[Tech1] Scanning 120 Roll Film

[Alan Taylor]

How things change.  A photographer friend of mine decided to buy a scanner, possibly around 1990. The scanner cost a fortune, but was bundled with a free copy of Photoshop 2.0, which he gave to me as he already had Photoshop. He bought a full copy of Photoshop a few years ago and the dealer bundled in a free scanner. 

Alan Taylor

> On 13 Mar 2021, at 14:18, David Newbitt via Tech1 <tech1 at tech-ops.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> Would endorse Nick's comments re this particular family of Epson Perfection scanners. I mentioned in an earlier post that I have the V700 which after several years of usage finds my enthusiasm undiminished. Years ago we used to pay to have some of my wife's artwork professionally photographed on to 5 x 4 origination quality positive film before going to publication and the scanner works well with these.
> 
> Most recently I dug out the Boots the Chemist developed 35 mm colour negs. from three successive stays at Portmeirion in 1997/8/9. It's required a lot of work in Elements 18 to make much of them but the scanner performed admirably. With Nick's new V600 scanner he presumably obtained bundled Silverfast 9 and has obviously conquered it whereas my older V700 came bundled with SilverFast 8 which I've never got to grips with. I manage well enough with EPSON scan, perhaps because I'm so used to it having previously owned a Perfection 2450 and before that a Perfection 2400.
> 
> Rugby woes looming if I'm not mistaken. I say that hoping that 'comme d'habitude' my predictions are rubbish!
> 
> Dave Newbitt.
> 
> -----Original Message----- From: Nick Ware via Tech1
> Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2021 12:35 PM
> To: tech1 at tech-ops.co.uk
> Cc: Nick Ware
> Subject: [Tech1] Scanning 120 Roll Film
> 
> I’ve mentioned before, I think, the need to scan 6x6cm negatives. Over many years I have amassed scores of sheets of negs, mainly our GUILD LP and CD cover and recording session pix, recording sessions at Abbey Road, Decca, RAH, RFH, etc, etc. Plus, pix of family, friends, lots of lovelies, King’s Road Chelsea in its hayday, you name it, that Hasselblad went everywhere, from 1968 up until when it and its lenses funded the purchase of a Triumph Spitfire!!
> But since the demise of film and wet photography, I’ve never found an affordable way of properly digitising 6x6 negs and trannies.
> Until this week, that is...
> I’m now the proud owner of an Epson ‘Perfection’ V600 dedicated flatbed scanner. Said device comes with film carriers for 35mm up to 6x7, mounted or unmounted. And at 600dpi I’m absolutely stunned by the resolution, and the sheer quality it yields from my B&W negs. And the reason it’s good is that you can only scan negs and trannies is by transmission through the film, not by reflection (document scanning), which this does via lightsource in the top cover. I very soon ditched the scanning software though: SilverFast 9 is way quicker, better and more user-friendly.
> Not a cheap scanner, but as we know, you get what you pay for. It may be available for loan when I’m done.
> The bummer is, I bought a Plustek 8100 35mm jobby (£222.00) only a couple of months ago! Offers, anyone?!
> Cheers,
> Nick.
> Nick Ware - Sent from my iPad mini 5
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