This is excellent-thank you for creating and posting it. I use an old Nikon Coolscan 4000ed for 35mm negatives with VueScan software with mostly good results. I think I’ll try the Epson V850 for medium format negatives. Thanks again!
I'm looking at digitizing all of my 35mm negatives. I'm 56 and have a lifetime of pictures to work on. I hope to get proficient enough to do this for other people. Thanks again!
I just started experimenting using this method. I had a yellow circle in the middle of my color negative and found out I had to cover all the light from the lightbox and just have it shine through the negative. It solved the problem so no more yellow dot.
I’ve never used plain glass, does it not need to be anti-Newton? I have the v800, I very rarely use it as I mainly shoot 35mm B&W which I wet print. I'm a little OCD where my scanner is concerned. I dry all my film in the bathroom which is the room that always has the least dust. I take my folder and film cutter (which is also kept covered and dusted prior) in there and then they are put away with the least possibility of dust getting on my negs to begin with. My scanner is kept covered and dusted with a microfibre cloth before I put it away and when I open it. I then have a antistatic brush which I brush my negatives and negative holder with. This is an incredibly soft brush and I use it very lightly. I will use air as I'm going along but I find prevention works much better than cure. My scanner is kept in my darkroom which I always keep as dust free as possible and my scanner is quite high up and I use my laptop rather than my iMac. It can be a real pain getting your negatives, especially 120s lined up properly. My 35mm negatives, I cut up and put away, take out, leave lying around show the negs to people, play with the cat with and generally treat them totally differently. Printing is much less of a pain than scanning. Besides liking 35mm B&W, I use a lot more as I can wet print it, I’m looking for a decent 120 head. Great video. I really enjoyed it, there’s something about watching someone else’s workflow with scanners that’s reassuring. Thank you. The cat bit isn’t true.
How would a scanner like the v850 compare to lab processing like Darkroom lab, for pro quality scans. They charge $20 for high resolution scans but I’m not sure if they’re 62mb...
If they're drum scans. the V850 won't hold a candle to them...on paper most lab scanners are better than the V850, however paying $20 for scans is pretty unreasonable in my opinion. especially if they're delivering jpegs...that's simply unacceptable. If you regularly shoot film owning a scanner like the V850 or V600 will pay for itself in under a year. The scans are more than good enough for prints and if you know what you're doing, no one will be able to tell the difference. I have no regrets with my purchase. I've printed up to 40x50 in with my 120 film scans with no problem whatsoever.
@@RewDowns Ahhh I misunderstood, I thought it was an additional $20 to the developing fee. Yes, that is fairly reasonable haha Like I mentioned in my first response, the Frontier and Noritsu scanners are hands down better scanners so it comes down to personal preference. Is the ease and time saving nature of allowing the lab to scan you film for you worth the price? Or would you rather save a little bit of money in the long run, and take the time to scan everything yourself? To each their own! I personally prefer the latter. Cheers!
Each film/slider has two 'sliders' each on the top and bottom edges [notched to allow for five settings]. There's no documentation of what these are, what they are used for, and how to use them. When I called Epson [562.276.4382] to ask, after three hours on the phone, they couldn't tell me [and that was after elevating the question to three levels of 'incompetence']. Hopefully, someone who owns one of these things can come to the rescue?
So in layman's terms, flatbed scanners have a "fixed focus" that can't be adjusted...those tabs on the neg holders allow you to adjust the height that the negatives sit on the scanner in order to find the "sweet spot" for your individual scanner. From my personal experience, the tallest setting works best for my scanner. I suggest scanning the same exact image 5 separate times with the exact same settings, adjusting the height for every scan, and see what the results yield. I was surprised to see a significant different between the lowest and tallest setting. Hope this helps!
Helps immensely. And I'll do that test. I suspect the default setting [all 8 holders are set at the 3 mm, #4 position, as I later found on page 91 of the User's Guide] will be close to optimum? What would we do without YT!? The yokels at Epson, after three hours, told me they were "locks" to prevent the negatives from falling out when I moved the holder.
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This is excellent-thank you for creating and posting it.
I use an old Nikon Coolscan 4000ed for 35mm negatives with VueScan software with mostly good results.
I think I’ll try the Epson V850 for medium format negatives.
Thanks again!
Great video! I learned more from your one video than the other ten I've watched. Thanks for your expertise and the time you put into this.
You're welcome, that's what this channel is all about. Stoked I could help you out!
I'm looking at digitizing all of my 35mm negatives. I'm 56 and have a lifetime of pictures to work on. I hope to get proficient enough to do this for other people. Thanks again!
This is one of the most in depth vdeos for scanning awesome job
I just started experimenting using this method. I had a yellow circle in the middle of my color negative and found out I had to cover all the light from the lightbox and just have it shine through the negative. It solved the problem so no more yellow dot.
I’ve never used plain glass, does it not need to be anti-Newton? I have the v800, I very rarely use it as I mainly shoot 35mm B&W which I wet print. I'm a little OCD where my scanner is concerned. I dry all my film in the bathroom which is the room that always has the least dust. I take my folder and film cutter (which is also kept covered and dusted prior) in there and then they are put away with the least possibility of dust getting on my negs to begin with. My scanner is kept covered and dusted with a microfibre cloth before I put it away and when I open it. I then have a antistatic brush which I brush my negatives and negative holder with. This is an incredibly soft brush and I use it very lightly. I will use air as I'm going along but I find prevention works much better than cure. My scanner is kept in my darkroom which I always keep as dust free as possible and my scanner is quite high up and I use my laptop rather than my iMac. It can be a real pain getting your negatives, especially 120s lined up properly.
My 35mm negatives, I cut up and put away, take out, leave lying around show the negs to people, play with the cat with and generally treat them totally differently. Printing is much less of a pain than scanning. Besides liking 35mm B&W, I use a lot more as I can wet print it, I’m looking for a decent 120 head.
Great video. I really enjoyed it, there’s something about watching someone else’s workflow with scanners that’s reassuring. Thank you.
The cat bit isn’t true.
How would a scanner like the v850 compare to lab processing like Darkroom lab, for pro quality scans. They charge $20 for high resolution scans but I’m not sure if they’re 62mb...
If they're drum scans. the V850 won't hold a candle to them...on paper most lab scanners are better than the V850, however paying $20 for scans is pretty unreasonable in my opinion. especially if they're delivering jpegs...that's simply unacceptable. If you regularly shoot film owning a scanner like the V850 or V600 will pay for itself in under a year. The scans are more than good enough for prints and if you know what you're doing, no one will be able to tell the difference. I have no regrets with my purchase. I've printed up to 40x50 in with my 120 film scans with no problem whatsoever.
@@filmfocused9759 $20 per roll seems reasonable to develop + scan tiff files. They said that they use Frontier and Noritsu scanners.
@@RewDowns Ahhh I misunderstood, I thought it was an additional $20 to the developing fee. Yes, that is fairly reasonable haha Like I mentioned in my first response, the Frontier and Noritsu scanners are hands down better scanners so it comes down to personal preference. Is the ease and time saving nature of allowing the lab to scan you film for you worth the price? Or would you rather save a little bit of money in the long run, and take the time to scan everything yourself? To each their own! I personally prefer the latter. Cheers!
Each film/slider has two 'sliders' each on the top and bottom edges [notched to allow for five settings]. There's no documentation of what these are, what they are used for, and how to use them.
When I called Epson [562.276.4382] to ask, after three hours on the phone, they couldn't tell me [and that was after elevating the question to three levels of 'incompetence'].
Hopefully, someone who owns one of these things can come to the rescue?
So in layman's terms, flatbed scanners have a "fixed focus" that can't be adjusted...those tabs on the neg holders allow you to adjust the height that the negatives sit on the scanner in order to find the "sweet spot" for your individual scanner. From my personal experience, the tallest setting works best for my scanner. I suggest scanning the same exact image 5 separate times with the exact same settings, adjusting the height for every scan, and see what the results yield. I was surprised to see a significant different between the lowest and tallest setting. Hope this helps!
Helps immensely. And I'll do that test.
I suspect the default setting [all 8 holders are set at the 3 mm, #4 position, as I later found on page 91 of the User's Guide] will be close to optimum?
What would we do without YT!? The yokels at Epson, after three hours, told me they were "locks" to prevent the negatives from falling out when I moved the holder.