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« on: December 15, 2009, 07:29:00 AM » |
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I finally decided I would replace my 13-year-old flatbed/transparency scanner with an Epson V750M.
And when I decided, it was too late! The Epson Canada site says they are out of stock.
Perhaps they'll come back into stock, but it seems more likely that they've discontinued the product.
So, I wonder: what other flatbeds are around that are designed to do good quality (larger than 35mm) transparency scanning?
Anyone have some advice?
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LarryD
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« Reply #1 on: December 15, 2009, 09:00:57 AM » |
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Well I use the no wet mounting V700 but you can get a wet mount kit for it.
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Film photography and the Soviet Union are not dead. Just downsized.
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Captain Slack
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« Reply #2 on: December 15, 2009, 12:21:30 PM » |
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I've got the V700 as well & love it! Would highly recommend the betterscanning.com 120 holder, however. The one that comes with it is kinda flimsy.
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jake
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« Reply #3 on: December 15, 2009, 02:47:02 PM » |
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Yeah, I think the V750 is just the V700 with Silverfast and the fluid adapter. The V700 comes with Photoshop Elements and of course, Epson Scan. I use Epson Scan with my scanner and it works just fine. Of course, none of this information does you any good if Canada has neither one.
B&H has both, and it sells the V700 for $499 (add to cart to get lowest price.) This may mean that there is a V800 in the nearish future or Epson could just be clearing out its holiday stock.
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Philip
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« Reply #5 on: December 15, 2009, 04:37:57 PM » |
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Thanks, all! And Sebastian - I should have looked at Vistek: thanks.
But I didn't realise that there was virtually no difference between the V700 (which is widely available in Canada, Jorn) and the V750. So I may look more closely at that, especially given the $300 difference in price!
Philip
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jake
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« Reply #6 on: December 15, 2009, 07:15:19 PM » |
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Philip
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« Reply #7 on: December 16, 2009, 04:18:27 PM » |
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Thanks again, everyone. I've ordered the V700. I ordered it locally but I expect it'll be after Christmas before I see it since the dealer doesn't actually have it on hand.
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« Reply #8 on: December 20, 2009, 07:38:26 AM » |
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Epson has always done a nice job with its flatbed scanners. I've always been a bit surprised that they never introduced a high-quality film scanner.
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