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Hi all. There's been plenty discussion about flatbed v. drum scanners. From time to time I have drum scans done when funds allow and for LARGE prints there's a difference. (Don't want to wade into that debate).
I have an Epson V750 and until recently I was happy enough with output via Silverfast. I use it mainly to digitise my backlog of LF/MF negs and trannies for output at 12x12 to 20x20 (inches). But recently I've been using the Epson software simply because it delivers a sharper scan than the Silverfast (even when I use a multi-scan). Exposure/colour etc can't be as finely tuned as in Silverfast but I have Photoshop to cure that. I'd always assumed that sharpness was basically a mechanical function (everything flat and aligned etc). Any clues? Apologies for ignorance in advance!
Cheers
Michael

Could it be that you've got USM sharpening turned on in Epson Scan but not in Silverfast, or turned on in both but stronger settings in Epson Scan?

I'm probably stating the obvious so apologies for that

Paul.

Thanks Paul. Don't apologise. I'll check and report back!