Help with Epson V550 Scanner please (Page 3): The OP has an excellent product and is not INFERIOR. Try scanning an 8x10 piece of film on your film scanner, or do you own one of those...

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

Apaflo wrote:

Or that when set for 6400 DPI resolution that a the output image of a flatbed scanner can achieve an actual 6400 DPI resolution! Neither are the point here.

The point is still that the owner of an inferior flatbed scanner will get the best image scans possible by using the highest optical resolution the scanner can be set to.

The OP has an excellent product and is not INFERIOR.
Try scanning an 8x10 piece of film on your film scanner, or do you own one of those $25,000 scanners, or better yet your grandparents wedding photo.
Each person sets their own vales and priorities for cameras as well as scanners.
They had a question and the answer is do as high a resolution as you have patience for and your scanner can do.

selmslie Loc: Fernandina Beach, FL, USA

Apaflo wrote:

Or that when set for 6400 DPI resolution that a the output image of a flatbed scanner can achieve an actual 6400 DPI resolution! Neither are the point here.

The point is still that the owner of an inferior flatbed scanner will get the best image scans possible by using the highest optical resolution the scanner can be set to.

Neither the V550 or V750 is an inferior scanner.

selmslie Loc: Fernandina Beach, FL, USA

Architect1776 wrote:

Where is the East River?
Is that near the Hassayampa River? Perhaps near the Santa Cruz River?

It's where you can buy the Brooklyn Bridge.

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

selmslie wrote:

It's where you can buy the Brooklyn Bridge.

Already did that. It is hanging on my wall.

Apaflo Loc: Anchorage, Alaska

Architect1776 wrote:

The OP has an excellent product and is not INFERIOR.
Try scanning an 8x10 piece of film on your film scanner, or do you own one of those $25,000 scanners, or better yet your grandparents wedding photo.
Each person sets their own vales and priorities for cameras as well as scanners.
They had a question and the answer is do as high a resolution as you have patience for and your scanner can do.

I should perhaps have put "inferior" in quotes, the intent was a facetious reference to selmslie's lack of coherence.

I personally have owned an Epson V700 for a few years now. It is a superb scanner. And since what I usually scan are prints and documents it is nearly as good as it gets.

selmslie Loc: Fernandina Beach, FL, USA

Apaflo wrote:

I should perhaps have put "inferior" in quotes, the intent was a facetious reference to selmslie's lack of coherence.

I personally have owned an Epson V700 for a few years now. It is a superb scanner. And since what I usually scan are prints and documents it is nearly as good as it gets.

Too bad you wasted your money on such an expensive scanner. I scan documents at 600 dpi on an Epson all-in-one scanner, printer and fax that cost me less than $120.

Since you have never scanned film I can understand your lack of comprehension of the subject.

It would be better if you stuck to subjects where you have personal knowledge and experience but then we might never hear from you again.

Apaflo Loc: Anchorage, Alaska

selmslie wrote:

Too bad you wasted your money on such an expensive scanner. I scan documents at 600 dpi on an Epson all-in-one scanner, printer and fax that cost me less than $120.

Since you have never scanned film I can understand your lack of comprehension of the subject.

It would be better if you stuck to subjects where you have personal knowledge and experience but then we might never hear from you again.

Maybe you could try following the advice in that last sentence. None of the rest of your article is valid, and not much you've posted to this thread is even coherent.

Just in case it amuses you, I've been working with image scanning devices since the 1970's. Professional expensive devices...

trek6500mt

What would you all consider to be good scanning software? Or do you recommend just using what comes with the scanner? I have the Epson V600.

Thanks..

Apaflo Loc: Anchorage, Alaska

trek6500mt wrote:

What would you all consider to be good scanning software? Or do you recommend just using what comes with the scanner? I have the Epson V600.

Thanks..

VueScan and SilverFast are both good. Use Google to learn what they do.

trek6500mt

Roger that.

Thanks

selmslie Loc: Fernandina Beach, FL, USA

trek6500mt wrote:

What would you all consider to be good scanning software? Or do you recommend just using what comes with the scanner? I have the Epson V600.

Thanks..

The software is just a means to an end. The heavy lifting is done by the scanner itself. I have used Silverfast and VueScan as well as Epson's own software.

The Epson software is, by far, the easiest and most intuitive to use. Among other things, it recognizes the codes on the film holders and saves you a lot of work in aligning and framing multiple images.

Any way you go, use the software only to collect the image information, not to edit it. You can edit it later in your customary photo editor.

trek6500mt

Thanks for the info. Ive had my 600 for a couple of years now. I I received at as an Xmas gift. I'd never really taken to it so it's sat all this time. I was looking at some of our old family pictures and negatives just recently, and it seems to have sparked my interest so I figured I would dust'r off and try scanning again.