JCO, You are obviously getting better results than average with your 2450. I'm curious about the amount of sharpening you are doing. When I scan 35mm on my Minolta Scan Dual II and Vuescan, I don't have to really sharpen at all to get great looking 8 X 10's.
When I tried the 2450, I was not that impressed, but I didn't do much with sharpening on the initial scans (I usually sharpen when I resize an image). The results you are getting is causing me to really think again about trying the 2450 because I really miss being able to scan my 67 stuff. Can you give us an idea of the workflow and steps that you take during the scan and post processing? Thanks, Bruce P.S. The stuff looks great! Thursday, August 29, 2002, 11:36:46 PM, you wrote: JCOC> This is slightly OT, but what the hell. JCOC> Yesterday I scanned some 35mm negs with JCOC> the EPSON 2450 scanner. Just a couple JCOC> of shots in my back yard I had handy. JCOC> Film: Fuji Superia 400 JCOC> Camera: Olympus 35RD (sorry) JCOC> Lens: 40mm F1.7 Zuiko (6 element) JCOC> Exposure: 1/500 at F11(1) JCOC> 1/250 at F11(2) JCOC> Scanner: Epson 2450 JCOC> Software: Silverfast set to Fuji Superia JCOC> Tweeks: Photoshop 6.0 Levels and Sharpening JCOC> Heres the reduced full frame files, and blowups at JCOC> actual pixels in the 2400 ppi scans: JCOC> PIX JCOC> http://jcoconnell.com/35mmscans/O35RDTREE1.jpg JCOC> http://jcoconnell.com/35mmscans/O35RDTREE1B.jpg JCOC> http://jcoconnell.com/35mmscans/O35RDTREE2.jpg JCOC> http://jcoconnell.com/35mmscans/O35RDTREE2B.jpg JCOC> Note the lack of flare in the second shot even JCOC> though the sun is in the frame! Lens isnt JCOC> even SMC either...Fantastic results. JCOC> I didnt upload the full size 2400ppi scans JCOC> because they are over 10MB a piece using JCOC> the best jpg quality setting in PS6. JCOC> Heres the camera. Its a very small all JCOC> mechanical 35mm rangefinder with what I have JCOC> found to be an outstanding lens. ( Sorry JCOC> it's not Pentax, but Pentax never got into the JCOC> rangefinder business : ( JCOC> CAMERA JCOC> http://jcoconnell.com/35mmscans/OLY35RD.jpg JCOC> Anyway, these scans give a good idea what is possible JCOC> with 35mm & the EPSON 2450 scanner. I made some prints JCOC> on the 1280 printer and they are incredible sharp. JCOC> I cant believe they are from 35mm they look so good. JCOC> At 8.5 X11" even the film grain with 400 film isnt bad. JCOC> JCO >> -----Original Message----- >> Subject: RE: OT Epson 2450 (was Re: Re[2]: Sanning negs vs positive >> tranparinces) >> >> >> havent posted any 100% MF scans yet but >> I'm getting fantastic scans with the 2450 >> using 6X7 originals. In fact I did some 8.5X11 >> scans/prints yesterday using 35mm!!! Fuji superia >> film that are mind blowingly good. Hell, >> If i had known this kind of quality was possible >> with 35mm I might not have even bought my >> $5k 6X7 gettup.....But one thing is for sure, >> the epson 2450 is an outstanding scanner and >> its ideal for 6X7 and 4X5 originals. At $350 its >> a no-brainer..........BTW 2400 ppi is more than adequate >> for 6X7 or larger origianls IMHO, like I said >> its giving me beautiful results even with >> 35mm, so you can imagine how good it is with MF or LF. >> 2nd BTW, its a top notch flatbed too. >> JCO
