The Epson software is far superior to Vuescan on Epson flatbeds. The V500 does a good job. The V850 Is superb
Paul > On Dec 13, 2019, at 9:01 PM, jco...@iinet.net.au wrote: > > 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 <pdml-boun...@pdml.net> On Behalf Of P. J. Alling > Sent: Saturday, 14 December 2019 9:03 AM > To: pdml@pdml.net > 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 <sdlovel...@gmail.com>, 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 >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> 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 > PDML@pdml.net > 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 > PDML@pdml.net > 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
