V700/V750 good enough for website?

Bruno Gracia

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I'm wondering, after bought an enlarger, if the V700/V750 would be good enough for website, I used to use the Minolta Multi Pro at 2000 dpi for this purpose, Will I notice a big difference? Mainly with 35mm and some 120.

Cheers.
 
I'll watch this with interest. I've been wondering why one would scan at higher res than a computer monitor can output. Can you tell that I'm a total newbie to scanning?
 
The v700 is totally fine for Web use.
Actually the V700 sort of helps smooth out the grain in 35mm images.
Better for on screen not as good for printing. It does trim the edge a bit in stock holders for 35mm. not much.

The image below is 800wide for web from a 6x9 Negative scanned at 2400dpi on v700. A large 3600 version is embedded click the image to view it.


Here is one with a 1024 wide for web 35mm neg. The 1600 is embedded. Not sure what I scanned at but chances are good it was 2400dpi as well.
 
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Sure it is...

I have a V700, and scan 3200 dpi (4800dpi is the highest w/o interperlation)
I get around 50mb TIFFs with plenty of finer detail.
I use the Stock 35mm scanner (negs or slide holder)
I really haven't issues with OOF scans.. My home souped negs are good and flat right after drying..

if you go too low, it may affect Web Detail though.
Take a few tests to see what is lowest you can scan for web use.
A Cloud Service like:
Microsoft's SkyDrive or Google's Dropbox have an image viewer to see the results.
Without posting in a reply somewhere.
 
V700/750 is fine for web scans from any format.

For 4x5 and medium format, it will scan to a quality good enough for reasonable sized prints.

For 35mm, it is marginal for anything larger than small prints, but people do it all the time and seem to be reasonably happy.
 
thank You all!

I think I will be very well suited with the V700/750 just for web use, I really want to invest in darkroom most than scanners.

Are slide and c41 good enough with this scanner, then, for web use?
 
I'm getting OK results from V500 for the web and print if b/w in 135 and not to mention MF.


My folders. by Ko.Fe., on Flickr

The main issue with flats seems to be in color.
 
Mounted Slides do better than unmounted negs in a 6 per row.
The mount helps keep the slide flat.

I have scanned 60 year old Kodachromes, and had no problem with sharpness... color... well, they did shift in color over 60 years...
but much less than Ecktachromes and Anscachromes.
The Levels tool has plenty of room with RBG channels to get it very close, in the Epson Scanner Software. Viewscan can do it also...
but, each slide needs to be masked separately.. the Epson Scan software will mask all the slides automatically with the provided film holders.

I have made many 11x14 from scans from a neg strip, just as sharp as wet print. (I used to have a Darkroom). But, Flat negs are necessary.
16x20's are very possible also. at 3200 dpi. from 35mm slides/negs.
you need flat negs/slides though. Not really a hard as some may suggest.
I have used Tri-X, HP5, Acros 100, Delta 100/400, Tmax 400, All have dried equally flat for me.

But, yes Slides Scan very nicely with the V700....
 
Bruno Gracia said:
thank You all!

I think I will be very well suited with the V700/750 just for web use, I really want to invest in darkroom most than scanners.

Are slide and c41 good enough with this scanner, then, for web use?
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It depends on on your own standards. The actual DPI of most computer screens is extremely low, so you can generally scan with the worst scanner you can find and it's still well beyond the resolution of 99% of computer screens. Where screens *are* high DPI, like many high end smartphones these days, the screens are so small, you still have enough resolution from very crappy scans.

If you pixel peep, you'll see a difference between a V700 and other scanners, but at the 1000px wide or so sizes common on the web, I find it unlikely you'd notice the difference between a $100 scanner and $15,000 Imacon.

Going by my own standards, yes, a V700 can scan well beyond what is required for the web.
 
I like it for 120mm negatives. Not all together happy with the 35mm scans even for web. All the medium format stuff on my website have been scanned with the epson v700
 
This is so interesting, then the V700/50 it's capable to extract fine shadows and highlights details from 35mm slides and negatives, good enough for website... I should search for one not expensive here in EU.

Why I find all the scan of this scanner that I've seen on flickr so yellow or green, regarding color? Most of them by asian fellas...
 
Bruno Gracia said:
I'm wondering, after bought an enlarger, if the V700/V750 would be good enough for website, I used to use the Minolta Multi Pro at 2000 dpi for this purpose, Will I notice a big difference? Mainly with 35mm and some 120.

Cheers.
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A v750 will scan 110 well enough for the web. You can even make prints from 35mm:)

Somewhere on my blog is a comparison with the Nikon 9000 - at 18 by 12 from 35mm mono you can see a difference in print, but a lot of people wouldn't notice in a lot of pictures.

Mike
 
Bruno Gracia said:
This is so interesting, then the V700/50 it's capable to extract fine shadows and highlights details from 35mm slides and negatives, good enough for website... I should search for one not expensive here in EU.

Why I find all the scan of this scanner that I've seen on flickr so yellow or green, regarding color? Most of them by asian fellas...
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The colours are likely just a matter of taste, some people like the yellowy look, can look a bit like a photo from 1970. Once your photo is scanned in, you can make it any level of saturation/colouration you like.

This is an interesting comparison of a V700 vs. a drum scanner:

http://rangefinderforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=2260244&postcount=353

No question the drum scanner is sharper, but is it actually resolving any more detail? Other than grain, I can't see any text or detail visible/readable/clearer on the drum scan, but not the V700.

I would say that tonal rendition is noticeably better on the drum scan, but overall, the improvement is marginal.
 
Vics said:
I'll watch this with interest. I've been wondering why one would scan at higher res than a computer monitor can output. Can you tell that I'm a total newbie to scanning?
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Vic, I always scan as if I'm going to make the biggest print my scanner is capable of resolving. You can always scale things down later for the web, but if you want something printed large later and you scanned it small, then you have to start all over again. It only takes a few seconds more to do it big and smallify it for the web, so why not?
 
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