Film Scanner: Epson/Canon/Microtek

[LG]

Hi all,

Looking at the
Canon CS9900F
Epson 3200
Microtek 6800
Film scanning mainly, has anybody had any experience with these
scanners. Tell me what you think? What sort of work do you usually scan?
What res? Sweet spots on the scanners?

Will be scanning in negatives sized at 35mm, 6x6,6x7 and 6x9.
Cheers
jag2x

[Russian? nah... Just fast!]

I originally bought a Canon 9900f and set about scanning 6x9 negs at 100 MB
file size. Wrong thing to do! Nothing wrong with the quality but it took 20
minutes per frame to scan.
Sold that.
Bought an Epson Perfection 3200. This works faster but has a problem common
to all film scanners... Poor or no dust elimination. I still have this
scanner. The silverfast interface is way better than the Canon one and I get
closer colour matching. Scanning prints is way better than with the Canon
too.

I went then and bought a Microtech dedicated film scanner and this is the
beast I should have bought up front. The Digital Ice dust and scratch
handling alone is enough to justify buying any scanner with it, regardless
of the brand.

Unfortunately DI has to be built into the scanner so IMHO... Don't even
think about a scanner you intend to scan film with that hasn't got Digital
Ice. Don't worry about sweet spots. Worry about film grain (noise) and dust.
I bought GEM from the digital Ice people to clear up 'noise' which I'd say
was film grain. Now I can scan my 6x9 negs and get them printed at wall
print size... But it's been an expensive path to get this far!

RNJF
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"LG" <gonsaj@iinet.net.au> wrote in message
news:3F2C202D.27363454@iinet.net.au...

> Hi all,
>
> Looking at the
> Canon CS9900F
> Epson 3200
> Microtek 6800
> Film scanning mainly, has anybody had any experience with these
> scanners. Tell me what you think? What sort of work do you usually scan?
> What res? Sweet spots on the scanners?
>
> Will be scanning in negatives sized at 35mm, 6x6,6x7 and 6x9.
> Cheers
> jag2x
>

[David R]

I have the Epson 3200. Fast scanner, solid film holders, good
assortment of photo scanning software.
I bought the $265 version from Amazon. I'll give credit to the
software (Epson and Silverfast) that came with it but I'll stick with
Vuescan. A friend and I put all software through a bunch of tests and
it was clear as day the Vuescan gave the best output. On the other
hand both the Espon and Silverfast software was easier to use.

Good luck

"Russian? nah... Just fast!" <just@the.groups> wrote in message news:<SdWWa.7009$bo1.6205@news-server.bigpond.net.au>...

> I originally bought a Canon 9900f and set about scanning 6x9 negs at 100 MB
> file size. Wrong thing to do! Nothing wrong with the quality but it took 20
> minutes per frame to scan.
> Sold that.
> Bought an Epson Perfection 3200. This works faster but has a problem common
> to all film scanners... Poor or no dust elimination. I still have this
> scanner. The silverfast interface is way better than the Canon one and I get
> closer colour matching. Scanning prints is way better than with the Canon
> too.
>
> I went then and bought a Microtech dedicated film scanner and this is the
> beast I should have bought up front. The Digital Ice dust and scratch
> handling alone is enough to justify buying any scanner with it, regardless
> of the brand.
>
> Unfortunately DI has to be built into the scanner so IMHO... Don't even
> think about a scanner you intend to scan film with that hasn't got Digital
> Ice. Don't worry about sweet spots. Worry about film grain (noise) and dust.
> I bought GEM from the digital Ice people to clear up 'noise' which I'd say
> was film grain. Now I can scan my 6x9 negs and get them printed at wall
> print size... But it's been an expensive path to get this far!
>
> RNJF
> -----------------------------
> "LG" <gonsaj@iinet.net.au> wrote in message
> news:3F2C202D.27363454@iinet.net.au...

> > Hi all,
> >
> > Looking at the
> > Canon CS9900F
> > Epson 3200
> > Microtek 6800
> > Film scanning mainly, has anybody had any experience with these
> > scanners. Tell me what you think? What sort of work do you usually scan?
> > What res? Sweet spots on the scanners?
> >
> > Will be scanning in negatives sized at 35mm, 6x6,6x7 and 6x9.
> > Cheers
> > jag2x
> >

[Michael]

Hi David,

How have you found the quality of the 35mm film scanner on the Epson? What
kind of print size could you enlarge to?

What are people's experiences with current flat bed scanners that scan film
at 2400dpi? A couple of models I'm interested in are the Epson 3200, Canon
5000F and 8000F.

Cheers
Michael

[Alex]

I use a Canon D2400U which I think is similar to the 8000F and it
performs well with 6x6 and larger film.
Results with 35mm are poor and not good for much more than making proof
sheets.

Alex

Michael wrote:

>
> What are people's experiences with current flat bed scanners that scan film
> at 2400dpi? A couple of models I'm interested in are the Epson 3200, Canon
> 5000F and 8000F.

[David R]

I have not been all that impressed with the scans of 35MM on the Epson
3200. I mainly use it for 4x5 negatives. For these medium size
negatives I am very impressed.
I wanted to get the Canon 9900f for it's high dpi and for the FAIR but
it did not work with Vuescan. As I mentioned before I am almost
exlusivly a Vuescan user.


Alex <alex@whyalla.info> wrote in message news:<3f2f0118$1@news.comindico.com.au>...

> I use a Canon D2400U which I think is similar to the 8000F and it
> performs well with 6x6 and larger film.
> Results with 35mm are poor and not good for much more than making proof
> sheets.
>
> Alex
>
> Michael wrote:
>

> >
> > What are people's experiences with current flat bed scanners that scan film
> > at 2400dpi? A couple of models I'm interested in are the Epson 3200, Canon
> > 5000F and 8000F.