Quick!! Help needed. Plustek 7600 or Epson V700?

Quick!! Help needed. Plustek 7600 or Epson V700?

  • Epson V700

    Votes: 82 62.1%

  • Plustek 7600AI

    Votes: 50 37.9%
  • Total voters
    132
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fixbones

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Hi ppl,

I purchased the Plustek 7600 last Friday but have up till tomorrow to finalize my order.

Am having 2nd thoughts about the Plustek 7600........... What do you guys think?

I only shoot 35mm.
 
My thinking is that Plustek 7600AI can possibly yield better scans coz its 35mm dedicated but at the expense of scanning one frame at a time and more labour intensive.

The V700 can scan 24 frames at one go with acceptable scans.......
 
Don't know much about the Plustek but I really like my Epson V700 ... also MF scanning is important to me!

I have to vote for the Epson ... but one day I'll have a Coolscan for dedicated 35mm scanning and my life will be complete! :p
 
hey Keith, I might be upgrading to a epson V700 next year from my Canoscan 8600f. What are the medium format holders like? I am forever having trouble with them on the canoscan

Cheers
Steve
 
EcoLeica said:
hey Keith, I might be upgrading to a epson V700 next year from my Canoscan 8600f. What are the medium format holders like? I am forever having trouble with them on the canoscan

Cheers
Steve
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There's a company called Betterscan who do a much improved MF holder and ANR glass inserts for the V700 - see this link. Fully adjustable for optimum sharpness and solid construction.

http://www.betterscanning.com/

Improved my scans enormously

I also scan with a dedicated Minolta Multi Pro scanner and the MF from my V700 with the above attachments are comparable to it.
 
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The V700 was never acceptable for 35mm for me, but maybe I just suck and scanning and couldn't keep my film flat.
 
What would irk me about the Plustek is the manual film advance. The option to scan a whole strip or roll of film automatically without user input was the reason why I got a Nikon (4000ED in my case).

Earlier Plusteks didn't have dust removal (aka ICE), now they finally seem to have got it into useable state.

Scanning 35mm with a flatbed can be challenging. I never seem to have got it right but there are people who did. If you decide to go with the flatbed, think ofinvesting into an extra strip holder for 35mm with anti-newton glass, such as the one you get from betterscanning.com.
 
Well i have decided to stick with the plustek. Look through hundreds of pictures on flickr to compare v700 vs plustek 7600i and frankly i can't see the difference.
With the Plustek, the downside is that i'll have to feed it manually but i think i can live with that - hopefully.
The Epson is more expensive and besides, i might have to pay extra for softwares and betterscanning ANR glass.

Well, will report my experience with the scanner when i get it =D
 
fixbones said:
Well i have decided to stick with the plustek. Look through hundreds of pictures on flickr to compare v700 vs plustek 7600i and frankly i can't see the difference.
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That may be due to flickr as much as the scanners though :) Good luck with your purchase.

Now that your decision is taken, would you mind closing the poll? Otherwise people will still be voting on it in four years, each time it will pop up at the top of RFF, people won't see the date and think you still need a recommendation :cool:
 
I agree that it may be due to flickr or scanner. Since the scanner is used only to digitalize my film for web purpose, i figured it probably wont make much of a difference whether epson or plustek...........

How do i close the poll?
 
So Image Quality wise, the V700 is fully capable to compete against a dedicated 35mm scanner? It seems like that's the conclusion everyone here is coming to.
 
fixbones said:
I agree that it may be due to flickr or scanner. Since the scanner is used only to digitalize my film for web purpose, i figured it probably wont make much of a difference whether epson or plustek...........?
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Except that you can scan far more frames and faster with the 700. If this is all you need it for, I think the 700 would have been the better choice.

And, with regard to MF negs, the 700 does have trouble keeping them flat, especially if you have 6 x 9.
 
.ken said:
So Image Quality wise, the V700 is fully capable to compete against a dedicated 35mm scanner?
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The latest deluge of cheap dedicated USB film scanners doubtlessly has brought forward some which are considerably worse, even compared to a unadjusted V700. But the V700 will not beat a good dedicated 35mm scanner - just about any Nikon or Minolta built in this decade delivers better scans, the recent ones very obviously and significantly.
 
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