Some may say to use the V600 only for internet sized photos. Some testing of the focus height showed that the 120 carrier was right on using the emulsion down. I purchased a Better Scanning carrier for the 35mm material and after about 30 minutes of adjusting per their instructions, now see a quantum jump in sharpness.įor the 120 negatives, I purchased a piece of ANR glass to fit the standard Epson carrier. I have two V-600 scanners, and both were out of focus with the stock Epson carriers. Put the emulsion down but do use a Anti Newton Ring (ANR) glass cover plate to flatten the negative. If you also look at the "normal" cupping of either a 35mm or 120 negative, you will note that putting the negative in an Epson carrier, even with the cover down, you will not have a completely flat negative. Putting the emulsion up is using the substrate as a diffusion filter. Ages of wet lab use always had the emulsion down. Straight out of the box I differ with Epson on scanning a negative EMULSION UP.
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I have been using a V600 with the Epson software for over 6 years now and have nothing but phrase for it. The issue I now have is this: if there is such a lack of quality on the Epson scanner, would scanning medium format film on it essentially yield the same quality image as a 35mm scan on the Pacific Image slide scanner? In this case I would essentially be losing the benefit of shooting on medium format to achieve a more highly detailed image. I'm wondering if some of you with a good eye or who use a V600 would be able to tell me if the scanner actually looks out of focus, or if that's the image quality I'm going to get and I need to quit pixel peeping and just go with it.īoth images in each case were scanned using Silverfast at 3200 ppi resolution without any additional settings like unsharp mask or dust removal, and without any modification in LR. I attached some screenshots from LR comparing the same image scans zoomed in that I got from the XES, on the left, and the V600, on the right. It actually looks like the V600 might be slightly out of focus. The scanner is not nearly as sharp as my old XES, which I was prepared for, though not quite to this extent. My intention is to use the V600 for my 35mm and 120 film scanning, so recently I ran some tests scanning some of my old 35mm negatives, and the results were quite honestly underwhelming. I recently traded my Pacific Image XES 35mm slide scanner for an Epson V600 flatbed, as I'm now getting into medium format photography.