Originally Posted by
SergeyT
Bernard is talking wisdom here.
It may look like a waste of money to perform some tests before committing to a certain method , but then it may turn into a bigger waste if the results achieved with best-guess-selected method do not meet the expectations.
I would seriously look into choosing a "typical' 4x5 sheet from your collection as a sample and make it scanned using a variety of equipment and methods, such as X1, Epson, DSLR, a good drum, etc. Maybe each advocate of their equipment and technics will be willing to make a test "scan" for you (even if for a fee).
Short of that and if money are the main optimization criteria and you would like to gamble why not to get an Epson and call it a day?
All very valid points. I've been thinking about getting the Epson V850 and the betterscanning.com variable height mount and just scanning that way, and, like you said, call it a day. It'll save me a lot of time, at least I hope it does. Pere
Reasons: You will unlikely beat it with DSLR setup on 4x5s.
Unless you are planning on working hard on your frustration with dust, endless alignments of camera position relative to film for each frame or portion of it, contrast reduction due to flare and surrounding light, stitching, post-scan negative conversion (prepare to add Negative Lab Pro or ColorPerfect, together with Adobe subscription to the cart), and other not so obvious issues associated with DSLR "scanning"
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