Reflecta RPS 7200 - Arrangement ?

[CockneyViking]

I am thinking about buying a Reflecta RPS 7200. (The alternative is an Epson V750.) I reckon I would be finished with it in two months. There are a couple of sticking points.

1. Would the Reflecta RPS give much better quality than an Epson 750?
2. If I buy the Reflecta new what would it be worth second hand and would it sell? (I have not see an single one come up second hand on ebay in the last month which does not look promising.)
3. If I have to buy a one new, anyone interested in coming to an arrangement of some kind and suggest on how the arrangement might work?

 

[freecom2]

Just to clarify, are we talking about 35mm film?

If so;
1. Yes. Dedicated 35mm film scanners perform much better than flatbeds.
2. Difficult to accurately answer that since everyone would use the same data that you have tried and failed to find!

 

[CockneyViking]

Just to clarify, are we talking about 35mm film?

If so;
1. Yes. Dedicated 35mm film scanners perform much better than flatbeds.
2. Difficult to accurately answer that since everyone would use the same data that you have tried and failed to find!

• There is a very helpful technical guy called Steve @ Kenro, the Reflecta Distributor who provided some very helpful information about scanning 5 negatives at 3600 DPI on a Reflecta RPS 7200:
  • Scanning 5 with software 30 secs Preview plus 4 minutes full scan (i.e. One minute each )
  • Scanning 5 with Digital ICE etc 1 min 45 secs plus 9 minutes (i.e. Two minutes each )
• The images scanned without software did have black marks on them which were not present where the Digital ICE/ROCK/GEM software was used. (I assume these must have been slides as my negatives show white marks after scanning.)

So now we all know.

 

[s162216]

• There is a very helpful technical guy called Steve @ Kenro, the Reflecta Distributor who provided some very helpful information about scanning 5 negatives at 3600 DPI on a Reflecta RPS 7200:
  • Scanning 5 with software 30 secs Preview plus 4 minutes full scan (i.e. One minute each )
  • Scanning 5 with Digital ICE etc 1 min 45 secs plus 9 minutes (i.e. Two minutes each )
• The images scanned without software did have black marks on them which were not present where the Digital ICE/ROCK/GEM software was used. (I assume these must have been slides as my negatives show white marks after scanning.)

So now we all know.

If you do want to get the maximal quality out of it though you will have to scan at the 7200 dpi setting (which gives an output resolution of about 3800 dpi - its a key factor of scanners that although the sensor may be able to resolve the massively high dpi numbers quoted, other optics in the scanning path limit the actual resolved resolution) as test charts have shown that scanning at the 3600 dpi setting results in a much lower resolution than quoted. In Vuescan there is the 'Tiff size reduction' option where the output image is downsized by the selected factor (e.g a 7200 dpi scan with the 2x reduction setting will be like scanning at 3600 dpi, but with the increased detail compared to scanning at 3600 dpi [if it really achieved that]) by combing pixels to reduce noise. Vuescan does also have a very effective autocrop setting, so you could just leave it on the auto feed and autoscan to scan the images without having to preview, and use the time to edit the scans your getting coming in.