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scanners for film
Firstly, thank you to everyone who responded to my last question about
the Epson 3200. We have decided to buy a new scanner. We have 3 quotations and I would like to hear from this group which is most recommended by users. We are a film archive and in addition to stills and documents we often scan 16 mm and 35 mm film (both positive and negative) for clients for use in publications, for our own publications (newsletters, press releases, brochures) and for researchers who often need good, high resolution scans. These are the 3 scanners we are considering: Epson 4490 photo, Epson V700 photo and HP Scanjet 7650. Does anyone have experience with any of these scanners and what is recommended. You can answer to this forum and to me privately: . Thank you Wendy Luterman Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive Jerusalem |
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scanners for film
On Feb 13, 2:54 am, wendyl wrote:
Firstly, thank you to everyone who responded to my last question about the Epson 3200. We have decided to buy a new scanner. We have 3 quotations and I would like to hear from this group which is most recommended by users. We are a film archive and in addition to stills and documents we often scan 16 mm and 35 mm film (both positive and negative) for clients for use in publications, for our own publications (newsletters, press releases, brochures) and for researchers who often need good, high resolution scans. These are the 3 scanners we are considering: Epson 4490 photo, Epson V700 photo and HP Scanjet 7650. Does anyone have experience with any of these scanners and what is recommended. You can answer to this forum and to me privately: . Thank you Wendy Luterman Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive Jerusalem I wouldn't hesitate to go for the V700, versitile, does a very good scan even on 35mm film. Probably a step back from the Nikon LS5000 but with the scanners you are considering I'd give it a top rating. I have had one for 2 years, recieved one of the first ones out. Has done everything I have asked of it. Has enough dynamic range to handle B&W negs, I get very good grain structure when I scan b&w negs. The only bad part of the scanner is the film holders, cheap plastic, but I haven't broken the 35mm slide holder yet and that seems to be the weekest. Takes a little fiddling to get the focus just right with the holders, but the other scanners you are looking at I don'r believe have any adjustment. If you have odd sized negatives that won't fit in the 35mm, 120/220, or 4x5 holders you may want to look at the V750 as it has optical glass on the scanning bed, I believe it reduces Newton Rings. The Pro section of the Epson software is fairly robust and you can do quality scans with it, the Home and Auto sections are next to worthless. I also find it easier and more accurate to select individual images manually, then you can make curve adjustments to individual images too. With a drum scanner as a 10 I'd give this scanner a 7-7.5. I work in the medical field with this scanner. Good luck Tom |
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On Tue, 12 Feb 2008 23:54:34 -0800, wendyl wrote:
Firstly, thank you to everyone who responded to my last question about the Epson 3200. We have decided to buy a new scanner. We have 3 quotations and I would like to hear from this group which is most recommended by users. We are a film archive and in addition to stills and documents we often scan 16 mm and 35 mm film (both positive and negative) for clients for use in publications, for our own publications (newsletters, press releases, brochures) and for researchers who often need good, high resolution scans. These are the 3 scanners we are considering: Epson 4490 photo, Epson V700 photo and HP Scanjet 7650. Does anyone have experience with any of these scanners and what is recommended. You can answer to this forum and to me privately: . Thank you Wendy Luterman Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive Jerusalem I've used the Epson 4490 to scan slides and negatives - up to medium format. It is an excellent machine - highly recommended; it even works with Linux. I got mine refurb from the Epson online store. |
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