Praxis Unitas
Established
Do tell about the 'hack', please!
I use the 5000ED. If you want to try befor eyou buy, check out the 'scan cafe' service. It's dirt cheap, and they use the 5000ed and 9000ed for the process. I just got some MF negatives back form their lab. They look great, and at 75 megapixels, you can't beat the resolution!
dfoo
Well-known
Check these links for details on the mod:
http://www.helmut-stoepfgeshoff.de/sa21-sa30e.html
http://photo.net/digital-darkroom-forum/00FGuM
http://www.helmut-stoepfgeshoff.de/sa21-sa30e.html
http://photo.net/digital-darkroom-forum/00FGuM
Dogman
Veteran
I have a V700 but haven't used it much at all since I bought it. I started shooting more with digital cameras and simply haven't gone back to doing any film lately. I did scan a few old medium format FP4+ negatives that look fine and a few 4x5 color transparencies that look great. The only 35mm I've done with it was some very old Tri-X negatives my step-son had been wanting me to print for him. They were a challenge--they had been taken over 20 years ago, underexposed, drugstore processed and stored under poor conditions with a lot of resulting scratches, embedded debris and a little fungus. The scans actually looked more than adequate and he was pleased with the prints I made for him. I really need to learn this scanner better. It appears to have excellent potential.
nightfly
Well-known
I use an Epson 4990 for my 35mm negs and am pretty happy with the results although I seem to be in the minority. Mostly tri-x scanned with Epson scan and at 4800 dpi and post processed (mostly levels and curves) in Photoshop. I've printed up to about 11 x 14 and have the prints hanging in my house and would have no issues printing them for public display or selling.
I'm not very fussy about sharpness but tonality wise I am and have no issues. For medium format I've made prints with this combo that are spectacular at 12 x 12. Very sharp and detailed.
I'm not much of pixel peeper and I push my prints to be pretty contrasty so loosing shadow detail isn't an issue for me, but I'm pretty satisfied with the results.
I'm not very fussy about sharpness but tonality wise I am and have no issues. For medium format I've made prints with this combo that are spectacular at 12 x 12. Very sharp and detailed.
I'm not much of pixel peeper and I push my prints to be pretty contrasty so loosing shadow detail isn't an issue for me, but I'm pretty satisfied with the results.