[filmscanners] Re: Epson Perfection V750-M Pro Scanner,
From: "Tony Sleep" On 14/06/2009 Preston Earle wrote: > I need to replace my ScanDual III so I can > scan 40 or so rolls of old 35mm b&w negatives. Will this scanner scan > 35-mm > negs to give results similar to a filmscanner? According to at least one review I read, IIRC the answer was a qualified 'yes' for the V700/V750, at least for medium format - there was a direct comparison with a Nikonscan 8000. See the V750 and V700 reviews at http://www.photo-i.co.uk/Menus/reviews.htm < FWIW, I found the DoF on the V700 to be very narrow, making film height and flatness critical. At it's best, it's surprisingly close to the Nikon 8000, but persuading the film to be flat without wet mounting might be hard. David J. Littleboy Tokyo, Japan Unsubscribe by mail to listser...@halftone.co.uk, with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
[filmscanners] Re: Epson Perfection V750-M Pro Scanner,
On 14/06/2009 Preston Earle wrote: > I need to replace my ScanDual III so I can > scan 40 or so rolls of old 35mm b&w negatives. Will this scanner scan > 35-mm > negs to give results similar to a filmscanner? According to at least one review I read, IIRC the answer was a qualified 'yes' for the V700/V750, at least for medium format - there was a direct comparison with a Nikonscan 8000. See the V750 and V700 reviews at http://www.photo-i.co.uk/Menus/reviews.htm -- Regards Tony Sleep http://tonysleep.co.uk Unsubscribe by mail to listser...@halftone.co.uk, with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
[filmscanners] Re: Epson Perfection V750-M Pro Scanner,
On 14-Jun-09 17:41:19, LAURIE SOLOMON (lau...@advancenet.net) wrote: > Jim, > Sort of a natural mistake since most people associate all scanner drivers > as > twain drivers, which most were when all scanners were 32 bit. Epson > probably did refer to the driver as a "64-bit driver" without bothering > to > distinguish between twain based drivers and WIA based drivers, which > Microsoft has moved to for all their versions of OS since Vista. Epson only refers to their drivers generically, i.e. "64-bit drivers." I am only assuming that they are WIA because that seems logical. Silverfast provides a 64-bit TWAIN version for the Epson. I don't know why they went to the extra trouble of creating an alternative 64-bit TWAIN version unless possibly certain programs need them. Photoshop CS3 and CS4 are WIA friendly. -- Cary Enoch Reinstein, Enoch's Vision Inc. http://www.enochsvision.com Blog: http://www.enochsvision.net - "Behind all these manifestations is the one radiance, which shines through all things. The function of art is to reveal this radiance through the created object." (Joseph Campbell) Unsubscribe by mail to listser...@halftone.co.uk, with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
[filmscanners] Re: Epson Perfection V750-M Pro Scanner,
On 14-Jun-09 17:29:42, LAURIE SOLOMON (lau...@advancenet.net) wrote: > caryeno...@enochsvision.com, > > I apologize for using your post as a vehicle for posting a correction to > one > of my earlier posts where I referred to WMA drivers when I should have > referred to WIA drivers. I am sorry if my error in reference has caused > any > confusion or trouble. No trouble at all. Thanks. If I had written my initial more reply more carefully then I wouldn't have confused anyone. I should know better. I was a technical writer for many years -- at Microsoft -- in what they used to call the Backoffice Division. I wrote sections of the Resource Kit on the Windows Registry and managed the team that wrote the Error Messages volume. Over the years they have discarded many more great features than they ever shipped. Like IBM and other giants, the bigger they got, the less efficient they became. I'm looking forward to Vista 2.0 aka Windows 7. By my count, it's really Windows 16. -- Cary Enoch Reinstein, Enoch's Vision Inc. http://www.enochsvision.com Blog: http://www.enochsvision.net - "Behind all these manifestations is the one radiance, which shines through all things. The function of art is to reveal this radiance through the created object." (Joseph Campbell) Unsubscribe by mail to listser...@halftone.co.uk, with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
[filmscanners] Re: Epson Perfection V750-M Pro Scanner,
No problems at all. I learn something every time I post on this group, Laurie. Thanks to everyone! Jim LAURIE SOLOMON wrote: > caryeno...@enochsvision.com, > > I apologize for using your post as a vehicle for posting a correction to one > of my earlier posts where I referred to WMA drivers when I should have > referred to WIA drivers. I am sorry if my error in reference has caused any > confusion or trouble. > > -Original Message- > From: filmscanners_ow...@halftone.co.uk > [mailto:filmscanners_ow...@halftone.co.uk] On Behalf Of > caryeno...@enochsvision.com > Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2009 1:39 PM > To: lau...@advancenet.net > Subject: [filmscanners] Re: Epson Perfection V750-M Pro Scanner, > > Silverfast provides a 64-bit installer for the V500 (and presumably related > Epson > scanners). It's WIA and it installs both a standalone client and a plug-in > for Photoshop. > Silverfast also provides an optional TWAIN version but there's no reason to > install it > that I can see. > > In the flier packaged with the scanner, Epson tells you not to install from > the CD. They > point you to their website so you can install the latest 64-bit driver for > it. That > appears to be a WIA driver. Epson's OEM software is like most OEM software; > it's mediocre > and very basic. You need either Vuescan or Silverfast. I use Silverfast > Studio Ai version 6.6. > > Additional comment below. > > On 14-Jun-09 12:41, LAURIE SOLOMON wrote: > >> I would check again on the 64-bit twain driver. Epson may have developed >> > a > >> proprietary driver for the scanner but I sort of doubt it was a twain >> > driver > >> since there were never any official standards set for the 64 bit twain >> driver by the twain working group consortium even though they talked about >> doing so and there was never any implementation of an official 64-bit >> > twain > >> driver although there may have been implementations of 64 bit drivers for >> scanners by third parties (e.g. Ed Hamrick) manufacturers as proprietary >> items. It is quite possible that what you got was a 64 bit WIA interface >> driver which allows the scanner to work with 64 bit Windows Vista machines >> and maybe XP. >> > > >> LAURIE SOLOMON wrote: >> >>> Yes; but you are talking about a relatively new USB based scanner and >>> >> Vista >> > > There's no "yes but." I explicitly stated that I installed a USB scanner so > my comments > applied only to that. > > >>> X64. It is quite possible that this newer model scanner uses either >>> > third > >>> party drivers developed by people like Ed Hemrick or has Epson developed >>> >> WMA >> >>> drivers which are designed for Vista X32 and X64 bit versions. Being USB >>> based and not SCSI based peripherals, you probably did not need to use an >>> ASPI layer to get the OSD to recognize the hardware device as was the >>> > case > >>> with SCSI based scanners of old. >>> > > Do any prosumer manufacturers even make SCSI scanners anymore? > > > There is a difference between drivers > >>> which enable software applications to work a peripheral device and such >>> things as software code such as ASPI layers which enable the OS to >>> >> recognize >> >>> the existence of the physical device; the two are not the same. >>> > > I know that. I didn't say they were the same. You might be responding to > someone else's > post there. > > >>> I didn't have to do anything to get my new Epson V500 scanner to work in >>> Vista-x64. I used >>> the installation CD and then immediately installed the 64-bit updates >>> > that > >> I downloaded from the Epson support pages. Then I turned the scanner on. >> > Windows made > >> the low beep that it does when it recognizes any USB device and that was >> > it. The scanner > >> works perfectly in Vuescan Prof. It was recognized immediately. >> >>> Environment: Vista Ultimate-x64/SP2, 8 GB RAM. >>> > > -- > Cary Enoch Reinstein, Enoch's Vision Inc. http://www.enochsvision.com > Blog: http://www.enochsvision.net - "Behind all these manifestations is > the one radiance, which shines through all things. The function of art is > to reveal this radiance through the created object." (Joseph Campbell) > > > > > Unsubscribe by mail to listser...@halftone.co.uk, with 'unsubscribe > filmscanners' > or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title > or body > > > > > > > > Unsubscribe by mail to listser...@halftone.co.uk, with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
[filmscanners] RE: Epson Perfection V750-M Pro Scanner,
Jim, Sort of a natural mistake since most people associate all scanner drivers as twain drivers, which most were when all scanners were 32 bit. Epson probably did refer to the driver as a "64-bit driver" without bothering to distinguish between twain based drivers and WIA based drivers, which Microsoft has moved to for all their versions of OS since Vista. I am not sure if the drivers for Macs are twain or WIA or something else and if there are 64 bit Mac drivers available or not since I do not use a Mac. It may be that the new Mac OSs have opted to use WIA drivers as well and that one can use said drivers to work in 64 bit on their systems. I was not trying to put you or anyone else down for the confusion but was merely seeking to maintain some clarification of the various differences between ASPI layers, Twain drivers, and WIA drivers as well as their relationship to SCSI and USB interfaces and 32 bit versus 64 bit OSs and drivers. -Original Message- From: filmscanners_ow...@halftone.co.uk [mailto:filmscanners_ow...@halftone.co.uk] On Behalf Of James L. Sims Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2009 5:00 PM To: lau...@advancenet.net Subject: [filmscanners] Re: Epson Perfection V750-M Pro Scanner, Laurie, I could be wrong calling the Epson driver a 64-bit twain driver. If memory serves me, Epson referred to it as a "64-bit driver". I did not ask for it as I was, and still am, on 32-bit machines - mainly because of the Sprintscan 120. Jim LAURIE SOLOMON wrote: > I would check again on the 64-bit twain driver. Epson may have developed a > proprietary driver for the scanner but I sort of doubt it was a twain driver > since there were never any official standards set for the 64 bit twain > driver by the twain working group consortium even though they talked about > doing so and there was never any implementation of an official 64-bit twain > driver although there may have been implementations of 64 bit drivers for > scanners by third parties (e.g. Ed Hamrick) manufacturers as proprietary > items. It is quite possible that what you got was a 64 bit WIA interface > driver which allows the scanner to work with 64 bit Windows Vista machines > and maybe XP. > > I see where there is now some discussion online about standards for a 64 bit > version 2.0 twain driver set of standards (version 1 discussions were > abandoned a few years ago); but the discussions do not seem to have reached > a firm enough stage that there have been any fully implemented instances of > such a twain driver that are working drivers issued by software developers. > > -Original Message- > From: filmscanners_ow...@halftone.co.uk > [mailto:filmscanners_ow...@halftone.co.uk] On Behalf Of James L. Sims > Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2009 11:55 PM > To: lau...@advancenet.net > Subject: [filmscanners] Re: Epson Perfection V750-M Pro Scanner, > > I have an Epson 1600, that's older than my Polaroid 120 and Epson has > provided 64-bit twain drivers for it. But you're right, the 120 will > have to stay with a 32-bit XP machine. > > Jim > > LAURIE SOLOMON wrote: > >> Yes; but you are talking about a relatively new USB based scanner and >> > Vista > >> X64. It is quite possible that this newer model scanner uses either third >> party drivers developed by people like Ed Hemrick or has Epson developed >> > WMA > >> drivers which are designed for Vista X32 and X64 bit versions. Being USB >> based and not SCSI based peripherals, you probably did not need to use an >> ASPI layer to get the OSD to recognize the hardware device as was the case >> with SCSI based scanners of old. There is a difference between drivers >> which enable software applications to work a peripheral device and such >> things as software code such as ASPI layers which enable the OS to >> > recognize > >> the existence of the physical device; the two are not the same. >> >> -Original Message----- >> From: filmscanners_ow...@halftone.co.uk >> [mailto:filmscanners_ow...@halftone.co.uk] On Behalf Of >> caryeno...@enochsvision.com >> Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2009 4:03 PM >> To: lau...@advancenet.net >> Subject: [filmscanners] Re: Epson Perfection V750-M Pro Scanner, >> >> I didn't have to do anything to get my new Epson V500 scanner to work in >> Vista-x64. I used >> the installation CD and then immediately installed the 64-bit updates that >> > I > >> downloaded >> from the Epson support pages. Then I turned the scanner on. Windows made >> > the > >> low beep that >> it does when it recognizes any USB device and that was it. The scanner >> > works > >> perfectly in >> Vuescan Prof. It was recognized i
[filmscanners] RE: Epson Perfection V750-M Pro Scanner,
caryeno...@enochsvision.com, I apologize for using your post as a vehicle for posting a correction to one of my earlier posts where I referred to WMA drivers when I should have referred to WIA drivers. I am sorry if my error in reference has caused any confusion or trouble. -Original Message- From: filmscanners_ow...@halftone.co.uk [mailto:filmscanners_ow...@halftone.co.uk] On Behalf Of caryeno...@enochsvision.com Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2009 1:39 PM To: lau...@advancenet.net Subject: [filmscanners] Re: Epson Perfection V750-M Pro Scanner, Silverfast provides a 64-bit installer for the V500 (and presumably related Epson scanners). It's WIA and it installs both a standalone client and a plug-in for Photoshop. Silverfast also provides an optional TWAIN version but there's no reason to install it that I can see. In the flier packaged with the scanner, Epson tells you not to install from the CD. They point you to their website so you can install the latest 64-bit driver for it. That appears to be a WIA driver. Epson's OEM software is like most OEM software; it's mediocre and very basic. You need either Vuescan or Silverfast. I use Silverfast Studio Ai version 6.6. Additional comment below. On 14-Jun-09 12:41, LAURIE SOLOMON wrote: > I would check again on the 64-bit twain driver. Epson may have developed a > proprietary driver for the scanner but I sort of doubt it was a twain driver > since there were never any official standards set for the 64 bit twain > driver by the twain working group consortium even though they talked about > doing so and there was never any implementation of an official 64-bit twain > driver although there may have been implementations of 64 bit drivers for > scanners by third parties (e.g. Ed Hamrick) manufacturers as proprietary > items. It is quite possible that what you got was a 64 bit WIA interface > driver which allows the scanner to work with 64 bit Windows Vista machines > and maybe XP. > LAURIE SOLOMON wrote: >> Yes; but you are talking about a relatively new USB based scanner and > Vista There's no "yes but." I explicitly stated that I installed a USB scanner so my comments applied only to that. >> X64. It is quite possible that this newer model scanner uses either third >> party drivers developed by people like Ed Hemrick or has Epson developed > WMA >> drivers which are designed for Vista X32 and X64 bit versions. Being USB >> based and not SCSI based peripherals, you probably did not need to use an >> ASPI layer to get the OSD to recognize the hardware device as was the case >> with SCSI based scanners of old. Do any prosumer manufacturers even make SCSI scanners anymore? > There is a difference between drivers >> which enable software applications to work a peripheral device and such >> things as software code such as ASPI layers which enable the OS to > recognize >> the existence of the physical device; the two are not the same. I know that. I didn't say they were the same. You might be responding to someone else's post there. >> I didn't have to do anything to get my new Epson V500 scanner to work in >> Vista-x64. I used >> the installation CD and then immediately installed the 64-bit updates that > I downloaded from the Epson support pages. Then I turned the scanner on. Windows made > the low beep that it does when it recognizes any USB device and that was it. The scanner > works perfectly in Vuescan Prof. It was recognized immediately. >> Environment: Vista Ultimate-x64/SP2, 8 GB RAM. -- Cary Enoch Reinstein, Enoch's Vision Inc. http://www.enochsvision.com Blog: http://www.enochsvision.net - "Behind all these manifestations is the one radiance, which shines through all things. The function of art is to reveal this radiance through the created object." (Joseph Campbell) Unsubscribe by mail to listser...@halftone.co.uk, with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body Unsubscribe by mail to listser...@halftone.co.uk, with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
[filmscanners] Re: Epson Perfection V750-M Pro Scanner,
Laurie, I could be wrong calling the Epson driver a 64-bit twain driver. If memory serves me, Epson referred to it as a "64-bit driver". I did not ask for it as I was, and still am, on 32-bit machines - mainly because of the Sprintscan 120. Jim LAURIE SOLOMON wrote: > I would check again on the 64-bit twain driver. Epson may have developed a > proprietary driver for the scanner but I sort of doubt it was a twain driver > since there were never any official standards set for the 64 bit twain > driver by the twain working group consortium even though they talked about > doing so and there was never any implementation of an official 64-bit twain > driver although there may have been implementations of 64 bit drivers for > scanners by third parties (e.g. Ed Hamrick) manufacturers as proprietary > items. It is quite possible that what you got was a 64 bit WIA interface > driver which allows the scanner to work with 64 bit Windows Vista machines > and maybe XP. > > I see where there is now some discussion online about standards for a 64 bit > version 2.0 twain driver set of standards (version 1 discussions were > abandoned a few years ago); but the discussions do not seem to have reached > a firm enough stage that there have been any fully implemented instances of > such a twain driver that are working drivers issued by software developers. > > -Original Message- > From: filmscanners_ow...@halftone.co.uk > [mailto:filmscanners_ow...@halftone.co.uk] On Behalf Of James L. Sims > Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2009 11:55 PM > To: lau...@advancenet.net > Subject: [filmscanners] Re: Epson Perfection V750-M Pro Scanner, > > I have an Epson 1600, that's older than my Polaroid 120 and Epson has > provided 64-bit twain drivers for it. But you're right, the 120 will > have to stay with a 32-bit XP machine. > > Jim > > LAURIE SOLOMON wrote: > >> Yes; but you are talking about a relatively new USB based scanner and >> > Vista > >> X64. It is quite possible that this newer model scanner uses either third >> party drivers developed by people like Ed Hemrick or has Epson developed >> > WMA > >> drivers which are designed for Vista X32 and X64 bit versions. Being USB >> based and not SCSI based peripherals, you probably did not need to use an >> ASPI layer to get the OSD to recognize the hardware device as was the case >> with SCSI based scanners of old. There is a difference between drivers >> which enable software applications to work a peripheral device and such >> things as software code such as ASPI layers which enable the OS to >> > recognize > >> the existence of the physical device; the two are not the same. >> >> -Original Message- >> From: filmscanners_ow...@halftone.co.uk >> [mailto:filmscanners_ow...@halftone.co.uk] On Behalf Of >> caryeno...@enochsvision.com >> Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2009 4:03 PM >> To: lau...@advancenet.net >> Subject: [filmscanners] Re: Epson Perfection V750-M Pro Scanner, >> >> I didn't have to do anything to get my new Epson V500 scanner to work in >> Vista-x64. I used >> the installation CD and then immediately installed the 64-bit updates that >> > I > >> downloaded >> from the Epson support pages. Then I turned the scanner on. Windows made >> > the > >> low beep that >> it does when it recognizes any USB device and that was it. The scanner >> > works > >> perfectly in >> Vuescan Prof. It was recognized immediately. >> >> Environment: Vista Ultimate-x64/SP2, 8 GB RAM. >> >> I went ahead and bought Silverfast Ai Studio for it for a variety of >> > reasons > >> mostly >> related to the difficult faded originals. They're very old filmstrips of >> great historical >> value that I'm restoring. Silverfast isn't as easy to use as Vuescan but I >> felt the more >> finely tuned results justified the high price. Btw, Silverfast had no >> problems recognizing >> the scanner either. That's because Lasersoft customizes each version for a >> specific >> scanner. Vuescan should drive virtually any scanner right out of the box. >> It's amazing. >> >> I made sample scans on a friend's V750 and could not discern any >> > difference > >> in quality >> between those scans and the ones on the V500 -- and I am very picky. The >> optics are >> probably better on the V750 though. Don't bother with the Epson OEM >> software. Either >> Vuescan or Silverfast are greatly superior. Your choice. >> >> On 13-Jun-09 15:43:44, LAURIE SOLOM
[filmscanners] Re: Epson Perfection V750-M Pro Scanner,
On 14-Jun-09 09:02, Preston Earle wrote: > So, after this discussion of drivers, etc., does anyone have any experience > in actually using this scanner. I need to replace my ScanDual III so I can > scan 40 or so rolls of old 35mm b&w negatives. Will this scanner scan 35-mm > negs to give results similar to a filmscanner? I don't have any confidence > that equipment specs will adequately answer that question and would like to > hear some actual experience. I cannot give you a definitive answer. The only film I have run through the Epson has been very old negative stock and filmstrips that have been badly degraded by time. The originals were not sharp. I'm not sure where you could accomplish this but you need to run a sample of what you'll be scanning on an Epson to be sure it will satisfy your requirements. ICE worked well enough to eliminate superficial scratches but I had additional work in Photoshop to fully restore accurate color. My restorations probably look better than the originals did. I tried some samples on a borrowed Dimage ScanElite 5400 II and didn't like the results compared to what I obtained from the Epson. If I needed extreme sharpness (not applicable for the work I'm currently doing) I would have bought an Epson V750 instead of the V500. There are a handful of websites that provide detailed objective reviews. I suggest no relying on anyone's anecdotal evidence including mine. -- Cary Enoch Reinstein, Enoch's Vision Inc. http://www.enochsvision.com Blog: http://www.enochsvision.net - "Behind all these manifestations is the one radiance, which shines through all things. The function of art is to reveal this radiance through the created object." (Joseph Campbell) Unsubscribe by mail to listser...@halftone.co.uk, with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
[filmscanners] Re: Epson Perfection V750-M Pro Scanner,
Silverfast provides a 64-bit installer for the V500 (and presumably related Epson scanners). It's WIA and it installs both a standalone client and a plug-in for Photoshop. Silverfast also provides an optional TWAIN version but there's no reason to install it that I can see. In the flier packaged with the scanner, Epson tells you not to install from the CD. They point you to their website so you can install the latest 64-bit driver for it. That appears to be a WIA driver. Epson's OEM software is like most OEM software; it's mediocre and very basic. You need either Vuescan or Silverfast. I use Silverfast Studio Ai version 6.6. Additional comment below. On 14-Jun-09 12:41, LAURIE SOLOMON wrote: > I would check again on the 64-bit twain driver. Epson may have developed a > proprietary driver for the scanner but I sort of doubt it was a twain driver > since there were never any official standards set for the 64 bit twain > driver by the twain working group consortium even though they talked about > doing so and there was never any implementation of an official 64-bit twain > driver although there may have been implementations of 64 bit drivers for > scanners by third parties (e.g. Ed Hamrick) manufacturers as proprietary > items. It is quite possible that what you got was a 64 bit WIA interface > driver which allows the scanner to work with 64 bit Windows Vista machines > and maybe XP. > LAURIE SOLOMON wrote: >> Yes; but you are talking about a relatively new USB based scanner and > Vista There's no "yes but." I explicitly stated that I installed a USB scanner so my comments applied only to that. >> X64. It is quite possible that this newer model scanner uses either third >> party drivers developed by people like Ed Hemrick or has Epson developed > WMA >> drivers which are designed for Vista X32 and X64 bit versions. Being USB >> based and not SCSI based peripherals, you probably did not need to use an >> ASPI layer to get the OSD to recognize the hardware device as was the case >> with SCSI based scanners of old. Do any prosumer manufacturers even make SCSI scanners anymore? > There is a difference between drivers >> which enable software applications to work a peripheral device and such >> things as software code such as ASPI layers which enable the OS to > recognize >> the existence of the physical device; the two are not the same. I know that. I didn't say they were the same. You might be responding to someone else's post there. >> I didn't have to do anything to get my new Epson V500 scanner to work in >> Vista-x64. I used >> the installation CD and then immediately installed the 64-bit updates that > I downloaded from the Epson support pages. Then I turned the scanner on. > Windows made > the low beep that it does when it recognizes any USB device and that was it. > The scanner > works perfectly in Vuescan Prof. It was recognized immediately. >> Environment: Vista Ultimate-x64/SP2, 8 GB RAM. -- Cary Enoch Reinstein, Enoch's Vision Inc. http://www.enochsvision.com Blog: http://www.enochsvision.net - "Behind all these manifestations is the one radiance, which shines through all things. The function of art is to reveal this radiance through the created object." (Joseph Campbell) Unsubscribe by mail to listser...@halftone.co.uk, with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
[filmscanners] RE: Epson Perfection V750-M Pro Scanner,
I would check again on the 64-bit twain driver. Epson may have developed a proprietary driver for the scanner but I sort of doubt it was a twain driver since there were never any official standards set for the 64 bit twain driver by the twain working group consortium even though they talked about doing so and there was never any implementation of an official 64-bit twain driver although there may have been implementations of 64 bit drivers for scanners by third parties (e.g. Ed Hamrick) manufacturers as proprietary items. It is quite possible that what you got was a 64 bit WIA interface driver which allows the scanner to work with 64 bit Windows Vista machines and maybe XP. I see where there is now some discussion online about standards for a 64 bit version 2.0 twain driver set of standards (version 1 discussions were abandoned a few years ago); but the discussions do not seem to have reached a firm enough stage that there have been any fully implemented instances of such a twain driver that are working drivers issued by software developers. -Original Message- From: filmscanners_ow...@halftone.co.uk [mailto:filmscanners_ow...@halftone.co.uk] On Behalf Of James L. Sims Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2009 11:55 PM To: lau...@advancenet.net Subject: [filmscanners] Re: Epson Perfection V750-M Pro Scanner, I have an Epson 1600, that's older than my Polaroid 120 and Epson has provided 64-bit twain drivers for it. But you're right, the 120 will have to stay with a 32-bit XP machine. Jim LAURIE SOLOMON wrote: > Yes; but you are talking about a relatively new USB based scanner and Vista > X64. It is quite possible that this newer model scanner uses either third > party drivers developed by people like Ed Hemrick or has Epson developed WMA > drivers which are designed for Vista X32 and X64 bit versions. Being USB > based and not SCSI based peripherals, you probably did not need to use an > ASPI layer to get the OSD to recognize the hardware device as was the case > with SCSI based scanners of old. There is a difference between drivers > which enable software applications to work a peripheral device and such > things as software code such as ASPI layers which enable the OS to recognize > the existence of the physical device; the two are not the same. > > -Original Message- > From: filmscanners_ow...@halftone.co.uk > [mailto:filmscanners_ow...@halftone.co.uk] On Behalf Of > caryeno...@enochsvision.com > Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2009 4:03 PM > To: lau...@advancenet.net > Subject: [filmscanners] Re: Epson Perfection V750-M Pro Scanner, > > I didn't have to do anything to get my new Epson V500 scanner to work in > Vista-x64. I used > the installation CD and then immediately installed the 64-bit updates that I > downloaded > from the Epson support pages. Then I turned the scanner on. Windows made the > low beep that > it does when it recognizes any USB device and that was it. The scanner works > perfectly in > Vuescan Prof. It was recognized immediately. > > Environment: Vista Ultimate-x64/SP2, 8 GB RAM. > > I went ahead and bought Silverfast Ai Studio for it for a variety of reasons > mostly > related to the difficult faded originals. They're very old filmstrips of > great historical > value that I'm restoring. Silverfast isn't as easy to use as Vuescan but I > felt the more > finely tuned results justified the high price. Btw, Silverfast had no > problems recognizing > the scanner either. That's because Lasersoft customizes each version for a > specific > scanner. Vuescan should drive virtually any scanner right out of the box. > It's amazing. > > I made sample scans on a friend's V750 and could not discern any difference > in quality > between those scans and the ones on the V500 -- and I am very picky. The > optics are > probably better on the V750 though. Don't bother with the Epson OEM > software. Either > Vuescan or Silverfast are greatly superior. Your choice. > > On 13-Jun-09 15:43:44, LAURIE SOLOMON (lau...@advancenet.net) wrote: > >> SCSI is the hardware connection; there are no twain drivers for 64 bit OS. >> >> You need the ASPI layer with SCSI for any Windows OS (32 or 64 bit) to >> recognize the scanner as a hardware device ( I do not know about USB >> connected scanners); but this is different from getting the scanner to >> work which is different from getting the OS to recognize the hardware and >> requires device drivers. The traditional scanner and scanner drivers >> were and are proprietary software connected twain drivers, which are only >> > 32 > >> bit and will not work with 64 bit OSs. Ed Hamrick by passes the twain >> driver and has written his own drivers for scanners; they may be 64
[filmscanners] Re: Epson Perfection V750-M Pro Scanner,
So, after this discussion of drivers, etc., does anyone have any experience in actually using this scanner. I need to replace my ScanDual III so I can scan 40 or so rolls of old 35mm b&w negatives. Will this scanner scan 35-mm negs to give results similar to a filmscanner? I don't have any confidence that equipment specs will adequately answer that question and would like to hear some actual experience. Preston Earle pea...@triad.rr.com www.sawdustforbrains.blogspot.com Unsubscribe by mail to listser...@halftone.co.uk, with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
[filmscanners] Re: Epson Perfection V750-M Pro Scanner,
I have an Epson 1600, that's older than my Polaroid 120 and Epson has provided 64-bit twain drivers for it. But you're right, the 120 will have to stay with a 32-bit XP machine. Jim LAURIE SOLOMON wrote: > Yes; but you are talking about a relatively new USB based scanner and Vista > X64. It is quite possible that this newer model scanner uses either third > party drivers developed by people like Ed Hemrick or has Epson developed WMA > drivers which are designed for Vista X32 and X64 bit versions. Being USB > based and not SCSI based peripherals, you probably did not need to use an > ASPI layer to get the OSD to recognize the hardware device as was the case > with SCSI based scanners of old. There is a difference between drivers > which enable software applications to work a peripheral device and such > things as software code such as ASPI layers which enable the OS to recognize > the existence of the physical device; the two are not the same. > > -Original Message- > From: filmscanners_ow...@halftone.co.uk > [mailto:filmscanners_ow...@halftone.co.uk] On Behalf Of > caryeno...@enochsvision.com > Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2009 4:03 PM > To: lau...@advancenet.net > Subject: [filmscanners] Re: Epson Perfection V750-M Pro Scanner, > > I didn't have to do anything to get my new Epson V500 scanner to work in > Vista-x64. I used > the installation CD and then immediately installed the 64-bit updates that I > downloaded > from the Epson support pages. Then I turned the scanner on. Windows made the > low beep that > it does when it recognizes any USB device and that was it. The scanner works > perfectly in > Vuescan Prof. It was recognized immediately. > > Environment: Vista Ultimate-x64/SP2, 8 GB RAM. > > I went ahead and bought Silverfast Ai Studio for it for a variety of reasons > mostly > related to the difficult faded originals. They're very old filmstrips of > great historical > value that I'm restoring. Silverfast isn't as easy to use as Vuescan but I > felt the more > finely tuned results justified the high price. Btw, Silverfast had no > problems recognizing > the scanner either. That's because Lasersoft customizes each version for a > specific > scanner. Vuescan should drive virtually any scanner right out of the box. > It's amazing. > > I made sample scans on a friend's V750 and could not discern any difference > in quality > between those scans and the ones on the V500 -- and I am very picky. The > optics are > probably better on the V750 though. Don't bother with the Epson OEM > software. Either > Vuescan or Silverfast are greatly superior. Your choice. > > On 13-Jun-09 15:43:44, LAURIE SOLOMON (lau...@advancenet.net) wrote: > >> SCSI is the hardware connection; there are no twain drivers for 64 bit OS. >> >> You need the ASPI layer with SCSI for any Windows OS (32 or 64 bit) to >> recognize the scanner as a hardware device ( I do not know about USB >> connected scanners); but this is different from getting the scanner to >> work which is different from getting the OS to recognize the hardware and >> requires device drivers. The traditional scanner and scanner drivers >> were and are proprietary software connected twain drivers, which are only >> > 32 > >> bit and will not work with 64 bit OSs. Ed Hamrick by passes the twain >> driver and has written his own drivers for scanners; they may be 64 bit >> > capable. > >> -Original Message- >> On Behalf Of li...@lazygranch.com >> > > >> Ed Hamrick.would know the OS/software issues. >> > > -- > Cary Enoch Reinstein, Enoch's Vision Inc. http://www.enochsvision.com > Blog: http://www.enochsvision.net - "Behind all these manifestations is > the one radiance, which shines through all things. The function of art is > to reveal this radiance through the created object." (Joseph Campbell) > > > > > Unsubscribe by mail to listser...@halftone.co.uk, with 'unsubscribe > filmscanners' > or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title > or body > > > > > > > > Unsubscribe by mail to listser...@halftone.co.uk, with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
[filmscanners] RE: Epson Perfection V750-M Pro Scanner,
Yes; but you are talking about a relatively new USB based scanner and Vista X64. It is quite possible that this newer model scanner uses either third party drivers developed by people like Ed Hemrick or has Epson developed WMA drivers which are designed for Vista X32 and X64 bit versions. Being USB based and not SCSI based peripherals, you probably did not need to use an ASPI layer to get the OSD to recognize the hardware device as was the case with SCSI based scanners of old. There is a difference between drivers which enable software applications to work a peripheral device and such things as software code such as ASPI layers which enable the OS to recognize the existence of the physical device; the two are not the same. -Original Message- From: filmscanners_ow...@halftone.co.uk [mailto:filmscanners_ow...@halftone.co.uk] On Behalf Of caryeno...@enochsvision.com Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2009 4:03 PM To: lau...@advancenet.net Subject: [filmscanners] Re: Epson Perfection V750-M Pro Scanner, I didn't have to do anything to get my new Epson V500 scanner to work in Vista-x64. I used the installation CD and then immediately installed the 64-bit updates that I downloaded from the Epson support pages. Then I turned the scanner on. Windows made the low beep that it does when it recognizes any USB device and that was it. The scanner works perfectly in Vuescan Prof. It was recognized immediately. Environment: Vista Ultimate-x64/SP2, 8 GB RAM. I went ahead and bought Silverfast Ai Studio for it for a variety of reasons mostly related to the difficult faded originals. They're very old filmstrips of great historical value that I'm restoring. Silverfast isn't as easy to use as Vuescan but I felt the more finely tuned results justified the high price. Btw, Silverfast had no problems recognizing the scanner either. That's because Lasersoft customizes each version for a specific scanner. Vuescan should drive virtually any scanner right out of the box. It's amazing. I made sample scans on a friend's V750 and could not discern any difference in quality between those scans and the ones on the V500 -- and I am very picky. The optics are probably better on the V750 though. Don't bother with the Epson OEM software. Either Vuescan or Silverfast are greatly superior. Your choice. On 13-Jun-09 15:43:44, LAURIE SOLOMON (lau...@advancenet.net) wrote: > SCSI is the hardware connection; there are no twain drivers for 64 bit OS. > > You need the ASPI layer with SCSI for any Windows OS (32 or 64 bit) to > recognize the scanner as a hardware device ( I do not know about USB > connected scanners); but this is different from getting the scanner to > work which is different from getting the OS to recognize the hardware and > requires device drivers. The traditional scanner and scanner drivers > were and are proprietary software connected twain drivers, which are only 32 > bit and will not work with 64 bit OSs. Ed Hamrick by passes the twain > driver and has written his own drivers for scanners; they may be 64 bit capable. > > -Original Message- > On Behalf Of li...@lazygranch.com > Ed Hamrick.would know the OS/software issues. -- Cary Enoch Reinstein, Enoch's Vision Inc. http://www.enochsvision.com Blog: http://www.enochsvision.net - "Behind all these manifestations is the one radiance, which shines through all things. The function of art is to reveal this radiance through the created object." (Joseph Campbell) Unsubscribe by mail to listser...@halftone.co.uk, with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body Unsubscribe by mail to listser...@halftone.co.uk, with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
[filmscanners] RE: Epson Perfection V750-M Pro Scanner,
Win 7 is what Vista was suppose to be and should have been unless they screw it up between now and its public release in Oct. 2009. As I noted before, there are no 64 bit twain drivers and never have been any. So scanners typically could not be used with the 64 bit OSs unless the maker supplied a proprietary driver which would allow the scanner to work with the bundled scanner software but would not permit one to scan from within third party applications like Photoshop as a Twain driver would. The driver issue with Windows x64 and Vista 64 was and is different from the ASPI layer problem which allowed the OSs to recognized the actual physical device with SCSI based devices. Here the problem was a short feud between Microsoft and Adaptec where Microsoft stopped including the Adaptec ASPI layer (which Adaptec developed and owned) in the Windows OSs. During this brief feud, Microsoft attempted to develop their ow2n version of the ASPI layer; but most SCSI scanners would not recognize it or support it; hence people needed to download from Adaptec the ASPI layer software code and install it in the Windows OSs. Later, the feud ended and Microsoft again supported the Adaptec ASPI layer code. However, by then scanners were dropping the SCSI connection and turning to USB; and Microsoft began developing its own non-twain WMA driver criteria which was introduced in Vista 32 and 64 bit editions, dropping support for 32 bit twain drivers, which will still work in 32 bit Vista but were not included in box with it. Win 7 32 bit and 64 bit will no longer support 32 bit twain drivers or furnish them in box with the OS. Moreover, scanner manufacturers have introduced in their newer models USB based scanners, dropping SCSI, and new WMA drivers (both 32 and 64 bit drivers) for the newly introduced models; but they have not made any attempt to develop said drivers for their older models. Thus unless you are running 32 bit XP or Vista in virtual mode under Win 7 or running a dual boot system, you may not be able to use your old 32 bit twain driver based scanners in the new Microsoft OSs -especially the 64 bit versions. You should be aware, if you are not already, that the upgrade path from XP to Win 7 will (a) require a clean install of Win 7, although there should be many more 64 bit drivers available than there was for X64 or Vista 64, or (b) necessitate a upgrade from X64 to Vista 64 before upgrading from Vista to Win 7. One will not be able to directly upgrade from X64 to Win 7 and have all the settings and registry entries transferred automatically. -Original Message- From: filmscanners_ow...@halftone.co.uk [mailto:filmscanners_ow...@halftone.co.uk] On Behalf Of li...@lazygranch.com Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2009 5:50 PM To: lau...@advancenet.net Subject: [filmscanners] Re: Epson Perfection V750-M Pro Scanner, X64 is an oddball OS. Really a bastardized version of server2003. I can't wait to get rid of it for Windows 7. X64 predates Vista64, but was supposed to be easily (cough cough) upgraded to Vista. Well, it required a new install and for the longest time the drivers were better under X64 than Vista-64. Then Vista was proclaimed to suck, so I stayed with X64. On usenet, the old X64 users have proclaimed Windows 7 to be the 2nd coming of the messiah of your choice. Unsubscribe by mail to listser...@halftone.co.uk, with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body Unsubscribe by mail to listser...@halftone.co.uk, with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
[filmscanners] Re: Epson Perfection V750-M Pro Scanner,
X64 is an oddball OS. Really a bastardized version of server2003. I can't wait to get rid of it for Windows 7. X64 predates Vista64, but was supposed to be easily (cough cough) upgraded to Vista. Well, it required a new install and for the longest time the drivers were better under X64 than Vista-64. Then Vista was proclaimed to suck, so I stayed with X64. On usenet, the old X64 users have proclaimed Windows 7 to be the 2nd coming of the messiah of your choice. Unsubscribe by mail to listser...@halftone.co.uk, with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
[filmscanners] Re: Epson Perfection V750-M Pro Scanner,
I didn't have to do anything to get my new Epson V500 scanner to work in Vista-x64. I used the installation CD and then immediately installed the 64-bit updates that I downloaded from the Epson support pages. Then I turned the scanner on. Windows made the low beep that it does when it recognizes any USB device and that was it. The scanner works perfectly in Vuescan Prof. It was recognized immediately. Environment: Vista Ultimate-x64/SP2, 8 GB RAM. I went ahead and bought Silverfast Ai Studio for it for a variety of reasons mostly related to the difficult faded originals. They're very old filmstrips of great historical value that I'm restoring. Silverfast isn't as easy to use as Vuescan but I felt the more finely tuned results justified the high price. Btw, Silverfast had no problems recognizing the scanner either. That's because Lasersoft customizes each version for a specific scanner. Vuescan should drive virtually any scanner right out of the box. It's amazing. I made sample scans on a friend's V750 and could not discern any difference in quality between those scans and the ones on the V500 -- and I am very picky. The optics are probably better on the V750 though. Don't bother with the Epson OEM software. Either Vuescan or Silverfast are greatly superior. Your choice. On 13-Jun-09 15:43:44, LAURIE SOLOMON (lau...@advancenet.net) wrote: > SCSI is the hardware connection; there are no twain drivers for 64 bit OS. > > You need the ASPI layer with SCSI for any Windows OS (32 or 64 bit) to > recognize the scanner as a hardware device ( I do not know about USB > connected scanners); but this is different from getting the scanner to > work which is different from getting the OS to recognize the hardware and > requires device drivers. The traditional scanner and scanner drivers > were and are proprietary software connected twain drivers, which are only 32 > bit and will not work with 64 bit OSs. Ed Hamrick by passes the twain > driver and has written his own drivers for scanners; they may be 64 bit > capable. > > -Original Message- > On Behalf Of li...@lazygranch.com > Ed Hamrick.would know the OS/software issues. -- Cary Enoch Reinstein, Enoch's Vision Inc. http://www.enochsvision.com Blog: http://www.enochsvision.net - "Behind all these manifestations is the one radiance, which shines through all things. The function of art is to reveal this radiance through the created object." (Joseph Campbell) Unsubscribe by mail to listser...@halftone.co.uk, with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
[filmscanners] RE: Epson Perfection V750-M Pro Scanner,
SCSI is the hardware connection; there are no twain drivers for 64 bit OS. You need the ASPI layer with SCSI for any Windows OS (32 or 64 bit) to recognize the scanner as a hardware device ( I do not know about USB connected scanners); but this is different from getting the scanner to work which is different from getting the OS to recognize the hardware and requires device drivers. The traditional scanner and scanner drivers were and are proprietary software connected twain drivers, which are only 32 bit and will not work with 64 bit OSs. Ed Hamrick by passes the twain driver and has written his own drivers for scanners; they may be 64 bit capable. -Original Message- From: filmscanners_ow...@halftone.co.uk [mailto:filmscanners_ow...@halftone.co.uk] On Behalf Of li...@lazygranch.com Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2009 2:07 PM To: lau...@advancenet.net Subject: [filmscanners] Re: Epson Perfection V750-M Pro Scanner, Ed Hamrick.would know the OS/software issues. There i s something funny about scsi and aspi. For X64, I had to search the net and load some 3rd party ASPI stuff to run my usb scanner. Yes, I know this doesn't make sense, but I guess scsi is than a physical interface. That pc is in pieces at the moment, but I can probably find the stu ff I had to load once it is running again. -Origin al Message- From: "Tony Sleep" Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 16:48:56 To: Subject: [filmscanners] Re: Epson Perfectio n V750-M Pro Scanner, On 13/06/2009 James L. Sims wrot e: > With the support for my Polaroid Sprintscan 120 now unavailable, I am > looking for a replacement. Vuesc an should resolve antique s/w issues on Windows, though S CSI support may become more awkward I believe ASPI drive rs are available for Vista. On Mac I don't know with cur rent OSX, but similar was possible. Same applies to SCSI Nikons etc. Regarding physical service, I recently po pped the lid off my Polaroid 4000 (4 lever tabs) as it s eemed to have got rather flary and low contrast with som e strongly backlit slides that included bright background s, despite living under a dust cover when not in use. Half a dozen self-tappers later and I was able to remov e the lamp holder and the top of the film carrier carria ge. I was then able to clean the angled mirror with a DS LR sensor swab - it was covered in a thick layer of dust . Inspection with a torch showed the lens to be clean, re flected in the mirror. I then cleaned every trace of dus t and dirt from the mechanism surfaces I could get at, a nd wiped and re-lubricated the helical carriage advance screws. Result : a total transformation! Scans bright and clean, loads more shadow detail - virtually everythi ng in Kodachrome. No flare and colour much easier to get spot on. The mechanism sounds happier for lubrication to o. No more misfeeding neg carrier either, which the scan ner has been mistaking for the slide carrier half the ti me, for about the last 4 years. I wish I'd done it earli er, as I now think I should really rescan quite a lot. > Has anyone had any experience with Epson's > V750M? The specs. look impressive if they hold up. No exper ience, but if I had the money I'd have bought one to scan the relatively small amount of 120 I have. From reading reviews the V750 is very little different from the much cheaper V700. Lens coating seems very slightly better a nd you get Silverfast with the 750. Most important factor appears to be stand-offs for the film carrier, which ca n be improvised. Personally I'd use Vuescan anyway. -- Regards Tony Sleep http://tonysleep.co.uk --- - Unsubscribe by mail to list ser...@halftone.co.uk, with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' o r 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in t he message title or body Unsubscribe by mail to listser...@halftone.co.uk, with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body Unsubscribe by mail to listser...@halftone.co.uk, with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
[filmscanners] Re: Epson Perfection V750-M Pro Scanner,
Ed Hamrick.would know the OS/software issues. There i s something funny about scsi and aspi. For X64, I had to search the net and load some 3rd party ASPI stuff to run my usb scanner. Yes, I know this doesn't make sense, but I guess scsi is than a physical interface. That pc is in pieces at the moment, but I can probably find the stu ff I had to load once it is running again. -Origin al Message- From: "Tony Sleep" Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 16:48:56 To: Subject: [filmscanners] Re: Epson Perfectio n V750-M Pro Scanner, On 13/06/2009 James L. Sims wrot e: > With the support for my Polaroid Sprintscan 120 now unavailable, I am > looking for a replacement. Vuesc an should resolve antique s/w issues on Windows, though S CSI support may become more awkward I believe ASPI drive rs are available for Vista. On Mac I don't know with cur rent OSX, but similar was possible. Same applies to SCSI Nikons etc. Regarding physical service, I recently po pped the lid off my Polaroid 4000 (4 lever tabs) as it s eemed to have got rather flary and low contrast with som e strongly backlit slides that included bright background s, despite living under a dust cover when not in use. Half a dozen self-tappers later and I was able to remov e the lamp holder and the top of the film carrier carria ge. I was then able to clean the angled mirror with a DS LR sensor swab - it was covered in a thick layer of dust . Inspection with a torch showed the lens to be clean, re flected in the mirror. I then cleaned every trace of dus t and dirt from the mechanism surfaces I could get at, a nd wiped and re-lubricated the helical carriage advance screws. Result : a total transformation! Scans bright and clean, loads more shadow detail - virtually everythi ng in Kodachrome. No flare and colour much easier to get spot on. The mechanism sounds happier for lubrication to o. No more misfeeding neg carrier either, which the scan ner has been mistaking for the slide carrier half the ti me, for about the last 4 years. I wish I'd done it earli er, as I now think I should really rescan quite a lot. > Has anyone had any experience with Epson's > V750M? The specs. look impressive if they hold up. No exper ience, but if I had the money I'd have bought one to scan the relatively small amount of 120 I have. From reading reviews the V750 is very little different from the much cheaper V700. Lens coating seems very slightly better a nd you get Silverfast with the 750. Most important factor appears to be stand-offs for the film carrier, which ca n be improvised. Personally I'd use Vuescan anyway. -- Regards Tony Sleep http://tonysleep.co.uk --- - Unsubscribe by mail to list ser...@halftone.co.uk, with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' o r 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in t he message title or body Unsubscribe by mail to listser...@halftone.co.uk, with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
[filmscanners] Re: Epson Perfection V750-M Pro Scanner,
On 13/06/2009 James L. Sims wrote: > With the support for my Polaroid Sprintscan 120 now unavailable, I am > looking for a replacement. Vuescan should resolve antique s/w issues on Windows, though SCSI support may become more awkward I believe ASPI drivers are available for Vista. On Mac I don't know with current OSX, but similar was possible. Same applies to SCSI Nikons etc. Regarding physical service, I recently popped the lid off my Polaroid 4000 (4 lever tabs) as it seemed to have got rather flary and low contrast with some strongly backlit slides that included bright backgrounds, despite living under a dust cover when not in use. Half a dozen self-tappers later and I was able to remove the lamp holder and the top of the film carrier carriage. I was then able to clean the angled mirror with a DSLR sensor swab - it was covered in a thick layer of dust. Inspection with a torch showed the lens to be clean, reflected in the mirror. I then cleaned every trace of dust and dirt from the mechanism surfaces I could get at, and wiped and re-lubricated the helical carriage advance screws. Result : a total transformation! Scans bright and clean, loads more shadow detail - virtually everything in Kodachrome. No flare and colour much easier to get spot on. The mechanism sounds happier for lubrication too. No more misfeeding neg carrier either, which the scanner has been mistaking for the slide carrier half the time, for about the last 4 years. I wish I'd done it earlier, as I now think I should really rescan quite a lot. > Has anyone had any experience with Epson's > V750M? The specs. look impressive if they hold up. No experience, but if I had the money I'd have bought one to scan the relatively small amount of 120 I have. From reading reviews the V750 is very little different from the much cheaper V700. Lens coating seems very slightly better and you get Silverfast with the 750. Most important factor appears to be stand-offs for the film carrier, which can be improvised. Personally I'd use Vuescan anyway. -- Regards Tony Sleep http://tonysleep.co.uk Unsubscribe by mail to listser...@halftone.co.uk, with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
