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Gooshin · 03-30-2009, 10:44 AM

my friend had an Epson V700 before me and him split a Nikon Coolscan 5000

the Nikon provided much finer detail than the Epson.

flatbed scanners, AFAIK, do not focus on the grain, and come within tiny fractions of whats actually the negative, giving less than perfect results.

Also check to see if those budget dedicated film scanners have ICE or other features. Nikons DEE and ROC are very intresting features in addition to ICE, although i am not sure how much of those are pure software options.

48 bit is overkill, considering very few people have the system, and the software to do anything with that much info.

1. resolution hardly matters

2. always scan at native resolution

3. ice (and other) helps, alot. (just remember does not work on B/W negs)

4. if you are serious about getting your film stuff into digital for professional use, and not just for a 800 pixel web picture, then invest in a dedicated scanner now, and budget the cost out later.

03-30-2009, 10:44 AM	#12
Gooshin Pentaxian Location: Toronto, the one in Canada. Gallery Photos: 0 Posts: 4,859	my friend had an Epson V700 before me and him split a Nikon Coolscan 5000 the Nikon provided much finer detail than the Epson. flatbed scanners, AFAIK, do not focus on the grain, and come within tiny fractions of whats actually the negative, giving less than perfect results. Also check to see if those budget dedicated film scanners have ICE or other features. Nikons DEE and ROC are very intresting features in addition to ICE, although i am not sure how much of those are pure software options. 48 bit is overkill, considering very few people have the system, and the software to do anything with that much info. 1. resolution hardly matters 2. always scan at native resolution 3. ice (and other) helps, alot. (just remember does not work on B/W negs) 4. if you are serious about getting your film stuff into digital for professional use, and not just for a 800 pixel web picture, then invest in a dedicated scanner now, and budget the cost out later. Last edited by Gooshin; 03-30-2009 at 10:49 AM.