Recent content by pioneer31

Here's a scan of the 4x5 print. It's sharper and free of grain/dots I don't compute. It too, has been enlarged from the negative.

Yep, all of that.

Yes, using the original software that came with both. I bought them around the same time, in 2009. I do wonder if something else is going on, with the Nikon. Old scans that I did over 10 years ago (35mm) don't look as grainy as ones that I have done recently.

I've been scanning 110 film on both an Epson V750 and a Nikon Coolscan V. I have noticed for some time now that the Coolscan is looking rather grainy. In fact I don't want to zoom up at all, as it starts to look unpleasant. Having said that, zoomed out, it is producing sharper images than the...

Ok, I've done a factory reset and it seems to be behaving itself now..

Sorry, if posted in wrong forum. I'm not sure which is the right one.. For the first time, I have started to use the SA-21 film strip adaptor and am encountering some issues. I’m trying to follow the instructions in the Nikon manual but the adaptor seems to have a life of its own. In short...

I have some B&W negatives from the late 1960s, which haven't been scanned yet. As said earlier, none of my 1960s colour slides show any issues (apart from the usual flecks of dirt) Perhaps 110 film was inferior? It wasn't a serious format after all...

I'm guessing the same can be done in Photoshop (but probably not as quickly!) I'll do a few and see if it's worth touching up dodgy negatives or just scanning pristine prints on my flatbed.

Another issue which I'm encountering is how dark the scans are. This is how it looked before I made some auto adjustments in Photoshop.

So, you can see white bits round the cat's face. That looks like the emulsion has come away from the negative? If you zoom up, you can see more (smaller) white dots.

I've tried scanning some 110 negatives (using a custom made adaptor) on my Nikon Coolscan V. They are all from the 1980s and I've noticed many of them (when zoomed up) have defects...lots of them. The idea was to scan the negatives rather than the prints, as they would be higher quality but...

They aren't fantastic quality, plus I have about 800 or so images. I can't face doing them again, so I'll just convert them. I'll do a test, one with resampling, one without, I have heard conflicting information about which method is best.

Should I resample or not? Some seem to say yes and others no (because it degrades the image apparently)

I have scanned an absolute shedload of medium format B&W negatives at 3200dpi at 16 bit on an Epson V750. They were taken between 1935 and 1960, not with the world’s finest lenses! The negatives are assorted and measure 5x7, 6x6 and 6x9. I’d like to resize them to 2400dpi as the 3200dpi ones...

Hi, I have the Epson V750 flatbed and am scanning large format (90x60 and 60x60mm) and am wondering if I should get the Epson V850 holders or even the BetterScanning model. My negatives do look pretty flat when I mount them but I just feel the results could be better. The reason I think this...