cooltouch
Joined: 15 Jan 2009 Posts: 9096 Location: Houston, Texas
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Posted: Sun May 29, 2022 1:11 am Post subject: |
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cooltouch wrote:
I have medium format gear and aspirations to shoot large format someday, so I found a used Epson 4990 and bought it. It works very well for medium format, and is not too shabby with 35mm. Plus, I have friends who do shoot large format, and they're the ones who recommended the 4990 to me.
The 4990 was the top-of-the-line model, superseded by the V7xx series. I don't know what the current top-of-the-line model is now, but it is spendy if it's like the V7xx series. I've heard the V600 does a good job, and it's much more reasonably priced. I'm not positive, but I think the V600 will handle medium format negatives and slides also.
Oh, and all of the above scanners are USB driven. My 4990 also has a firewire port. _________________ Michael
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visualopsins
Joined: 05 Mar 2009 Posts: 10983 Location: California
Expire: 2025-04-11
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Posted: Sun May 29, 2022 3:45 pm Post subject: |
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visualopsins wrote:
cooltouch wrote: |
If you're gonna look for a 4990 on the used market -- or any scanner, far as that goes -- make sure that ALL the film carriers are included. And power supply, if needed.
While you may need it only to scan developed photos, if you ever sell it, you'll want to have a complete scanner to sell. And, who knows, there may be a date in the future when you'll wish to use its scanning capability. |
Also, some scanners REQUIRE the oem film carrier to switch to scanning just the film area instead of the whole scanner bed...
Happy with V500 for many years now...iirc, I paid only $150 brand new...current ebay prices seem a little high. (:
Check the Epson Refurbished site for a deal... _________________ ☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮ like attracts like! ☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮
Cameras: Sony ILCE-7RM2, Spotmatics II, F, and ESII, Nikon P4
Lenses:
M42 Asahi Optical Co., Takumar 1:4 f=35mm, 1:2 f=58mm (Sonnar), 1:2.4 f=58mm (Heliar), 1:2.2 f=55mm (Gaussian), 1:2.8 f=105mm (Model I), 1:2.8/105 (Model II), 1:5.6/200, Tele-Takumar 1:5.6/200, 1:6.3/300, Macro-Takumar 1:4/50, Auto-Takumar 1:2.3 f=35, 1:1.8 f=55mm, 1:2.2 f=55mm, Super-TAKUMAR 1:3.5/28 (fat), 1:2/35 (Fat), 1:1.4/50 (8-element), Super-Multi-Coated Fisheye-TAKUMAR 1:4/17, Super-Multi-Coated TAKUMAR 1:4.5/20, 1:3.5/24, 1:3.5/28, 1:2/35, 1:3.5/35, 1:1.8/85, 1:1.9/85 1:2.8/105, 1:3.5/135, 1:2.5/135 (II), 1:4/150, 1:4/200, 1:4/300, 1:4.5/500, Super-Multi-Coated Macro-TAKUMAR 1:4/50, 1:4/100, Super-Multi-Coated Bellows-TAKUMAR 1:4/100, SMC TAKUMAR 1:1.4/50, 1:1.8/55
M42 Carl Zeiss Jena Flektogon 2.4/35
Contax Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T* 28-70mm F3.5-4.5
Pentax K-mount SMC PENTAX-A ZOOM 1:3.5 35~105mm, SMC PENTAX ZOOM 1:4 45~125mm
Nikon Micro-NIKKOR-P-C Auto 1:3.5 f=55mm, NIKKOR-P Auto 105mm f/2.5 Pre-AI (Sonnar), Micro-NIKKOR 105mm 1:4 AI, NIKKOR AI-S 35-135mm f/3,5-4,5
Tamron SP 17mm f/3.5 (51B), Tamron SP 17mm f/3.5 (151B), SP 500mm f/8 (55BB), SP 70-210mm f/3.5 (19AH)
Vivitar 100mm 1:2.8 MC 1:1 Macro Telephoto (Kiron)
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