Epson V700 Perfection

HiKite

Anyone buy this, and what do you think of it: http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/consumer/consDetail.jsp?oid=63056499

I'm looking to blow up some negative scans to A1 width or more if possible, can this scanner provide the image quality for this I wonder? Thanks!

Heebie

I have an Epson Perfection V500 Photo, and it's a really nice scanner.

The V700 has a lot more features than mine.. I'd expect it will do a great job.

magicbastarder

if you're just looking for a few scans, and have that size requirement, it might be worth looking into getting them professionally scanned.

HiKite

Just to let ye know that I got this scanner after, and it rocks, the quality is savage. However, it comes with a really basic version of Silverfast, and the upgrade costs about €210, which is a real sting: you really need Silverfast AI Studio to make the product work efficiently, and automate your workflow etc. That said, I now have an amazing "home studio" if you like, it is time consuming but you can leave the larger scans run during the night and wake up to cool images ;0)

magicbastarder

how does it handle colour?
i'm running provia through my canoscan 9900 and it's just depressing.

Heebie

This scan is from Fuji Velvia 50 straight off the glass in 48-bit from my Epson Perfection V500 Photo, using Epson's standard software, with Digital Ice in "quality" mode at 3200dpi. (obviously convert to 8-bit, sRGB color profile, and saved as a JPG. [quality of 12, which is, in theory, lossless])
I didn't do any color or exposure correct etc.., except to change the default black & white points. (the default sets the black point and white point to cut off a lot of the data in highlights & shadows..and I HATE that.) It also defaults to considering a medium-dark grey to be black, and a medium-light grey to be white.. I max them out.. I want white to be white, and black to be black. Not great software, but it can give you a good scan.



Full-size image: http://photos2.media.pix.ie/7A/B3/7AB34217434E4A6DA886B9964B0F462A-0000333880-0002280921-04306L-5BE688FC726C44879FD2C39FD663CC69.jpg
Whole album of example scans: http://pix.ie/heebie/album/381455

magicbastarder wrote: »

how does it handle colour?
i'm running provia through my canoscan 9900 and it's just depressing.

magicbastarder

cheers - i need to try my canoscan 9900f on win7, and if never the twain (i only realised how bad a pun that is) shall meet, i may have to invest in an epson.

magicbastarder

just ordered one of these. the problem now is i'll be itching to rescan every photo i've already scanned.

Heebie

Long-lived model. I don't think you'll have any regrets. It's a good scanner.

magicbastarder

i recently finally upgraded to win7, and that's incompatible with my ancient nikon coolscan III, so i decided to get something good and retire the nikon.