Lynda Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 HI Brian Do you have any suggestions on the best photo scanner? I usually photograph work to reproduce, but i'm getting some interesting pieces that I think would benefit from using a flatbed scanner of my own. Primarily it would be used for pictures no bigger than A5 and even that would be on the big side. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 I can vouch for the Epson range. My V700 is amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynda Posted March 1, 2017 Author Share Posted March 1, 2017 Awesome thanks Damien Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 The latest and greatest, the Epson V850. Both Canon and Epson make good stuff when it comes to scanners. It all depends on your budget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 If you would like to save a few hundred, perhaps getting last year's model, the Epson V800? It seems that the V700 is no longer available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 4 minutes ago, Brian said: It seems that the V700 is no longer available. Lol, I'm not surprised! Mine is SO old now, but still going strong. One of my best investments ever. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collette Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 Would this be worth it? https://www.vistek.ca/store/ProPhotoScanners/246675/epson-v600-perfection-photo-scanner.aspx It is an older one for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 3.4 Dmax is nowhere near the awesome 4.0 of the newer models, but the V600 would do a good job in most circumstances, that's for sure. Just make sure you've satisfied yourself that it will run on your version of Windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collette Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 Good point. I would have to research if it will run on Windows 10. I'm not going to rush into this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collette Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 (edited) One more thing about this dmax. That is the dynamic range? And the difference between 3.6 and 4.0 would be significant for slides? Just asking because I have a Plustek 8100 slide/negative scanner and the price of an Epson V800 is about $1000. My Plustek dynamic range is 3.6. I am looking at this for getting better light into slides as I am finding them a bit dark and it is hard to get brightness without washing them out with my scanner. Also thinking this would be the "do all" for slides, negatives, and prints. I can't seem to find the v700 in Canada. Edited February 11, 2018 by Collette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 I think the Dmax is more noticeable for negatives than slides, but yes 3.6->4.0 is an important difference in dark areas. Are you saying that the Plustek isn't getting enough light into the slides? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collette Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 Honestly I don't have a slide projector to do an honest comparison but this is quite dark. I am making sure the scanner histogram is a tad outside of dark and bright as per your suggestions. I can bump up the midtone brightness but it still seems dark. So this is the scan with the Silverfast histogram corrections to ensure I don't clip anything. The brighter image has some basic Photoshop correction too. Obviously I am just mucking around because the colour is way off on these old images. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 The most important question is, does the Plustek allow 48-bit scanning? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collette Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 Yes, it is set to 48 bit scanning as per the top few icons. My worry here is that I have set the densitometer to be 16 bit but my images show something else but not sure if that is the same thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 Yeah, you're right! It's losing its high-bit data between scanning and Bridge. You definitely need to figure that out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collette Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 Thanks, I figured so. Will ask on Silverfast forum and report back. Honestly not hopeful at this point but we will see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collette Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 (edited) I have to upgrade my software to access 16 bit histogram. Off hand, would you know about Vuescan software? Some people are using that and I know both software applications can work with my current scanner and Epson V800. Edited February 11, 2018 by Collette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 I'm so sorry, no, I don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 I've got nothing to offer either. Sorry. Sounds like you will need to upgrade the software to get the full power out of the scanner. Which really stinks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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