epson v700, brand new and scans are WAY too dark on both silverfast and epsonscan, any thoughts?

[scott_goins1]

So I got my Epson v700, and scans with both silverfast and epsonscan turn out WAY too dark, like there

must be something obvious wrong but I don't see what it is. I'm scanning color transparencies, and i have

the transparency option on, and everything else i set to more or less standard.

 

I put in the reccomended 1.8 for my iMac. The only thing that seems to help is changing the gamma to

2.2, but i'm afraid if i do that, it's going to mess up the printing when it comes time, and the colorsync

might not jive. Would leaving it on 2.2 cause problems down the road. The scans with 2.2 look more or

less normal, or as they should, but the mac says to leave it on 1.8.

 

My monitor is calibrated with optical.

 

Anyone with this problem who has figured it out please let me know some words of advice. And thanks

very much in advance.

 

Scott

[marek_fogiel]

Have you removed the white panel from under the scanner lid?

[scott_goins1]

yes, i have. i actually tried putting it back in thinking that i was wrong for taking it out, but it

won't close because it must be intended for holding photos flat for regular scans.

[dan_linne1]

My guess is that you are using 'normal' preview mode and are not selecting the scan area. Click and drag your mouse over the area to be scanned.

[custom film holders for fl]

To expand on Dan's recommendation, auto cropping is often fooled, so manual cropping is usually the safest plan. The auto exposure calculations are based the cropped area, so if auto cropping gets it wrong, you can have exposure calculation problems. Here are some more complete directions on manual cropping and setting up a batch scan with EpsonScan:

<p>

<a href= "http://www.betterscanning.com/scanning/batchscanning.html#_Epson_Scan_Twain" </a> "Batch Scanning Tips"

</a>

<p>

Also, make sure you have your holders correctly positioned on the glass and in the alignment sockets.

<p> Doug<p>

<a href="http://www.betterscanning.com">BetterScanning.com</a>

[scott_goins1]

i do select the area to be scanned with my mouse.

 

when i change the gamma from 1.8 and go higher in the epsonscan software, that's the only

time that it approaches normal. but then it seems like the saturation gets lost to a certain

extent.

 

any other ideas?

[scott_goins1]

oh, and by the way, flatbed scans look great, with exposure seeming to be spot on at gamma

1.8.

[custom film holders for fl]

When you ran the calibation software to profile your monitor, what gamma did you choose in calibration software?<p>

There is so much information on this subject on the net. Do some googling and you will find lots of sites with information comparing the pluses and minuses. Here is one of many (go to the gamma section):<p>

http://www.visual-vacations.com/ColorManagement/cm_101/01intro.htm

<p> Doug<p>

<a href="http://www.betterscanning.com">BetterScanning.com</a>

[scott_goins1]

i chose the mac recommendation, 1.8, when calibrating the monitor.

[scott_goins1]

the histogram is completely scrunched towards the dark side. there's no information at all on

the lighter side. it's all compressed together for some reason. could this be some sort of

option in photoshop itself? it seems that in a "healthy" scan, the histogram would have values

all the way across.......

 

and once again, the transparency is perfectly exposed and has a wide range of values, so why

the heck would the histogram be completely scrunched up like that?

[peter_langfelder]

It appears that either your white point is set too high, or the scanner hardware isn't exposing the slide properly. Can you post an example?