which was based on the OS and might or might not be available for more modern OS's. I haven't run a SCSI card since Windows 98SE, and believe me, that was a struggle with older SCSI cards. XP was basically right out for some of them, end of life. Now we have Vista - assuming one is a Windows person.

Again, nothing wrong with SCSI if one wants to dick around with adapters, drivers, and perhaps even (God help me) interrupts and reserved memory locations. I doubt most computer users are equipped to deal with that kind of nonsense anymore - I know how to do it and I refuse on the principle that it sucks and is not worth my few remaining brain cells anymore.

I haven't tried any SCSI-to-firewire adapters - might be interesting. But it is pure propeller-on-the-head geek stuff. Average person wanting to scan a photo - no way. USB and plug it in. Install drivers from CD and you're good to go. Worth $50 more? Yeah, definitely.

Thanks! Maybe somebody somewhere was looking out for me. But, dammnnnnnn, an honest to gosh Imacon scanner, probably $10k or way more new, for $1k! 😱 It must have had some life left. It sold in a flash.

No worries. I'll be patient. Since the Imacon scanner that didn't happen, another posible hard copy solution has come to my attention. Stay tuned.

 

[bmattock]

Thanks! Maybe somebody somewhere was looking out for me. But, dammnnnnnn, an honest to gosh Imacon scanner, probably $10k or way more new, for $1k! 😱 It must have had some life left. It sold in a flash.

No worries. I'll be patient. Since the Imacon scanner that didn't happen, another posible hard copy solution has come to my attention. Stay tuned.

I've seen people buy into older hardware systems to get something difficult to obtain - such as a drum scanner like your Imacon - and then keep a separate (obsolete) PC just to maintain it. We used to do that with old 9-track tape systems using PC cards (Perstor) that would not run on anything newer than an old 286-based AT system. So if it was something you really wanted, it could be done in a worst-case scenario by recreating the hardware standard of the time. But it would most likely not be plug-n-play by today's standards. Just a techie's guess here - I've never used an Imacon.

 

[maddoc]

I had a Nikon Coolscan V ED and swapped it for an V700. The Nikon V ED has a slightly better dynamic range / sharpness but I needed the optional FH-3 holder because the standard holder couldn't handle my slightly curled film strips. If you have plenty of time and only a few films to scan, then the Nikon might be the better choice, quality-wise. The V700's 35mm film-holder is clumsy but works well with the ANR glass inserts from better-scanning.

 

[fbf]

How many frames of 35mm can you scan in one run? 24? I am thinking about getting a v700 or v500 but it seems like many ppl think the v700 isn't worth the extra 200$ and the quality of the scan from v500 and v700 is similiar to 4490 and 4990 accordingly.

 

[maddoc]

How many frames of 35mm can you scan in one run? 24? I am thinking about getting a v700 or v500 but it seems like many ppl think the v700 isn't worth the extra 200$ and the quality of the scan from v500 and v700 is similiar to 4490 and 4990 accordingly.

I can get 24 frames in one run and it takes about one hour to scan them in 24 bit color a 4800dpi and saving as jpeg (without ICE). BW is faster (~ 40 minutes in 16 bit grey at 4800 dpi).

Can't judge about the V500 but it should work well, too. As I remember, Sanders here at RFF uses either a 4490 or 4990 for 35mm and his photos are very good.

Cheers,

maddoc

 

[fbf]

I can get 24 frames in one run and it takes about one hour to scan them in 24 bit color a 4800dpi and saving as jpeg (without ICE). BW is faster (~ 40 minutes in 16 bit grey at 4800 dpi).

Can't judge about the V500 but it should work well, too. As I remember, Sanders here at RFF uses either a 4490 or 4990 for 35mm and his photos are very good.

Cheers,

maddoc

Thanks maddoc, I really like your photos. 🙂

L.

 

[maddoc]

Thank you 🙂🙂