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Scanning negatives
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Hey guys,
I’ve recently came across a lot of old negatives. All various sizes, 35mm, 60×60 etc. I have a friend who has a hhassleblad ft343 scanner. Do you suggest I use this to digitalise them??
Also if I do use it what sort of setting would you suggest I use?? The highest ppi setting is 3200 and there is a 16 bit option. Would this be ideal for large prints? I see other people suggest using a light box to take picture of them. If I did that how would I convert from negative to positive, digitally??
Thanks in advance,
Danthats quite and old scanner
its going to be slowwwwwwww
now in its day it was a great bit of kit. but todays scanners, even one of the epson v series will more than likely produce better results now
i would suggest scanning a couple and doing some test prints
Yep,
Your dead right. It is a slow process. It takes about 15-20 mins per negative at the highest settings.
Do you have any other suggestions on scanning?
I had a look at the epsom series. They seem to be the job, this one in particular
http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/jsp/Product.do?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&sku=B11B178061″ onclick=”window.open(this.href);return false;
Have you ever used these machines?yep i have one
it does a better job on bigger negs than on 35mm out of the box
you need a better holder etc to get best results out of 35mm scans
the only difference between the V700 and the V750 is the fluid mount thingy which does not justify the several hundred euro in price difference. every other spec is exactly the same.
i read hundreds of reviews before purchasing the v700, having used the v750 for years in college. they are the same machine. reviews also said that the fluid mount kit was a pain to use and didnt really nake too much of a difference, if you really care that much then just go and get them done somewhere on a hasselblad.
the silverfast version you get with the 700 may not work if you have a newer OS on your computer but you can upgrade for 25E if you type in the serial.here a bunch of colour management bits that come with the 750 too
i got a bunch of it8 targets and a gretag macbeth colour managaement app
also the version of siverfast is the full version, think there are some small limits in the 700 version
My understanding was that the glass was better on the 750,
the fluid mount doesnt even come with itIt’d be mainly black and white I’d be scanning and done of them are pretty damaged. But if liquid feature is the only difference then there’d be no point in getting the v750, if I were to get one.
Just wondering, can you scan film sizes 6×6, 6x7and 6×4.5? If you scan multiple 35mm strips at a setting, say 6400dpi. Do all of the scannings come out at the highest setting? and are they all individual files?
Thankssteve – i dont really know about the silver fast, it didnt work with my OS so i had to upgrade it anyway. i never had any problem with the silverfast colour management so i didnt really notice the absence of app.
I did read somewhere that the glass was a wee bit better on the v750 but a review from a guy on largeformatphotography.com uses both machines to compare said that the difference was negligible. after much deliberation i decided to save 200 but its a personal judgement call.you can scan pretty much any size up to 10×8 sheets. you can select multiple frames to scan as one batch, it will do them one after another to the same setting as separate files.
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