will HP G4050 scan 8x10 negs?

[ericmaquiling]

I saw on the internets somewhere that said someone did it. I see it can do 4x5 negs. The glass area looks large. I'm wondering if it can just be masked out with some cardboard and scan 8x10 negs?

[vinny]

yes.

[Cletus]

Vinny, is this something you know from experience? Do you have, or did you have, one of these?

I'm interested because I was unaware of any other scanner outside the Epson V700/4990 that could handle negs up to 8x10. In the little bit of internet reading I just did on this HP scanner, it's hard to tell - not many people scan 4x5 or 8x10 negatives these days.

[Light Guru]

Yes it can. However the scan quality is not as good as the epson scanners. I have a g4050 at home and use a v750 at work and the v750 definitely produces better scans.

[ericmaquiling]

Thanks vinny. For my 8x10's, I just wanna good look at the negs before I start doing some alt process on them.

[cabbiinc]

I had a G4050 and it will scan 8x10 (I've scanned four 4x5 negs in one go) but there was a bit of distortion at the edges of the scan bed on my copy. Not horrible, but I noticed it. I also noticed a considerable amount of digital noise in the image. If you're just using it for proofing it should be fine though. Look on your local Craigslist, you might get lucky. I sold mine for $40.

There's no film holder for 8x10, nor any guide marks. Lay it directly on the glass and keep in mind that you need to keep the calibration area unobstructed.

[stiganas]

FYI

G4050 works with Vuescan X64 in Win7 64.

In the quest for a cheap scanner I bought a G4050 (no holders, no power adapter, just the bare scanner). Vuescan list this scanner transparency support only for the X32 version.

I have the X64 version and with the latest drivers from HP is working perfect. I didn't install the HP software, only the drivers. Compared with Epson 3200 I see no difference.

I can do 8x10 at 2400dpi fast (as fast as 4x5 on Epson at 3200 dpi). The maximum 4800 dpi resolution is not working at 8x10, the software hang on after 1/3 of the job.

The preview is very fast. Negatives on the glass works best for me, I've done some cardboards frames/guides but you can work without them. For 8x10/5x7 proofing is perfect. Together with Xray film is a cheap entry in LF.

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half of 35mm frame Foma 100, Zorki4

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1:1 crop 2400dpi from 18x24cm Xray Film Nikkor-W 300mm

You can still buy G4050 new and the latest drivers are 14.5.1 from 12 Feb 2014

[Jody_S]

I've scanned ~500 8x10s on mine, never had any issues. It's a bargain scanner that does a decent job all-around. I scan in color so I can use the reasonably good dust removal, then process in Photoshop.

[Pete Watkins]

Any chance of it running on Windows 8.1 ?
Pete.

[John Jarosz]

Amazon shows 2 kinds. Are they the same or equivalent? If not, which one is the one to get?

http://www.amazon.com/HP-SCANJET-G4050-L1957A-Scanjet-G4050-Photo-Scanner/dp/B000LZIGIC

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000LC52X2/ref=psdc_5728048011_t3_B000LZIGIC

Thanks very much

[stiganas]

It is the same scanner:

HP Scanjet G4050 Photo Scanner
Part Number: L1957A
http://store.hp.com/UKStore/Merch/Product.aspx?id=L1957A&opt=&sel=DEF

The HP drivers are listed for all Win including 8.1. I don't have 8.1 but my bet is that will work with Vuescan X64.

The native scan software gave the numerous negative reviews to this scanner. I didn't even downloaded it.

I think this scanner is highly underrated. It is the only one in production beside the expensive Epson 800/850 that can do 8x10 (or 5x7).

It is a toy but for me, I shoot just for fun, is perfect. The highly negative opinions kept me from buying for a long time.

[mdarnton]

I bought one a couple of weeks ago. The negative opinions slowed me down, too, but it's turned out fine. I use it for large film, and 1200ppi is more than sufficient for what I do, which is mostly 5x7 and 8x10 B&W for prints up to 13x19, so I haven't tried it above that or for small film. With Vuescan it's been acceptably speedy, too. For the $108 it cost me (new, opened box, third-party on Amazon) I can't imagine how things could have gone better.

[SergeiR]

i have 2. Yes it will. Its a bit worse than venerated V700/750 Epson as far as range goes, but its a very good entry level scanner (and 5 times or more cheaper too)