kymtman Posted December 16, 2003 Share Posted December 16, 2003 I own both scanners and tested each at 1500dpi on a 35mm neg. I had toreduce the size after I joined them together to 750dpi. It is easy tosee the difference. Each horse head is a crop of each scan, as closeas I could get them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johann_fuller Posted December 16, 2003 Share Posted December 16, 2003 What is the max res of the Nikon? Colour registration/fringing is another problem with the Epson - it's not just resolution that dedicated film scanners are better at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin_hundsnurscher Posted December 16, 2003 Share Posted December 16, 2003 Can you post the picture uncropped? Also, what film was used? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k._rivkin Posted December 16, 2003 Share Posted December 16, 2003 Well, the main advantage of 3200 is scanning MF, but the problems we can see here stay there - unnatural color (I had all the possible casts starting with pinkish you can see on this picture and ending with blue meanie). My main problem and question would be if there is an easy way to lessen it by usin different films/or some simple PS action ? Now I have to spend tonns of time correcting curves in PS. And thank you very much for posting the comparison. Sincerely yours, K.Rivkin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johann_fuller Posted December 16, 2003 Share Posted December 16, 2003 Actualy I find the colour rendition of the 3200 very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k._rivkin Posted December 16, 2003 Share Posted December 16, 2003 It shows how all this discussion is subjective by definition. I really feel that in the images above there is a red cast in epson's case - the window is supposed to be black, but it's not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johann_fuller Posted December 16, 2003 Share Posted December 16, 2003 In reality to get good colour from colour neg you need a specific profile for the film type and probably for the batch of film and to be exact the actual roll to account for processing variations. It's simply not practical to compare scanners on their colour neg handling capabilities - this is a software issue. We have to look at resolution, colour registration, dynamic range and possibly the particular dust removal software. In short colour neg is not a good medium to compare scanners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k._rivkin Posted December 16, 2003 Share Posted December 16, 2003 It is true. Unfortunately it takes hell a lot of time to make such profiles. So I usually have to rely on small level job in PS and the software included. Which does not work too good for Epson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kymtman Posted December 16, 2003 Author Share Posted December 16, 2003 This photo was shot with a Minolta 35 and probably Agfa film. It has been about six years now. This is the Nikon scan (max3000)incolor... and this is closest to the actual color of the Hoss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kymtman Posted December 16, 2003 Author Share Posted December 16, 2003 More comparisons in B&W. I noticed as I prepaired this one that scanning each one produced different Mb. file sized. Nikon @ 1200dpi = 14.5 Mb. Epson @ 1200dpi = 112.23 Mb. This happened also with the color demonstration listed above. The files sizes were different, about the same. This is T-max (4x5) developed in Microdol-X in the Thermojobo that I constructed out of a wide mouth Thermos food jug.<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kymtman Posted December 16, 2003 Author Share Posted December 16, 2003 Sorry about the one eyed jack<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kymtman Posted December 16, 2003 Author Share Posted December 16, 2003 This is me, "Ron" a self portrait at the age of 62. Now you know why ya get so many mistakes by me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexdi Posted December 16, 2003 Share Posted December 16, 2003 Honestly, I think they both stink. If the Epson's color cast is getting you down, build yourself a brief action in Photoshop to fix it. Truly, this should not be an issue. DI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johann_fuller Posted December 17, 2003 Share Posted December 17, 2003 Make sure your enlargment scale is 100% - this may account for your file size differing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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