canon 9950F v epson 4990

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Bearing in mind i will be scanning 35mm trannies, half of them will be old
and faded and ease of use is a considerable consideration which is better?

I read the vincent oliver reviews over the last hour. Getting tired so i
might have missed something. I mainly print a4 but may buy the i9950 based
on the v oliver review. (The pixma 8500 seems to be a bit red biased.)

I have a 300D and no longer shoot film but used to shoot tranny and also
have a massive negative collection that i simply want to easily and quickly
scan with minimum interference from myself. I am not a photoshop expert by
any stretch. With that in mind its really out of the box ease of use for
beginners. I get the feeling the image quality was virtually the same but
the epson had better auto restoration and the canon was quicker with dust
and scratch scans. As far as manipulation automatic usm in scanner software
followed by photoshop 7 auto levels, auto contrast, then auto colour.

I have a dimage scan elite II but with all the auto stuff put full on four
trannies took 15-20 mins. Negative film seemed to have lots of white lines
in it running horizontally. Usually straight scans worked great with
properly exposed trannies and the colours were more subble without all the
photoshop 7 auto corrections. Accurate colours may be more important than
shadow detail or sharpness. Looks to me it might be the epson or is it too
close to call?
 
ian said:
Bearing in mind i will be scanning 35mm trannies, half of them will be old
and faded and ease of use is a considerable consideration which is better?

I read the vincent oliver reviews over the last hour. Getting tired so i
might have missed something. I mainly print a4 but may buy the i9950 based
on the v oliver review. (The pixma 8500 seems to be a bit red biased.)

I have a 300D and no longer shoot film but used to shoot tranny and also
have a massive negative collection that i simply want to easily and quickly
scan with minimum interference from myself. I am not a photoshop expert by
any stretch. With that in mind its really out of the box ease of use for
beginners. I get the feeling the image quality was virtually the same but
the epson had better auto restoration and the canon was quicker with dust
and scratch scans. As far as manipulation automatic usm in scanner software
followed by photoshop 7 auto levels, auto contrast, then auto colour.

I have a dimage scan elite II but with all the auto stuff put full on four
trannies took 15-20 mins. Negative film seemed to have lots of white lines
in it running horizontally. Usually straight scans worked great with
properly exposed trannies and the colours were more subble without all the
photoshop 7 auto corrections. Accurate colours may be more important than
shadow detail or sharpness. Looks to me it might be the epson or is it too
close to call?
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It sounds like you need to get more out of your scan elite, rather than
get a flatbed.

Have you tried less over sampling (4x rather than 16x)

Some corrections like GEM depend heavily on the processing power of your
PC. Can you turn that down?

I'd be very surprised if you got better dust ans scratch removal with
the flat bed - the reviews indicate that the film scanners win, hands down.

Have your tried SilverFast SE - the less expensive version of their
software. It's easy to use and may help you get more out of your scans.

Overall, IMHO you're doing yourself a disservice in going from a great
film scanner to a better than average flat bed which happens to scan film.
 
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