Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/05/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This is a very preliminary report. I set up the scanner this morning and am in the process of scanning 3 rolls of MF film while cooking dinner. So far I like the scanner very much. I scan without any sharpening or other corrections, preferring to do those in Photoshop later. But looking at the raw scans in ACDSee, the ones from the V700 are clearly better and sharper than those I got from the Epson 2450 I used before. Also, the Epson software that came with the scanner is much better than previous generations, and in fact that is what I am using, since the latest version of Vuescan gave me all sorts of trouble--for example, it insisted on scanning B&W negatives as if they were positives. This is the first update of Vuescan that supports this scanner, so I expect that future versions will be better, but in the meantime Epson Scan works just fine. The biggest improvement over the 2450 is in convenience--with the film holder I can put in two strips for a total of 6 frames, whereas with the 2450 I had to fiddle with the film holder for every frame. And of course the higher resolution is useful too--I have been scanning at 3200 ppi today, which means that a 16-bit B&W file is 90 MB in size, and a colour image is 3 times that. The maximum optical resolution is 6400 ppi, but I think I need to increase the memory in my PC first :-) Given the price (I paid 560 EUR incl. shipping) this is a great scanner, and the first flatbed IMO which delivers good-quality film scans. Nathan Kenneth Frazier wrote: > > On May 24, 2006, at 5:08 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > >> Yesterday morning I ordered the new Epson V700 scanner from a Dutch >> online store > > Nathan, > > Let us know how it performs. I'm thinking seriously of getting one. > > Ken > ----------------------------------- > The Rev. Kenneth Frazier > Connecticut Conference, United Church of Christ > ---------------------------------- > Current Leica Photography (PESO): > http://tinyurl.com/6sc2r > > Current Medium Format Photos: > http://tinyurl.com/bjvfn > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Nathan Wajsman Almere, The Netherlands SUPPORT FREEDOM OF SPEECH, BUY DANISH PRODUCTS! General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com Picture-A-Week: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com Stock photography: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman http://myloupe.com/home/found_photographer.php?photographer=507 Prints for sale: http://www.photodeluge.com Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog