Thanks Mark. I'm surprised to hear that the 3200 was better than the V500, just because it was a previous model and not much more expensive. But I've gotten good results with it as well. I found a couple of 8000s on ebay for reasonable prices, but the sellers couldn't guarantee that they were even functional. I'm leaning toward the Epson 700. I've pretty much figured out the Vuescan interface, because the Epson 3200 drivers wouldn't install with recent Max operating systems. (Although Epson still claims that they will.) Vuescan is powerful, but, as you said, confusing. Paul On Oct 15, 2011, at 5:47 PM, Mark C wrote:
> I'd go with the higher end flatbed scanner or an older film scanner. Scanning > film is too much work and too time consuming to invest the effort in a system > that would not produce the best results. > > Regarding the dedicated film scanner - Earlier this year I bought a Coolscan > 8000 for around twice the price of an Epson 700. I'm not sure if that was the > right decision. Nikon Scan is like lots of software from ~10 years ago - it > is quirky and annoying to work with. The alternative - Vuescan - has an > unfathomable interface, but is more stable. And my used scanner, even though > it had a CLA before I bought it, only lasted about 1,000 scans (mostly medium > format) before it developed a problem and had to go back to Nikon for repair. > I often wonder if the Epson 700 would have been a better way to go, but the > quality from the Nikon is outstanding - when it is working. > > I have had an Epson 3200 and Epson V500. The 3200 was quite remarkable with > medium format film, but fell short in comparisons with a dedicated scanner > (Canon Canonscan FS-4000) for 35mm. It ultimately got a stuck pixel. The > v500 is not as good as the 3200 but made acceptable scans from MF negatives. > It was not too good with slide film (which I hardly ever shoot) and the scans > needed a lot of clean up - some parts of the scan would be soft, I assume > from film curl. > > In any event - I would not invest in a lower end scanner, unless you are just > scanning for the web. The V700 would probably be a good choice, IMO. Getting > into an older, used, film scanner can be iffy. > > - Mark C > > On 10/14/2011 8:49 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: >> I don't scan film often, but I have hundreds of thousands of frames I've >> never printed, and I occasionally need to scan something. (I still have a >> darkroom, but have little time for that and definitely don't want to fool >> around with color printing.). Some reviews say the Epson 700 flatbed is at >> least as good as older Nikon film scanners. Others say the Epson 600, at >> less than half the price of the 700, is almost its equal. I'm leaning toward >> the 700. What say you? >> >> Paul > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
