If I should buy one Scanner?

I Have been looking for scanner. Wich one is the best buy on the market. I'm semi-pro in

photography. I was thinking about a Epson V700 or a Nikon CoolScan 9000. I Have to scan some

6x6 also.

Thanks to you all'

Antonino

Nikon will do a somewhat better job at 2.5x the cost. The V700 will allow only 8x10, maybe 11x14, prints depending on how critical you are.

 

You can fluid mount with the V750 and that goes a long way towards sharper and less grainy film scans.

 

Read Shutterbug review here,

 

http://www.shutterbug.com/equipmentreviews/scanners_printers/1106epson/index1.html

 

What I am going to research a little is why not wet mount color film also.

http://www.photo-i.co.uk/Reviews/interactive/Epson%20V750/page_1.htm

 

Towards the end of the review, there is a direct comparison to a Nikon flm scanner. Nikon wins, but not by much.

http://www.aztek.com/consumables.html

 

video on fluid mounting upper left. You need windows media player

Notice that the Photo-i review dumbs the Nikon resolution down to 2000 ppi before making the comparison. It's a typical commercially-driven review - there is never a clear winner.

 

My experience over time with a Nikon LS-8000 is that it is consistently grain-sharp from corner to corner, with clear colors - better than anything I've done in the darkroom. The V700 uses an array of micro lenses much like the compound eye of an insect. Consequently there is a lot of overlap between sensor cells, greatly reducing the resolution and contrast.

 

Medium format photography is expensive - at least 3x that of 35mm. If you assemble the right gear and techniques, you can get as good or better image quality than the best small format DSLR at half the cost. If not, you might as well stick with 35mm.

"If I should buy one Scanner"

 

You're premise may cause you difficulty, and compromise your choices. Why not consider a dedicated 35mm scanner *and* a flatbed? Especially if the larger format are the minority.

I have an Epson 4870 flatbed that I've used for a few years for scanning 6x6 negatives. Recently I bought an Epson 3800 printer and decided that the quality of the scans from the 4870 were not good enough for my new printer. So, I bought a Nikon 9000 last month. I have not used it much yet, but I did just scan a couple negatives yesterday with the glass film holder, and the scans are fantastic. They are sharp and the color is perfect. It is a lot of money, but depending on what you want to do with the images once you scan them, it may be worth it.

I have both the Nikon LS9000 and the Epson V750.<br>If you are going to only scan

film, not reflective copy, and are going no larger then medium format the go for the

Nikon.<br> The size of the prints that can be made from either scanner depends on the

size of the negative used, the Epson can scan up to a 8"x10" negative. The size of a

print from a sharp 8x10 neg. can be measured in feet not inches. With a decent 2 1/4

negative one can get sharp prints at least 30"x30" from either scanner. <br>Both

scanners can use fluid mounting, in fact I fluid mount with the Nikon using a glass

holder, works fine.