Epson V700 scanner - first impressions
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Epson V700 scanner - first impressions
My Canon D2400 scanner gave up the ghost earlier this week, so on Wednesday I ordered an Epson V700 from DABS. It arrived yesterday afternoon.
First impressions are of good build quality, very good film holders and excellent scan quality. So far, I have only scanned a print and a 6x4.5 B&W neg. The negative scan was at 1200dpi, giving an 8x6 print. The results are very good indeed. I managed to produce a print that I would have been very happy with had I made it in in the darkroom (which is currently off-line as we're having a new kitchen fitted)
I think I'm going to like this baby...thoughts of colour film and especially panoramics (If I get a suitable film back) are beginning to form...
Good job I've got this week off so I can have another play later on
First impressions are of good build quality, very good film holders and excellent scan quality. So far, I have only scanned a print and a 6x4.5 B&W neg. The negative scan was at 1200dpi, giving an 8x6 print. The results are very good indeed. I managed to produce a print that I would have been very happy with had I made it in in the darkroom (which is currently off-line as we're having a new kitchen fitted)
I think I'm going to like this baby...thoughts of colour film and especially panoramics (If I get a suitable film back) are beginning to form...
Good job I've got this week off so I can have another play later on
Hi Mark,
I have also recently just got the V700 and really pleased with the scan. I scan my negs at 2400dpi and got some really nice 20x16 prints which are hanging now in a gallery. So far positive comments from people who have seen the prints, so I am well pleased. Would be better if someone actually bought them though.
Regards
Chong
I have also recently just got the V700 and really pleased with the scan. I scan my negs at 2400dpi and got some really nice 20x16 prints which are hanging now in a gallery. So far positive comments from people who have seen the prints, so I am well pleased. Would be better if someone actually bought them though.
Regards
Chong
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Well, I scanned a B&W neg that had been underexposed by, at least, 4 stops and it found plenty of shadow detail. Although trannies are another thing; if the dynamic range of the film is small, then I doiubt any scanner will pull up that kind of detail.keffs wrote:How does it compare to an analogue print? I have read that the ability to capture shadow detail can be a bit lacking