Now there is a great way for people to be able to scan their old 35mm slide and film and create digital versions that will be as clear as possible. Neither one is perfect, each has its strengths.There are thousands of people out there who managed to take a lot of pictures before the digital cameras came out and completely revolutionized the way in which photos could be seen without having to develop them. If Silverfast comes out with software for the Canon it would be more viable for large files. It is sharper but the batch scanning interface, the auto exposure, frame recognition and color balance is superior in the Canon and I need all that for the commercial work.
If I were to chose one scanner right now it would be the Epson 4870 with some strong reservations.
I say "fresh from the lab" negatives because on further investigation I find the Digital Ice of the Epson to be superior to the dust removal of the Canon. Better software when it becomes available will solve this pixel limitation I presume. For the moment I am going to run both scanners, the 4870 for high resoltion 16 bit b&w scans for my artwork (the 9950f has a limit of 10,000 x 30,000 pixels thats a 275 mb 16 bit file which I find a bit limiting () and the 9950f for medium quality-high quantity color commercial work on (fresh from the lab) color negatives because the batch scanning interface is superior to the Epson. My opinion of the two scanners after much experimentation is this. directly on the glass because the distance from film to the optics is critical and that distance includes the thickness of the holder. another and the scanner will probably wear out faster but what the hell. This probably puts some odd stress on some gears or tracks and it may be better to tilt it to one edge vs. This seems too simple of a solution to a big problem. Would someone else try this and tell me if I am crazy or not. Next time I think I will get a long piece of Velcro double sided strap to wrap arould the whole thing to hold the lid securely, so I don't have to hold it. All I did to fascilitate this was to put a couple of small furniture bumpers on the film holder so the the lid when lowered would pin it in place. Yes-holding the scanner on its side for ten minutes so there would be no sag and low and behold I have a significantly sharper scan.
So I simply scaned a negative with the scanner on its side. After playing with this new scanner (9950f) and comparing it to my 4870, I decided that a big issue related to sharpness on all flatbeds is the noticeable sag in a horizontal 4x5 negative, which plays havok with the level film plane.
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