Nerw scanner

<p>I will try to be short winded. I can not say that I am a good photographer but I love it. My results were okay for me but over the past couple of months I have been getting worse and worser results. I have thrown out negatives that I processed because I was too embarrassed to keep them and tight tightened up my procedures and threw all my chemicals thinking they were at fault. I posted on PN and got a lot of very good advice that in my gut I thought was right on the mark. <br /> I read a post here (What is the State of the Art in 35mm Film Scanning?) on this forum suggesting that film scanners may not be commercially viable in the future. I decided that it would be a good idea to buy on new one while there are plenty out there. Given the current level of my work I went for an Epsom V550 for $169 instead of the V750. I got good advice to remember that it was not a 750 but I was not ready tom spend $600 more on my crappy work<br /> I just set it up m and wow what a difference. It appears that my old scanner (canon8800f was degrading a lot) and was the problem. I know the Canon was not a great scanner ( and this Epsom is low shelf) but the difference is just amazing. Sometimes the answer is right in front of us. I saw other posts concerning jhe same issues and offered some suggestions where I had some input since I had the same problem. If I could remember who they were I would readvise them. An old printer that was reliable will not last forever. Maybe mine needed just some maintenance.</p>

<p>nd this Epsom is low end</p>

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<p>It's not the gear, it's the photographer..... Except when it is the gear after all ;-) I bet it's quite a relief to know it was your scanner holding you back.</p>

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<p>it would be a good idea to buy on new one while there are plenty out there.</p>

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<p>But sadly the best scanners seem to be behind us. There are still some that are good, however, and I'm happy you found something that suits you.</p>

<p>I am not that sure about the best being behind us. I have a Coolscan V on loan to test it against my simple Reflecta ProScan. I've tested reasonable normal negatives and slides so far (not over or under exposed by much), and frankly, the differences are very subtle, if any at all. Nikon a touch more resolution, but 2nd hand prices today are still considerably higher too. When I've scanned a bit more, I'll post some, but I think the current day scanners can make a pretty good case for themselves.</p>

<p>In my opinion, and based on my experience:<br>

Viewing images on a computer monitor (even a very good one) will not reveal much, if any, difference between a fair and a good scanner. The real differences become obvious only when one prints the images at 8"x12" or larger. </p>

<p>I was comfortable with what my canon provided and as time passed it never occurred to me (though it should have ) that its performance had deteriorated more than me. But this unit outperforms my Canon when it was new. I can only imagine what a high end scanner can do. </p>