Actually, I'm kinda partial to the Epson with new holder. Seems to have more
pop. If I were Moose, I might test to see if I could get that pop with the MF
scanned image, but I'm not, so I won't. Can't see how you'll go wrong with the
improved holder.
--Bob
On Mar 5, 2011, at 12:37 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> Yesterday, I received the MF film holders for my Epson flatbed from
> betterscanning.com. They are better than the standard ones because they
> include T-locks to keep the film flatter.
>
> A couple of weeks ago Michiel had kindly offered to scan one of my 6x9
> negatives with his Minolta MF film scanner. So now I have 3 versions of the
> same negative, one scanned with the Epson and its standard holders, one with
> the new and improved holders, and one with the Minolta MF film scanner. The
> comparison is here:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/belgiangator/scanner/
>
> If you click on the little rectangles, you will see a reasonably big image
> (2000 pixels on the long side), so you should be able to judge the image
> quality. All three scans have received the identical amount of unsharp
> masking in Photoshop.
>
> My own conclusion is that the film scanner delivers slightly more sharpness
> but the Epson more than holds its own when it comes to dynamic range.
>
> FWIW, YMMV and all that.
--
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