I have the Epson V500: when my mother reached her 100th. birthday in 2018, my brother and I scanned all of her negatives, ranging in size from 1.5inches square to 6x9cm and going back in time to the 1900's. We were unable to scan the 110 size negs as the scanner's holders can't really hold them flat enough. The scanner did an excellent job (I have to confess we used the Epson software for this job!) overall, even with some really flat and mushy originals: makes me think some early cheap cameras really did have bottle-bottoms for a lens.
John in Brisbane -----Original Message----- From: PDML <[email protected]> On Behalf Of P. J. Alling Sent: Saturday, 14 December 2019 9:03 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: spotmatics and unexposed film and gfm, oh my I'm a little late to this but the Epson Perfection V550 is supposed to be pretty much the same engine as the V500. I keep looking at one but I haven't fired up my film scanner in such a long time... On 12/10/2019 1:03 AM, Bulent Celasun wrote: >> Flatbeds are ok, preferably with 35mm and 120 holders. > I have Epson V500 with those adapters (no longer on the shelves). > And I am a happy user of VueScan. > It is simply too good for a business model from the customer's point of view. > > I also have a Nikon Coolscan V ED, a dedicated film scanner which is > no longer supported. > It does a better scanning of 135 but it can not take 120. > > Bulent > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > http://patoloji.gen.tr > http://celasun.wordpress.com/ > http://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/ > http://photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=2226822 > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/bulentcelasun > > Scott Loveless <[email protected]>, 10 Ara 2019 Sal, 02:46 > tarihinde şunu yazdı: >> It's me again, Margaret. >> >> My basement is full. Not "there's some stuff on the shelves we don't >> need and I'd like to clean them off to make room for the new >> Christmas decorations" full, but "tiny, narrow paths that don't quite >> get me to where I need to be, and if I don't come out in fifteen >> minutes call the paramedics and hope they have the jaws of life" >> full. If you'd asked me about my SP500 I'd have responded in the >> affirmative, but without a clue which box it was actually inside. >> Nevertheless, I found it the other day, along with a 135/3.5 Super >> Takumar and a >> 55/1.8 SMC Takumar. (I do like the feel of a Super Takumar lens.) >> The battery was surprisingly not dead and the operation of the >> mechanical parts smooth and effortless. The knurled bit on the end >> of the film advance lever is possibly one of my favorite features to >> be found on any camera. Which leads me to film. I need some. >> >> Voilà! The very next box I opened was full of film. Some of it was >> exposed, but the vast majority was unexposed 35mm. Lots of slide >> film and not an insignificant amount of b&w. And another unexposed >> roll of Kodachrome. (Sigh. I find one of these every once in a >> while, crammed into a coat pocket, or a shoe box.) It's all past its >> best by date, but I think we're in business. >> >> A certain person, who shall remain anonymous, but who's name rhymes >> with Spark McRoberts, suggested I drag the black and white lab to GFM >> one more time. (Some of you may recall that I protested the photo >> competition's switch to digital by souping and then scanning my own >> film on-site.) Plans are to be there this year with enough chemicals >> to make your average state trooper call for SORT backup. >> >> Which leads me to film scanners. I need one. The Canon >> 8400turdbucket is no longer supported. They say the previous drivers >> should work with DOS10, but they don't. Flatbeds are ok, preferably >> with 35mm and 120 holders. I'm open to suggestion. >> >> See you in May/June. Don't say you weren't warned. >> >> >> -- >> Scott Loveless >> Camp Hill, PA USA >> http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ >> __o >> _'\<,_ >> (*)/ (*) >> >> -- >> 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. -- Any idiot can shoot with a Canon, Nikon, or Sony, it takes a special kind of idiot to use a Pentax. -- 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.
