tomm42 said:
Just ordered the V700. I'm hoping the new model will be good right out
of the box??? I'm replacing an Expression 1600, a nice solid pro level
scanner that died.
As I said in the other thread I've just bought a V700 and it arrived
yesterday.
I've only played with it so far but first impressions are good. I
bought it to replace an Epson 1650 Photo because I wanted to get a bit
more serious about scanning some MF and 35mm negatives and slides.
I've only installed the Epson software at the moment and they seem to
have cleaned up a few of the rough edges compared with the 1650, I
found it very easy to use. The only thing I still can't quite work
out is what the 'target size' menu is telling me - is it purely to
make the marquee match the proportions of the destination?
I have scanned a mix of things to try it out, some B&W negatives in
various formats and some slides (2"x2" mounts but not 35mm). The
scanner did a very good job on the negatives producing acceptable
pictures from some very muddy negatives. It also did pretty well at
sorting out the horrible colour cast that has appeared over the years
on the old slides I tried (they are Adox C18 from the 1960s). This is
just the sort of thing I wanted, production of acceptable results
easily from rather poor negatives and slides, I don't need the
ultimate in resolution, it's not there to start with.
I'll maybe report further when I've done some more.