Scanners for medium format and 4X5 negs

RPippin · Apr 20, 2009

Need some help choosing between the Epson 750 and the 750M Pro scanners. I shoot mostly 21/4 X 21/4 and 4X5 and would like to scan for work in Photoshop. Right now there is about a $300.00 price difference between them on the Epson site. Any thoughts?

MikeSeb · Apr 20, 2009

The $300 buys you SilverFast scanning software, which---though there's a learning curve---is quite capable software. It would cost you more than that if you bought it separately, so it's a deal for the extra $300.

I think you also get an antireflective coating on the platen, if memory serves. Not sure what good that is.

lenny · Apr 21, 2009

RPippin said:
Need some help choosing between the Epson 750 and the 750M Pro scanners. I shoot mostly 21/4 X 21/4 and 4X5 and would like to scan for work in Photoshop. Right now there is about a $300.00 price difference between them on the Epson site. Any thoughts?

It's the same scanner. You need to manage your expectations - it's a consumer-level scanner. (Especially for the 2 1/4.)

Lenny

mrladewig · Apr 21, 2009

I've found that Epson Scan is performing just as well for me as Silverfast Ai was on slides and far better on color negative. The only issue with Epson scan on color negative is that you'll probably need to develop your own curves for each color channel. In response to this, I'd buy the V700 and a betterscanning holder.

sanking · Apr 21, 2009

The anti reflective coating is not on the platen, but on the glass covering the CCD.

In theory it works much the same way as a coating on lenses -- i.e. increases light transmission and reduces flare. In practice I don't know how it works.

Some very high end scanners, most EverSmarts for example, have an anti-reflection coating on the glass of the platen.

Sandy King

MikeSeb said:
The $300 buys you SilverFast scanning software, which---though there's a learning curve---is quite capable software. It would cost you more than that if you bought it separately, so it's a deal for the extra $300.

I think you also get an antireflective coating on the platen, if memory serves. Not sure what good that is.

Scanners for medium format and 4X5 negs

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