I own the Epson 2400 and when I was having difficulties with the film curling too much I took a piece of glass and laid it on top the the negative which was directly on the scanning glass. If I recall correctly the epson software would not work with this as it was dependant on the holder to calibrate itself, but I was able to do it using vuescan from hamrick software. Vuescan enables you to custom set the cropping area. ----- Original Message ----- From: "J. C. O'Connell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 25, 2003 9:09 AM Subject: RE: Epson 3200 (was: New Scanner)
> Hey, > > I did find a quirk with the 3200 that I must share with you. > I tried scanning a 8x10 negative assuming I would be able to > get a 4x9 crop of it because that is the size of the overhead > lamp. I did not use any of the film holders, I just laid the > negative on the glass. > > Result? > > I thought the scanner was broken because all I got was an overly > contrasty and badly streaked image. I nearly sent it back for > service. On a whim, I tried going back to 4x5 and the scanner came > back to life! While I haven't confirmed this completely, it seems > that the transparency mode does not work properly without one of > the film holders in place. Of course, Epson makes no claims that > the scanner can do 8X10 or 4X9 for that matter, so I have no beef > with them. I may try to make a holder of my own to hold the 8x10's > with a 4x9 crop and see if that works. I may use cardboard as a prototype. > > JCO > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > J.C. O'Connell mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://jcoconnell.com > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > > -----Original Message----- > From: Derby Chang [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, December 25, 2003 8:42 PM > To: Pentax Discuss > Subject: Epson 3200 (was: New Scanner) > > > > JC, > > Sorry for the late response, but I've only just been catching up on PDML > mails since Nov. > > Love the 3200. No big issues with it, scans beautifully. Only minor > quibbles: > > * Wish the 120 film holder could do strips instead of one frame at a time. > > * The Epson photoshop driver could be better. Can't scan at an arbitrary > resolution - I would like to do 2400dpi for small proof prints from neg > scans, but it only lets you do 1200 or 3200 (I can downsample in > photoshop, but then thats double much more work). On the plus side, the > 12-frames a scan is very useful for proofing. I've downloaded v1.25 of > the driver and there doesn't seem to be that much of a change. The > software dust removal now seems to work sort of, but is more trouble > than it's worth IMHO - some nasty artifacts pop up with detailed areas > like hair and specular highlights. > > *Silverfast LE is pretty handy for serious scans, although it only seems > to do one scan at a time (but moving the marquee each scan is not _that_ > much of a hass). Don't use the dust removal much in this either. The big > plus is that it has profiles for different neg types. Saves mucho time > colour balancing. Wish it could do 48-bit scans' tho. > > * Wish it scanned to the edge of the glass, only because that would make > it easier to align things against the bezel. > > I think I've saved its cost already just from not having to develop all > the "mucking around" rolls I've been shooting lately, as well as the > weekly 8x12s that I print at home instead of handing over to the labs. I > can't compare to a proper 4000dpi film scan, but it looks pretty good to > me compared to the wet prints I used to spend a fortune on. > > > D > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~derbyc > > >
