leicaglow Posted September 27, 2014 Share Posted September 27, 2014 Epson announced they are offering up new versions of their film scanners: the 800 and 850. A few cool things: - better film holders... more robust with better focusing capability - higher resolution - oil scanning kit included - LED rather than cathode ray tube http://petapixel.com/2014/09/26/epson-announces-two-new-multi-format-film-scanners/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al_derickson Posted September 27, 2014 Share Posted September 27, 2014 <p>Yes, I eagerly await some reviews of these new products. My V750 Pro has always been something of a disappointment.</p> <p>Al</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgelfand Posted September 27, 2014 Share Posted September 27, 2014 <p>From the DPReview article:<br> <a href="http://www.dpreview.com/articles/5201214752/epson-launches-perfection-v850-and-v800-multi-format-film-scanners">http://www.dpreview.com/articles/5201214752/epson-launches-perfection-v850-and-v800-multi-format-film-scanners</a><br> the main difference is the LED lighting and the redesigned film holders. There is no significant increase in resolution. The new film holders are <strong>suppose to</strong> give a sharper image.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDMvW Posted September 27, 2014 Share Posted September 27, 2014 <p>It's still basically a flat-bed, but the increased control of the height of the film for more accurate focusing sounds promising.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicaglow Posted September 27, 2014 Author Share Posted September 27, 2014 Sounds like they took a cue from the betterscanning folks as far as holders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_shriver Posted September 27, 2014 Share Posted September 27, 2014 <p>Curious if the 35mm strip holder will be available separately. Be glad to get one for my V750. (I use a Better Scaning holder for anything larger than 120 size.)</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jose_angel Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 <p>Not sure if I`ll get this one. I`m rather disappointed with the relatively short life of my V750Pro; if there aren`t dramatic changes I don`t expect it to be much better. Good for sporadic use, maybe.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flavio_egoavil Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 <p>Even with aftermarket film holders with adjustment the V750 discarded a lotof information on the frame (actual resolution was cited between 2000 and 2200 dpi at best, and then, with low sharpness compared to the original)... I wish they updated the optical system of the scanner to something better. I know, it gives <em>acceptable</em> results, but it does not give optimum results.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andylynn Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Some of the main resolution killers for flatbeds are optics, focus on the film plane and the light source being too diffuse. If Epson can make improvements in those areas they could improve the real resolution of the output - though I'd bet that for film any old dedicated film scanner will still do better, especially if you are shooting 35mm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hjoseph7 Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 <p>Wow LED yuppie !</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flavio_egoavil Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 <p>"...and the light source being too diffuse"</p> <p>Excellent observation Andy!!</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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