Re:Flatbed scanning of 4x5 film-Microtek i900?
2004-05-21 by HPA
Steve, I have the bigger version Microtek 1800 and I love it, it's scan depth is much greater than other scanners I have tried, very important for RVP trannies and dense negs. The only problem that I encountered was that I could not get sharp scans with the glassless film holders because the heat from the lamp caused the film to swell during scanning. (this is only a problem for long exposure scans, like 1800ppi at 48bit RGB) I use the glass tray and that solved everything except newton rings. I use cardboard cut-outs to lift the film off the glass slightly and now I am getting excellent scans without any sharpening. Please note that if you are Mac Panther, you have to check the Microtek website for the specifics of installation or else it will not work. You will have to manually delete the scsi drivers from your library. See the website here: http://www.support.microtek.com/panther.phtml In my experience, the Microtek driver works twice as fast as Vuescan, so I recommend using the Microtek software. good luck Tom Robinson