well, I've heard its better for both color reversal and transparency...but that's neither here nor there for me, since i don't really use color.What kind of color. Negative or chromes?
The dust removal feature is a plus, for sure. My first attempts using Silverfast, though, I found it leaned toward a much contrastier scan, and had a lot more clipping. Even adjusting the input blacks & whites on the histogram left a lot of unrecoverable data. But this was just one attempt on one negative, in no way a definitive test. Tips welcome....One of their bigger selling points is that iSRD is better than Digital ICE which isn't even a factor for black and white since the ifrared scanner can't see through the silver. That said I haven't compared the two directly on any b&w scans but I imagine it comes down more to which program is more convinent for your workflow in terms of usability/speed/automation/price.
The dust removal feature is a plus, for sure. My first attempts using Silverfast, though, I found it leaned toward a much contrastier scan, and had a lot more clipping. Even adjusting the input blacks & whites on the histogram left a lot of unrecoverable data. But this was just one attempt on one negative, in no way a definitive test. Tips welcome....
All my scans are with Epsonscan. Check my Flickr page for samples of BW. You'll find 35mm., 120 and 4x5s.well, I've heard its better for both color reversal and transparency...but that's neither here nor there for me, since i don't really use color.
All my scans are with Epsonscan. Check my Flickr page for samples of BW. You'll find 35mm., 120 and 4x5s.
If you edit with Lightroom like I do, you don't need sophistication for the scan. Doing everything before the scan means you have to re-scan if you didn't like the way it came out and want to change the settings. By editing afterwards, in post, you only have to scan once and forget about it. Plus, why learn another editing program if you're already learned PS or Lightroom or something else?I'm a big SilverFast fan. I've been using it since I got my Epson V750, which came with a copy of SilverFast AI 7. I recently upgraded my Mac, and had to upgrade my SilverFast to AI 9. AI 9 is a major improvement over 8. It made my scanner feel like a whole new scanner, and not a 10+ year old device. I have tried EpsonScan but like others here, I found that while the user interface is very simple and friendly, it lacked sophistication. I use it for both b/w and color negative.
Nice shots; nice scans. I like the one with the front view of the single-engine plane, panoramic. https://www.flickr.com/photos/drdufault-photography/13512017514/in/album-72157624558678869/Same for me (except nothing larger than 120). I have an album entitled "Film" on my Flickr page (link in signature); all the images (b/w, color negative and chrome) scanned with Epson V750 Pro using Epson Scan.
If you edit with Lightroom like I do, you don't need sophistication for the scan. Doing everything before the scan means you have to re-scan if you didn't like the way it came out and want to change the settings. By editing afterwards, in post, you only have to scan once and forget about it. Plus, why learn another editing program if you're already learned PS or Lightroom or something else?
Keep it simple.
Nice shots; nice scans.
What settings do you use with the V750 to scan?
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