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 V750 (as expected).
I have mainly used it to scan 35mm and did notice that an old scan (from around 2009 when I bought it) is less grainy than a recent scan of the same slide. Also, a recent scan is a tad less sharp (when zoomed right up to an insane degree)
I had it apart a couple of years ago to clean the mirror, it wasn't really dusty to my surprise, so I've ruled that out.
I have always used the default settings on both units.
Should I be expecting this with age?
At present, I am leaning towards the V750 scans because although they are less sharp, they don't look like a clump of coloured dots.
Top image is Epson. Bottom is Nikon.
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 V750 (as expected).
I have mainly used it to scan 35mm and did notice that an old scan (from around 2009 when I bought it) is less grainy than a recent scan of the same slide. Also, a recent scan is a tad less sharp (when zoomed right up to an insane degree)
I had it apart a couple of years ago to clean the mirror, it wasn't really dusty to my surprise, so I've ruled that out.
I have always used the default settings on both units.
Should I be expecting this with age?
At present, I am leaning towards the V750 scans because although they are less sharp, they don't look like a clump of coloured dots.
Top image is Epson. Bottom is Nikon.