My dilemma is more that I need a decent wide angle for weddings and the DX crops too much out on the FX camera. A wide angle I can potentially make back on the investment, a scanner is nice for the hobby of using the xpan but won't make me money. Ad astra per aspera
I kind of wonder if the Nikon 35mm film scanners might provide enough overlap of standard frames so one might at least be able to stitch several together in Photoshop.
I don't believe my Nikon 5000 film scanner has frame breaks on the film holder, but I'm not certain how much length it is capable of taking in on a single full magnification scan frame. I think it scans an entire 6 frame segment of 35mm at once during preview mode. I'll have to do some experimenting and let you know. I can swear there ain't no heaven but I pray there ain't no hell. _ Blood Sweat & Tears
This one measured 37.75mm in length by 25.05mm in width.
I think the scanner preview process just runs each segment in turn over the optics/sensor. It runs the low res scans so fast that it appears to scan the entire film strip at once. Maybe Colman can figure out something.
I do know that I can scan an 12 frames of 35mm without segmenting on my old Epson 3200 flat bed. I suspect the V700/750, as well as the V500, can do the same with better resolution. I can swear there ain't no heaven but I pray there ain't no hell. _ Blood Sweat & Tears
My impression is that the V500, a much less expensive alternative to the V700 line, might suit you. It also scans up to 6500 dpi I believe. Of course if you're looking for totally professional results, an Hasselblad Flextight Drum or other high-end scanner is the only true solution; and unless you do large volumes it's probably not worth the cost. I can swear there ain't no heaven but I pray there ain't no hell. _ Blood Sweat & Tears
Scanning three test slides I shot with my Voigtlander Bessa 3A on slide film - because slide was a better test of the meter.
6400dpi on the 750, multi-exposure. This takes a while ... might only scan one tonight, actually, since I just realised I had scanned the first two to JPG, which sort of defeats the purpose, doesn't it? Silly Vuescan and/or silly Colman.
ls-50, crop of about 50% of frame:
ls-50, 100% crop
Whether any of this matters is another matter, though there's not much point paying big money for lenses and then losing all their contrast and sharpness in the scanner.
