Silverfast 8.8 review cannon
With typical modern post-processing techniques, these images could be significantly improved. Click the pictures to see the full-size tiff that the scanner software generated. No post-processing was done on these photos beyond what the scanner software does at scan time. These images were taken with a Fed-3 rangefinder with Voigtlander snapshot skopar (25mm f/4) shot on Fuji Velvia 100. Stepan was kind enough to share some of his slides I could scan. I was never a big slide shooter as I preferred prints in the film days, so I didn’t have any of my own to use.įor the 35mm slides featured here, Adrian E.
While for my personal use, most of my scanning ends up being reflective scanning of prints and documents, I thought it would be fun to do some testing with slides this time. The V750-M Pro ships with four film holders: 35 mm negatives, 35 mm slides, medium format and 4” x 5”. Among the holders includes, two sets of anti-Newton ring film holders and features five-step multi-point height adjustment. The V850 Pro ships with eight film holders: 35 mm slides, 35 mm film strips, medium format 6 x 20 cm and 4” x 5” (two each). Improved Film Holders: The film holders that come with the V850 Pro are stiffer for more consistent results.New Light Source: The V750-M Pro features a cold cathode fluorescent lamp (CCFL), while the V850 Pro features ReadyScan® LED for fast scans with no warm up time required and uses less power.In addition to the obvious faster scanning speed, here were a few of the big improvements:
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I used it for years and it never let me down.įast forward to 2016, and I got the opportunity to upgrade my v750 to a v850 and see what was new. Years later, I’d find the Epson Perfection V750 Pro scanner, and it was all that I hoped and more. I’ve been enjoying scanning since the early 90’s back when I had my HP ScanJet IIc, but when that scanner was retired due to interfacing and software problems with more modern computers, I had a long search trying to find something that was good enough for my quality bar.