In that it would scan the film 3 times to get the highlights and shadows, then combine the scans? Or it could scan the film 3 times and spit out 3 different exposure scans that could be combined later?
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In that it would scan the film 3 times to get the highlights and shadows, then combine the scans? Or it could scan the film 3 times and spit out 3 different exposure scans that could be combined later?
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Many scanners support the multi-exposure feature (google: silverfast multi-exposure) that takes two images and delivers an optimal blend, you have to save 16 bits per channel in TIFF format (not jpg or bmp) to conserve the 16 bits.
Mostly it's not necessary to take 3 images because with 2 you reach the scanners physical limits and/or the film limits.
You may also set 3 manual exposures and then you can stitch/blend the resulting 3 images in PS, but this is unnecessary because silverfast does it perfectly.
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The silverfast version that it's bundled in the epson V850 includes the multi-exposure feature, the V800 not, but you may purchase a software upgrade to have it, this is mostly important if wanting to recover very deep shadows in velvia slides.
Most digital-camera-based-scanners could do this easily.
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What Peter said. And it's probably really only likely to be a necessity with certain situations involving transparency films. There are scanners running HDR scans for cinema film up to 10K resolution, but it's largely needed only for dealing with print stock, not camera negative.
By using a quality digital camera, one already has about a 1-stop advantage over an Epson scanner, as tested with a Stouffer step wedge.
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It has to be a flawed test with the stouffer... was the epson using Multi-Exposure ? was exposure well adjusted for the job?
If DSLR is compared to an V700 auto scan made with EpsonScan then prossibly the DSLR beats the Epson, but not if the Epson is properly operated.
This is the signal to noise ratio of the V700.
DSLRs have around 14 bits, and the last bits have a lot of noise, the epson still has discernible signal over noise at the highest desnsitites, of course result won't be clean by 4.0D and we cannot say it makes 4.0D, it's good for 3.3D, but the same happens with a DSLR.
A DSLR is not better than the epson if the last is operated properly, the SNR ratings are the proof.
Scan once. Use the shadow adjustment on your post processing program. It works faster and is better. You can;t get more out of a scan than the scan will give you on one scan. The scanner is using the maximum amount of light to penetrate the negative with sensors to match. That is what its dMax rating is all about. YOu can't get more out of it. Also, the range will not exceed the clipping point at either end. Just set them to extend a little past the range of the particular shot. Scanning twice will not give you "penetration" any more than shooting a camera twice at the same object with all the same settings will give you a brighter picture.
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OK, thanks for all the feedback!
Some scanners do have a multiscan option. What you have to be careful with is whether the scanner scans the whole negative multiple times and then combines the data, or whether the scanner moves into position, takes multiple readins, moves to the next are, repeat. The first way can lead to a loss of sharpness in the scan if the multiple scans don't perfectly line up. The second way is preferable.
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Vuescan with epson V series and 4990 all have 2 exposure HDR options, it is just called something different :-)
It is only needed with transparency, its a simple and very effective improvement for almost nothing for kodachrome at least if you already have the software. (scan takes longer). Two passes is all that is needed three passes isn't really necessary. Not really required for negs if the exposure is set appropriately.
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