The Epson software has a pull down menu for Document Type. It shows either "Document" or "Film". Does this mean I can scan negatives and slides?
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Scanning negatives would be great, but to answer your question, I don't know.
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Hi Louis! To answer your question I'm not 100% sure I have not used that feature at all, so I can't say. If you already have the epson printer and it's installed there should be a user guide / manual file that is put on your desktop so in the case you need help. Sorry I couldn't Help you out more!
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I'm sure either one will do a pretty good job for you. Fwiw, I purchased the Epson v500 for the simple reason that it has ICE Technology which does an absolutely amazing job of cleaning all sorts of debris/artifacts/dust et al from both slides and negatives. The hours I've saved not having to hand manipulate each image are numerous to say the least. This was the second time I've had to scan my full slide collection after the first set (over 500) was wiped out by a virus. This time was MUCH easier w/ the V500. Also, the quality of the scan improved a great degree so maybe the virus was a blessing in disguise afterall :-) Btw, I had no problem whatsoever setting it up on my Dell Vista OS. YMMV ... Cheers and good luck !
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Hello, yes you can scan medium format! Also, i would suggest downloading Vue Scan to scan your negatives rather than using Epson Scan (the program that comes with the scanner) because it makes a huge difference. The white balance is a little wonky, but that's easily fixed in photoshop. I feel like epson scan sort of made my medium format scans (and my scans in general) look pretty crappy, so i highly recommend using vue scan, especially if you are using medium format and want to retain as much of the quality as possible. Hope this was helpful!
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Yes, "guruofvinyl" is correct. There is a setting in the software to scan negatives. It's quite effective.
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I think you press the on button and then scroll through options. There is a single negative holder as opposed to the strip holder -- perhaps one slide at a time would fit into that, or could simply be slid into the slot from above, scanned like a negative, then pulled out. A typical slide is the same size as the negative holder. I have been working on negatives so far and have not yet tried slides myself, but that is what I will try when I get around to it. There is an instruction booklet that comes with the scanner, pretty basic but check it out again. Hope this helps a bit.
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My scanner is an Epson Perfection V 370. "Full Auto Mode" appears to have JPEG as default. Other settings (Home Mode, etc) allow one to choose "File Save Settings." These include JPEG, TIFF, PICT, but not GIF.
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I had not worked with negative film until I read your question, so I got out a strip of 35mm color negatives and put it in the scanner. After selecting "negative film", I looked at the first negative on the strip, and discovered that the image looked exactly like previous slide images had looked! There is no additional external software with the scanner, but conversion from negative to positive is built into the internal conversion program. What you see in the scanner viewer looks like a small print. Transferred to the computer, you wouldn't know whether the image came from a slide or a negative. To me, this makes the conversion process even more simple. (Any manipulation you may want to do after getting the images onto your computer can of course be done with any of a number of different image processing programs.) Hope that helps!
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Use a printer scanner for slides and 35MM film and you should be able to scan mounted slides. Both of my printer work
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Photos are scanned one-by-one, you need to put them into a holder that is provided to keep them flat. Slide holder has room for 4 slides and the 35mm film holder holds the 6 negatives (like they come back from being developed. The long part is getting the negative into the holder and feeding it into the unit. Once you do that the scan part if fast -less than a second (scan, view the image, hit save, slide to the next negative, etc. I usually did a role or two and then transferred them to my PC.
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Yes, you can see the image as soon as you slide the negative or the slide into the scanner, you don't need to hit the scan button. As a matter of fact whenever I want to record a high resolution image, I use this scanner just to preview and select the images I will scan later on using a high end scanner.
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If your negative is color the scan will be in color. I believe you have the option to change it to greyscale or black and white but I have never used that option.
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No, you will have to develop your film first. If you try with undeveloped film, you will ruin the film by exposing it to light. This scanner works with negatives and/or slides (positives).
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I have several scanners, but from what I remember about this particular one, I don't believe so. The one that I do have that says it does negatives makes the picture a very odd color. Sorry I can't be of more help.
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It is best for viewing 35mm slides. I've never tried it to view negatives. This device illustrates the old adage "you get what you pay for".
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I did scan some very old negatives from the '30s, but it is not easy. Back then, negitives were in all kinds of shapes and sizes. The scanner does just fine, but the software is poor. I did this a few years ago, so as I remember, I used Gimp on a Linux machine. Otherwise, the Epson software expects the negative to fit into one of the included frames. Using this process, it took a few minutes of fiddle with the settings to scan just one negative.
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I am trying to confirm the Epson V500 or Epson V600 software/hardware capability to scan multiple photographs and save as separate files. Can you help?Glen
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Kathy, you control how you put the negatives through the machine, so it doesn't reverse them unless you put them in a certain way. Also, you choose what you want to digitize. The black hard plastic slide frame you see in the picture is what you slide through the machine. Let's say you only want one photo from the group, you slide the frame into place, push the scan button and then the ok button to save to the sd card (must purchase separately). It really is easy to use and I like it better than the scanner I already had. There is more control, I can see the pictures on the screen right away to decide if I want that one or not. Very handy little machine. Kathy, you control how you put the negatives through the machine, so it doesn't reverse them unless you put them in a certain way. Also, you choose what you want to digitize. The black hard plastic slide frame you see in the picture is what you slide through the machine. Let's say you only want one photo from the group, you slide the frame into place, push the scan button and then the ok button to save to the sd card (must purchase separately). It really is easy to use and I like it better than the scanner I already had. There is more control, I can see the pictures on the screen right away... » Read More Kathy, you control how you put the negatives through the machine, so it doesn't reverse them unless you put them in a certain way. Also, you choose what you want to digitize. The black hard plastic slide frame you see in the picture is what you slide through the machine. Let's say you only want one photo from the group, you slide the frame into place, push the scan button and then the ok button to save to the sd card (must purchase separately). It really is easy to use and I like it better than the scanner I already had. There is more control, I can see the pictures on the screen right away to decide if I want that one or not. Very handy little machine. « Show Less