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Silverfast epson v8008/26/2023 If you haven’t already, perhaps give the glass/holders and good cleaning. Has it been moved around at all? Is it possible that insides could have been rattled? If not, I think it would be difficult to upset the inner workings. I just can't get acceptably sharp images from it!Īny help would be greatly appreciated, as I'm almost ready to throw the thing out the window. I've tried raising and lowering the negs in their holders, scanning flat against the glass, raising the negs with secondary pieces of glass, all sorts. I've since definitively ruled out any camera issue and am certain it's the scanner. I am curious to hear what others here have found in their testing.I have been scanning 35mm, 120 and 5x4 negatives with my V850 Pro with great results for about a year.Īll of a sudden a few months ago I noticed my scans were not as sharp as they should be. Still I find the v850 holders are my go to with the Epson scanner. The Digitaliza is a nice holder and does a decent job of keeping the negatives flat with the added bonus of not having another layer of glass to scan through. I do not know if it has anything to do with how this scanner was calibrated for use with Silverfast or if the diffuse plastic plate on the v850 holder disperses the light more evenly. This is specific to testing on the v850 with Silverfast Ai. While the Digitaliza did really well in the end I found that it allows for blowing out of dense areas of film easier then with the supplied Epson holder. My other attempts were with the original v700 holders, Digitaliza 120 and a mask, and the 120 holder. The manual utilizes a clamping method that results in curved edges of the film that present as un-sharp towards the edges of the frame when scanned. If you have nice flat negatives they will install nicely and lay completely flat. I scan emulsion side down and I slide the edges of the film underneath the beveled plastic ramps on both sides instead of resting it on top. However, I do not follow the instructions on the Epson manual for mounting the film. (note) the difference between the two scans is far more evident when comparing the two raw tiff files at 200%.Īlong the way in this journey of tedium I have tested with multiple holder types at optimized focus heights and have settled on best overall results with the supplied v850 film holders. Mostly due to lack of modern high quality scanners and in depth experience to run them in the market today. Lets keep this conversation going as this is the weakest aspect of my process. I am very interested in this topic and getting the best results possible. Probably has something to do with luck of the draw for scanner tolerances. The dialed in result seems to be better then directly on the glass (emulsion side down for both tests) with an anr plate on top to hold it flat for me. 5mm lower then then right side of the holder for optimal sharpness plane across the negative. I have my Epson supplied holder fairly dialed in for height and oddly enough I have found that the left side needs to be set approximately. Nothing added or changed save exporting as a jpeg to upload here. Software is Silverfast 9 Ai and my scan res for both tests is 4800dpi flat scan. I am using a fairly new V850 with the Epson supplied medium format holder. Probably better then an uncalibrated holder. It seems to do a fair job on my 6圆 negs as you say. I have compiled a small PDF e-Book outlining what I have learnt when using the Epson V800 to scan 5x4 black and white negatives The one on the left ( Before) was from my standard workflow and the one on the right ( After) was using the new methodĪpart from the perceivable increase in sharpness, the grain also looks more natural to me as it looks tighter and more defined.Īlthough not important, for those interested this was FomaPan 200 sheet film exposed at ISO 100. I set myself a challenge to see if it was possible to come up with a way to make scans which gave an increase in sharpness over and above the method I was currently using.Īfter many iterations of doing this, doing that and trying to think it through logically, I finally managed to produce scans which in my opinion gave me my goal. During the past few months I have spent quire a conciderable amount of time revisiting how I scan my 5x4 black and white negatives with the Epson V800 Scanner.
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