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Epson V10 and V100
Hi
I upgrade my scanner to an Epson V10 because I needed a low cost solution to scan my 35mm film into digital images. But to my horror, it took 12min at medium quality to scan 1 strip alone. I'm wondering if this is "normal" speed and whether I can do much better with the more costly V100 or V300 scanners instead? I have an Epson R210 so would prefer to stick with Epson. I don't mind canon but I don't think they have a film scanner for their lower end models. Thanks in advance! -- Please delete "abc-" from my email address when replying. Thanks |
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Epson V10 and V100
On Jun 15, 11:09 pm, "RSKT" wrote:
Hi I upgrade my scanner to an Epson V10 because I needed a low cost solution to scan my 35mm film into digital images. But to my horror, it took 12min at medium quality to scan 1 strip alone. I'm wondering if this is "normal" speed and whether I can do much better with the more costly V100 or V300 scanners instead? I have an Epson R210 so would prefer to stick with Epson. I don't mind canon but I don't think they have a film scanner for their lower end models. Thanks in advance! -- Please delete "abc-" from my email address when replying. Thanks All depends on what resolution you are using, that sounds right for a high res (approx 4000ppi) scan. Scanning is not fast no matter what scanner you are using. If you are scanning for screen or PowerPoint you can greatly reduce your resolution and increase the speed aof the scan. If you are using Digital Ice to get rid of dust that doubles your scanning time, if you have dirty slides it's a help, if your slides are relatively clean don't use Digital Ice. More costly scanners decrease the scanning time a little but just going to a V100 or V300 isn't going to get you much. When I'm scanning for screen (1200ppi give me the best results even with downsizing) on an Epson V700 takes a minute to a minute and a half, while at 4000ppi it takes about 3-4 minutes on a 35 slide. So going up a model or two won't help that much. Tom |
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Epson V10 and V100
Thanks tomm42/Michael
Problem is I reduced the res to as low as 300 before getting a scan speed for a single film strip of 12min. Of course the time doubles when I set to 600. 4 min would have been very acceptable to me for 4000ppi! I noticed the scan quality is average a best and there is no discernible difference between 300 and 600 dpi (on my computer screen anyway). I'm wondering if its because my system is bloated, or its my hardware issue (AMD Athlon XP 2600+ with 2GB RAM). Assuming its the scanner issue, are you saying an upgrade from V10 to V700 would be significant as far as speed is concerned? Thanks for the replies! :-) "tomm42" wrote in message ... All depends on what resolution you are using, that sounds right for a high res (approx 4000ppi) scan. Scanning is not fast no matter what scanner you are using. If you are scanning for screen or PowerPoint you can greatly reduce your resolution and increase the speed aof the scan. If you are using Digital Ice to get rid of dust that doubles your scanning time, if you have dirty slides it's a help, if your slides are relatively clean don't use Digital Ice. More costly scanners decrease the scanning time a little but just going to a V100 or V300 isn't going to get you much. When I'm scanning for screen (1200ppi give me the best results even with downsizing) on an Epson V700 takes a minute to a minute and a half, while at 4000ppi it takes about 3-4 minutes on a 35 slide. So going up a model or two won't help that much. Tom |
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Epson V10 and V100
On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 11:09:57 +0800, "RSKT"
wrote: Hi I upgrade my scanner to an Epson V10 because I needed a low cost solution to scan my 35mm film into digital images. But to my horror, it took 12min at medium quality to scan 1 strip alone. I'm wondering if this is "normal" speed and whether I can do much better with the more costly V100 or V300 scanners instead? I have an Epson R210 so would prefer to stick with Epson. I don't mind canon but I don't think they have a film scanner for their lower end models. Thanks in advance! Here's a low cost film and slide scanner. http://www.cyberguys.com/templates/S...roductID=19138 I don't know how well it works, so it might not be what you're looking for. Talker |
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Epson V10 and V100
Barry Watzman wrote:
This product is interesting because it is NOT, actually, a scanner, but rather a 5MP digital camera that takes a picture of the entire image (slide or negative) at once. I am not sure what it's quality is, and note that it does not have digital ICE or any other such enhancements. That's got to be mediocre, at best. Please do not top post. -- -- r.p.e.35mm user resource: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpe35mmur.htm -- r.p.d.slr-systems: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpdslrsysur.htm -- [SI] gallery & rulz: http://www.pbase.com/shootin -- e-meil: Remove FreeLunch. -- usenet posts from gmail.com and googlemail.com are filtered out. |
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The rule against top posting was developed back in the time when there might
be days between the time an original post hit Usenet/Bitnet and someone replied to it. The reader might like to see the o/p before they read the reply. In this day and age when replies usually come quickly after the o/p it makes no sense for readers to have to scroll through the o/p multiple times to get down to the replies. In a top post the reader can always scroll down to look at the o/p if he/she needs to refresh their memory, otherwise it's "noted and move on." IMHO, the "rule" against top posting is another case of "because that's the way we always did it!" Gary Visit Lucy & Gary and do the jigsaw puzzle at www.under-1-roof.com/PuzzlePage.html "Alan Browne" wrote in message ... snip .... Please do not top post. |
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Top vs Bottom posting
I agree. I never could understand why people seem to prefer bottom posting.
Tom "Gary" wrote in message ... The rule against top posting was developed back in the time when there might be days between the time an original post hit Usenet/Bitnet and someone replied to it. The reader might like to see the o/p before they read the reply. In this day and age when replies usually come quickly after the o/p it makes no sense for readers to have to scroll through the o/p multiple times to get down to the replies. In a top post the reader can always scroll down to look at the o/p if he/she needs to refresh their memory, otherwise it's "noted and move on." IMHO, the "rule" against top posting is another case of "because that's the way we always did it!" Gary Visit Lucy & Gary and do the jigsaw puzzle at www.under-1-roof.com/PuzzlePage.html "Alan Browne" wrote in message ... snip ... Please do not top post. |
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Gary wrote:
The rule against top posting was developed back in the time when there Don't lecture on netiquette using a losing argument in a top post. |
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Top vs Bottom posting
SF-East Bay'r wrote:
I agree. I never could understand why people seem to prefer bottom posting. It's for readability for people coming in later in the thread. It's well recognized netiquette. |
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Top vs Bottom posting
I agree, I am an unashamed top poster. I agree. I never could understand why people seem to prefer bottom posting. Tom |
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