V750 Pro vs. 9000ED ..samples here

Ok, the Ektar pics are much sharper, you say:
Wild guess: film flatness issues. The Ektar negatives developed in a lab are flat, the negative of the girl was developed at home and is (slightly) curved.

Cheers,
Uwe
 
Both developed at home and both seem rather flat. I have the glass kit and adjustable film holder for Epson MF. Will eventually get around to this. Doug tells me that demand for his adjustable film holders has fallen off, so a new 35mm glass mount adjustable film holder is on 'hold'., pending more of you asking him to produce one. Get with it and ask. I did some MF scans with his holder last year and they were very nice. The Epson holder is really cheap.

I want to use the Epson in that I view the Nikon as a dying breed. I want to save the Nikon for wet mount to large print scans. I don't have room for a darkroom and I see quality scanners soon reaching extinction. So, I would like to maximize quality on the moderately priced flatbeds for my general scanning needs. Doug's adjustable film frame with glass inserts would be wonderful and should do for 35mm what the same technology does for MF. Maybe I should start another thread to get folks interested. The ANR glass is available for the Epson V scanners and might be all that is needed.
 
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Don't get too excited, I also bought Doug's MF frame with glass, but nonetheles, I never managed to get the film perfectly flat, because it makes a "belly" below the glass. If you put it between 2 glass inserts, it becomes impossible to scan, there are too many glass surfaces between the lens and the film. In other words, the Epson is a good scanner for 4x5 to 8x10 sheet film, anything smaller is just kidding yourself that you see miracles. As for the extinction problem, I think Imacons will be in production for quite some time yet.
 
I'll have to pay more attention. I know that you must make sure that the film bows up towards the insert and then you must make sure that the etched side of the insert is against the film.

I don't have the budget for the scanners that sit above the Nikon in the pantheon of scanners. I suspect that some of the really high end flat beds will also be available for some time.. maybe.
 
I have a V700 and get much better results. Actually, my V300 does better than these samples. But, I have had some 6x6 scans come out poorly on the V700, which were remedied by switching from the Epson app to Silverfast.

Up till then, with 35mm scans, I was pretty happy with the Epson scan app. Dunno why came out differently for the 6x6.

(Along with the IT Dept problems with scanning come printing problems. The result for me has been to start shopping an enlarger... I'll use this expensive junk to create digital crap when I don't give a darn to do it right - proofing and web.. Looking for a 4x5 capable enlarger in NY/CT area...)

- Charlie
 
I believe that in MF, the adjustable holder and insert glass is worth the expense. Here is a large image size Epson scan from 6x7 Astia with the adjustable holder and glass inserts. It is a bit downsized for Flickr, but still rather large, so only providing link. BTW...My daughter was playing around and this is actually a candid while she was playing model with her sister.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3123/4067953754_92c1f69201_o.jpg
 
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I was trying to demonstrate the quality of MF with the adjustable film holder and glass to hold things flat.

I guess that only an A/B test can show an improvement or not, but I'm definitely interested in a better holder with glass for the Epson. I want to use the Nikon less and the use of glass really doesn't add any more time. It is a bit of a pain getting the exact scan height with the variable holder, but once set, you are done.

You can do an Internet search to view various comments regarding this setup.

So anyone interested in the same for 35mm please let Doug know.

Just scanned some Neo 1600 on the Epson and everything looks good. go figure.
 
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