medium format scanner?

[broni74]

hi, can anyone recommend a medium format scanner i was looking at the epson v700?
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[Woodsy]

The V700 is excellent. I have the V600 which is about half the price. It's good enough

Just hope that if you buy Epson it doesn't go wrong!

 

[Musicman]

The V700 is good enough for my purposes with MF.

Probably your best option if you're buying new unless you can find a Nikon Coolscan 9000 for sale and have £2.8K spare.

edit: some examples of MF scanned with the V700

Yashica 124G

Mamiya M645J

For the purposes of pointless comparison, I reckon with 645 it'll easily beat my 5D for the detail I can get out of the shot.

 

[Nod]

The Canon CanoScan 9000 comes with a carrier for MF (2 1/4" square) slides. A steady hand, craft knife and black card should enable you to make one for negs.

 

[Musicman]

Not tried them myself, but FWIW, I have heard some people swear by the BetterScanning MF Film Holders for the V700/750, especially with more curly film.

 

[TheBigYin]

The Canon CanoScan 9000 comes with a carrier for MF (2 1/4" square) slides. A steady hand, craft knife and black card should enable you to make one for negs.

The 8800F canoscan came with carriers for 120 film, as does the 9000F - though the 120 carrier is a bit crepe, and the ones from betterscanning (link ^^^ above) are much better.

 

[ChrisH]

I have an Epson V500 it does a fantastic job and was far less than the 700