Hi, Which 35mm film scanner would be better in image quality, Plustek 8200 Ai or Epson V750 Pro. So far, what i have read, the Plustek 8200 scans sharper (more in focus) but judging from this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qm9NQUlIMuQ the film doesn't look flat in film holder (bright reflections show the curvature). Would the Epson V750 Pro be better in iQ with wet mounting and glass plate over the film.
35mm Film Scanner
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Too bad the Nikon Coolscan series went out of production.Personally I would go with a Nikon slide scanner...... I've not had experience with either of those, sorry.
BackdoorArts
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It depends on what you want to do with them, but in working with my brother to scan my father's old slides we're finding a tripod mounted negative holder in front of backlit translucent white class, shot with a macro lens on his Canon or my Nikon gives us a much better, and more manipulable image. A bit of setup is required, but the results are pretty darn good.
I'm wrestling with this same question. The Epson V700/V750 Pro are very well respected. Plustek's customer service is an unknown to me. I need to research Plustek; their support may be fine. Sticking with an Epson or something like the Hewlett Packard G4050 brings me better confidence with warranty and customer service.
I've not had great results rigging up a home brew slide copier like BackdoorHippie has done, but I may mess around with it more. My results are okay, but not of the quality I'd like and I have a truckload to scan.
My budget will provide only for something along the lines of the Epson V600 or HP G4050. The Epson V600 holds 4 Sides per scan, where the HP holds 16. I cannot afford to pay a commercial scanner and I'd fear losing the slides in transit.
Oh, and per LeicaR9's post, be cautious if you find Nikon Coolscan units for sale -- some pre-date USB 2.0 connections and many lack updated drivers for current operating systems.
I've not had great results rigging up a home brew slide copier like BackdoorHippie has done, but I may mess around with it more. My results are okay, but not of the quality I'd like and I have a truckload to scan.
My budget will provide only for something along the lines of the Epson V600 or HP G4050. The Epson V600 holds 4 Sides per scan, where the HP holds 16. I cannot afford to pay a commercial scanner and I'd fear losing the slides in transit.
Oh, and per LeicaR9's post, be cautious if you find Nikon Coolscan units for sale -- some pre-date USB 2.0 connections and many lack updated drivers for current operating systems.
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You can get many on Ebay still that work.
See my earlier post #7 on this thread the Epson V600 produces excellent results.
Epson seems to have a good handle on film scanning. I have an older Epson RX625 that scans amazingly well. Takes a long time, so I'm working on a setup like @BackdoorHippie mentions, figuring it to be a lot faster. Also figured buying a micro lens was a better investment, if it can do the job. If the method doesn't match the Epson, it would probably still be good enough for some and scan the better shots later.
Somewhere I read that some scanners do not interpret Kodachrome film colors properly. Might have been an older article, so maybe technology has passed it up, but thought I'd mention it.
Somewhere I read that some scanners do not interpret Kodachrome film colors properly. Might have been an older article, so maybe technology has passed it up, but thought I'd mention it.
Note that I said "some scanners". Most of what I scan is K25 or K64.
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Than you. Yes the Epson V600 will be my next stop. Here is and example of the yield I'm receiving from the HP G4050. This is a perfectly exposed, sharp Kodachrome. Scanning at higher dpi serves only to create huge files without any corresponding increase in clarity. In fact, there's just no way to get a sharp slide scan out of this thing.
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