V600 cannot scan 4x5 negatives?

[jim10219]

The 4990 is a way better scanner than the G4050, a bit more expensive usually, and as always we should check if the film holders are included, as some people sell it separately.

Actually, with the 4990, maybe not. The later V series scanners have a second lens focused a bit above the glass to accommodate film holders. So they can definitely benefit from a film holder. The 4990, however, does not. I sold off the film holder I had bought for this scanner because I found out I got much shaper scans by scanning directly on the glass. That discovery led me down the path of fighting Newton rings, which caused me to settle on wet scanning directly on the glass. That threatened to be very costly, but by using Dura-Lar instead of Mylar, and Ronsonol instead of Kami fluid, I saved a bunch of money. And in the end, it's probably less hassle than messing with a regular film holder, because there's less dust to deal with afterwards.

[Doug Fisher]

>>Ronsonol instead of Kami fluid<<

Gamsol is a great substitute for Kami and available at most art stores.

Doug

[Pere Casals]

Actually, with the 4990, maybe not. The later V series scanners have a second lens focused a bit above the glass to accommodate film holders.

In practice the 4990 with holders resolves about 35-40 lp/mm on film, which is about 1800-2000 effective ppi. The V7xx/8xx resolves more, some 2400 effective depending on how we measure, but the G4050 resolves way less than the 4990...

We also can avoid dust by scanning in a dust free environment, by using a cheap HEPA air purifier.

[jim10219]

>>Ronsonol instead of Kami fluid<<

Gamsol is a great substitute for Kami and available at most art stores.

Doug

I bet it would be. It's the same stuff! Check out the MSDS. They're both naphtha!

[Martin Dake]

I don't want to do this.

I might keep my 3200 for now or see if I can add an additional $500 so I can get the V800.

If I keep my 3200, I will need a third-party software to use because Epson no longer supports a driver for this scanner. If you can recommend a software to get, I'm all ears.

Thanks.

What OS do you have?
I have a 3200 and got it and Epson Scan software to work on Windows 7 by a well known trick using the 4990 drivers.
I believe the same trick will work with Windows 8, not sure about Windows 10 though; although compatibility mode might help with it.

[macandal]

What OS do you have?

I have the latest X OS. What are we up to? "Raccoon"? Whatever it is, that's what I'm running. I have a mac, by the way.

Thanks.

[macandal]

Anyway, I think I'm getting the V800.

[Martin Dake]

I have the latest X OS. What are we up to? "Raccoon"? Whatever it is, that's what I'm running. I have a mac, by the way.

Thanks.

Oh, Mac OS.
Sorry can't help with that one.
Good luck, I am happy with my 3200 results.

[Pere Casals]

Anyway, I think I'm getting the V800.

This is a powerful tool for LF, you won't regret. For MF it also works nice, for 35mm a dedicated roll film scanner like the Plustek (35mm) its a better choice, anyway a V800 also delivers nice 35mm scans...

The V800 includes a bundled silverfast version that does not have the multi-exposure feature, if in the future you find that you want to recover better the deep shadows in dense Fuji slides you always can upgrade your silverfast version to have Multi-Exposure.

[macandal]

... for 35mm a dedicated roll film scanner like the Plustek (35mm) its a better choice, anyway...

Which model?

Thanks.