Epson V700 / 750

JamesK · Sep 8, 2011

Can someone please help me out here.

I read that the Epson V700/750 are very good flatbed scanners, then I look somewhere else and it says they're not so good.

I want to scan roll film (6x6 or 6x9) colour negative and transparencies to produce decent prints of, say, 14" to 16" maximum.

Should I buy the V700/750?

Thanks

R Shaffer · Sep 8, 2011

I have an Epson 4990, so the V700 is a step up. I am satisfied with the quality of the scans for 645. Would I like a better scanner for this size... absolutely, but I can't justify the cost of a scanner that would do a better job.

jeff786 · Sep 8, 2011

You shouldn't have a problem with 16x20 from mf negs. I get very good 11x14 from 35mm slides. Just remember it needs sharpening I like the smart sharpen in ps

jeff786 · Sep 8, 2011

Ps Ive compared it to imacon scans which are better but I really think you get 90% of it with the Epson on the right settings

pellicle · Sep 9, 2011

Hi

JamesK said:
I read that the Epson V700/750 are very good flatbed scanners, then I look somewhere else and it says they're not so good.

some people say an Audi is a good car, and others tell you a Maserati is better.

I buy a scanner that does what I need it to do most of and I pay for scans to be done when I want higher than that quality.

You could own 5 cars and spend lots of money, or you could buy one and rent another when you have a specific need.

I want to scan roll film (6x6 or 6x9) colour negative and transparencies to produce decent prints of, say, 14" to 16" maximum.

Should I buy the V700/750?

should you ? Well I can't answer that, I can say the V700 is a decent scanner. Its good for about 2400dpi

You say you're scanning 6x9 ... well 2000dpi will give you at least good 8000pixels along the 9cm side. Printing at 300dpi will give you 28 inches wide. I'd say that's enough margin of error to fit within your 16inch.

How much scanned detail do you want to throw away when you downscale to print to 16 inches?

brianentz · Sep 17, 2011

yes, with caveat.

JamesK said:
Can someone please help me out here.

I read that the Epson V700/750 are very good flatbed scanners, then I look somewhere else and it says they're not so good.

I want to scan roll film (6x6 or 6x9) colour negative and transparencies to produce decent prints of, say, 14" to 16" maximum.

Should I buy the V700/750?

Thanks

It's the best option you have right now without picking up a much more expensive Nikon or Minolta medium format scanner. However, the med format film holder that comes with the epson v700 or v750 is famously bad. Check out www.betterscaning.com for a better film holder. The difference between the V700 and the V750 is that the V750 has the upgraded software (which you should be able to upgrade separately anyway) and the V750 comes with the epson wet mount holder, but the betterscanning wet mount film holder is better anyway. I think that the V700 with the betterscanning film holder is the best way to go without spending big bucks. When you do encounter that very special negative that must be perfect have it professionally drum scanned by the folks at eiger studios.

zenza · Oct 19, 2011

While we're on relatively the same topic, has anyone scanned up to 20x20 with the V700? Also, when it comes to resolution and printing does it matter beyond 300dpi, especially at a size like 20x20?

JamesK · Oct 27, 2011

Thanks for your views on this.

After talking to a V700 owner, I think I'm going to get one of these.

Davec101 · Oct 28, 2011

Has anyone got experience scanning 10x8 inch negs with the V700 and what the optimum settings would be?

pellicle · Oct 28, 2011

Davec said:
Has anyone got experience scanning 10x8 inch negs with the V700 and what the optimum settings would be?

apart from the DPI settings it would be the same as any other negs

try this for starters
in my view ...: black and white neg scanning

oahida · Jan 6, 2012

I bought Dead Link Removed

which give me the best sevice

Rudeofus · Jan 7, 2012

oahida said:
I bought Dead Link Removed

which give me the best sevice

Is this spam or just random noise? From what I see this scanner does not even support scanning of transparent materials

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