RFF's Best Flatbed Scanners for 2013?

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OK, we have lots of toys, flat bed scanners among them.

Which flat bed scanners give the best results for photos and negs ?

Yes, I know dedicated film scanners will give the best film results,

but which flat bed scanners are best for photogs and negs ?

why? weak points vs strong points ?

Stephen
 
CanonScan 9000F. It's not quite up to the Epson V700, but it's very close, and substantially cheaper.
A BetterScanning kit helps a lot too.
 
Epson V700 ... had mine for a while now and while it's a bit limited for 135 I can't really fault it.
 
I don't have a Flatbed ( At least not yet 😱)

I bought a Plustek 7600i from Tim Barker here @RFf a few yrs ago
And simply Adore its Ease of Use & am Quite Pleased with the Results

However I am thinking about a flatbed so I can Shoot MF
B&H Has the Epson V600 for $195.00 ... I know Erik van Straten uses this and his Work looks Stellar


If I buy this scanner i will buy a Bronica S2 with that oh sooo Lovely nikkor 75mm
 
helenhill said:
I don't have a Flatbed ( At least not yet 😱)

I bought a Plustek 7600i from Tim Barker here @RFf a few yrs ago
And simply Adore its Ease of Use & am Quite Pleased with the Results

However I am thinking about a flatbed so I can Shoot MF
B&H Has the Epson V600 for $195.00 ... I know Erik van Straten uses this and his Work looks Stellar

If I buy this scanner i will buy a Bronica S2 with that oh sooo Lovely nikkor 75mm
Click to expand...


I have the Plustek 7600i, it's served me well for a couple of years now.

Helen, like someone else mentioned the Canoscan 9000f is a great introductory scanner for medium format. I see it listed on Amazon right now for $240, which is NOT what I paid about 5 months ago. I paid $139 which made it a steal in my opinion.

edit: I see now that there's a Mark II version of the 9000f. I must have bought the 1st version which made it cheaper.
 
I have the Epson V700 also, because....
My Dads Photo Archive consists of 4x5/3.25x2.25/2x2, and few oddball sized negatives (+ 35mm slides), plus all different print sizes from 2x3 to 8x10.

the results are more than enough for my needs. I get very sharp scans from all of them.

@Helenhill
Spec Sheets
Click on Specs tab

EPSON V700
up to 8x10 .Transparency

EPSON V600
EDIT.....Transparency 6x22cm
DIGITAL ICE for color film

EPSON V500
EDIT....up to Transparency 6x12cm
 
Thank You Sam for the canon heads up.....now I am off Investigating

Cheers & Thanks DNG for the Epson specs .more Investigating

Arghhhh...lots to Think about
 
DNG said:
I have the Epson V700 also, because....
My Dads Photo Archive consists of 4x5/3.25x2.25/2x2, and few oddball sized negatives (+ 35mm slides), plus all different print sizes from 2x3 to 8x10.

the results are more than enough for my needs. I get very sharp scans from all of them.

@Helenhill
Spec Sheets
Click on Specs tab

EPSON V700
up to 8x10

EPSON V600
up to 8x10

EPSON V500
up to 120/220 film
Click to expand...

Friendly FYI 🙂

V700
Transparency Adapter

Back to top Type: Built-in lid
Transparency Size: 8" x 10"
Supported Film Size:
  • 35 mm mounted slides (12 frames)
  • 35 mm film strips (24 frames)
  • Medium format strips 2 1/4", 120 / 220, 6x20 cm (2 – 6 frames)
  • 4" x 5" film (2 frames)
  • 8" x 10" film area guide
V600

Transparency Adapter
Back to top Type: Built-in lid
Transparency Size: 2.7" x 9.5"
Supported Film Size:
  • 35 mm mounted slides (4 frames)
  • 35 mm film strips (12 frames)
  • Medium format strips 6x22 cm (2 frames)
BTW I curently own both of these scanners would have loved for the V600 to be designed to scan 4x5 as that way I wouldn't of had to buy the V700 🙂
 
I use an Epson 4990, which was the model before the v700. It is excellent for 120 and 4x5, and can be found for a lot less than the v700.
 
helenhill said:
I don't have a Flatbed ( At least not yet 😱)

I bought a Plustek 7600i from Tim Barker here @RFf a few yrs ago
And simply Adore its Ease of Use & am Quite Pleased with the Results

However I am thinking about a flatbed so I can Shoot MF
B&H Has the Epson V600 for $195.00 ... I know Erik van Straten uses this and his Work looks Stellar


If I buy this scanner i will buy a Bronica S2 with that oh sooo Lovely nikkor 75mm
Click to expand...

Hi Helen,

If I cannot get my V700 fixed, I will try to get a V600.
 
I have a V600 for my 6x6 negs and slides. I use it to scans my polaroid as well. Very satisfied of it. I know that V700/750 have better specs but because I do not print larger than a3+ the results of the v600 is more than ok. I have a Coolscan ed 5000 to scan 35mm.
robert
 
V700 for me. In Margus' excellent drum scanning thread, he has a comparison of the V700 to a drum scan, and it's far, far closer than you'd have any right to expect for the money.

For medium format and up, I think the quality is good enough for 99.9% of us. The 9000f too probably.
 
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