Digital BW, The Print

E.Neilsen schreef:
> Lew, The Epson 3200 has the light in the lid, but with the 700 series the
> light is down below like a regular flat bed scanner. The V750 comes with a
> glass holder for holding negs down.

While I do not think that this thread should continue here with at least 
two scanner lists also involved ........

The 3200 had a static light in the lid covering the total film scan area 
which is smaller than the scanbed. It warmed the film quite a bit so for 
wet mounting I recommended to use an extra glass sheet and the film 
clinging to the underside of that glass. That isolated the film and 
allowed better register on multi scans. The 3200 has one fluorescent 
lamp on the sensor carriage below for reflective scans. The one lamp 
arrangement gives more texture contrast in reflective scans. Of course 
it needs a lamp at that side and not in the lid for reflective scans.

There was another F-3200 Epson film scanner that could only scan film 
and had no lid. Hardly sold to my knowledge and with a kind of glass 
holders that used a transparant plastic instead of glass. It had more 
flaws than that. A 4870 proved to be equal on image quality.

The V700 and V750 have a synchronised, moving, fluorescent lamp in the 
lid that covers the entire scanbed as that is also the maximum film size 
to scan. Heat build up is lower but it is still recommended to get a 
glass carrier that allows the film to cling on the underside. Doug 
Fisher's design allows that. The Epson wet mount carrier is delivered 
with the V750 in the US only, not in Europe and is a clumsy piece of 
design in my opinion. That is the only glass holder delivered with any 
Epson and isn't suited for roll scans. The 4870 and 4990 have a similar 
moving light arrangement but I'm not sure whether both cover the entire 
scanbed. The V750 and V700 have two fluorescent lamps on the sensor 
carriage for reflective scanning, on opposite sides of the optical path 
so giving less texture contrast.

The new V600 has a moving LED light source in the lid but covers only a 
smaller film scan size. Lower energy consumption, no need to warm the 
lamps before a scan run, cooler environment.

All of the flatbeds allow the removal of the lid for object scanning.

As this thread moves to basic scanner questions I think it should end here.

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Met vriendelijke groeten,   Ernst


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