Going back in time when F64 was launched to mock pictorialistic photography in the process, things are far worse today whenever digits are in a discussion. With the 4990?īeyond performance, the V700 is today manufactured with the V800 stamp (which has LEDs instead a lamp), while the 4990 was discontinued 14 years ago, so the smart decision is the V700, as being $150 the price difference.įunny how pixelnators always take over these kind of threads.
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#Silverfast epson 4990 drivers#
> All new and future software and drivers for the today sold V800-850 should be compatible with the V700. > Epson repairs the V700 officially, what about the 4990? All spares for the new V800-850 can be used for the V700 (except lamp). > Some 4990 have been failing, while V700 has improved reliability in the electronics. > Depreciation Rate, probably the V700 overcost over the 4990 can be totally recovered is one sells it after 5 years, as the 4990 may not have any value. > The V700 is faster than the 4990, perhaps x2 !!!! important !!!! > A 4990 is 14 or 15 years old, while an V700 may be from 6 to 14 depending on luck. Let me cite other factors for the decision: I agree that most important factor is scanning and edition skills of the user, but the V700 hast dual lens system, and the overcost of the V700 is not that large. but you also sharpen the V700 result, with both images optimized to their best there is a well noticeable difference, specially with roll film.Īnother question is how sharp has to be the negative and how enlarged the print to see it. I use a Honeywell HAP-16200 I found cheap, you may use something like that. Something else: use a cheap HEPA air purifier in the room you scan and to manipulate negs, avoid all dust.
#Silverfast epson 4990 upgrade#
If you scan deep velvia shadows then you may want the Multi-Exposure software feature, this comes free in the V850 Silverfast SE Plus version, with the non "plus" version that comes with the V800 you have to purchase a Silverfast upgrade to have it. Of course you always can spend less in the 4990 and perhaps replacing it by a V800 in the future.įor 8x10" you will see less a difference, because the V700-850 uses the lower res lens, and 8x10 shots usually have lower peak lp/mm than 4x5 shots. Also LEDs illumination allows to start with no (lamp heating) delay to see the preview, it does not require color calibration because LEDs are stable, and you never need to replace the lamp. My advice, if you are to scan LF in the long term, then go to a V800 new, with warranty and the new ANR holders that keep film flat.
#Silverfast epson 4990 series#
Also the V700-850 series are quite good for MF, and still decent for 35mm. Grain depiction is not an strong point of the Epsons for beyond x10 enlargements, in that concern the 4990 still delivers a softer grain. The V700 instead it will deliver around some 140MPix effective from the 4x5" negative, so if the negative is optimally sharp with the V700 you may enlarge a 40% larger print aprox with same quality at reading distance, in theory. So in effective pixel terms the 4990 will deliver (4 x 5 x 1534 x 1727 ) 60 MPix effective witch is an insane amount of image quality in effective terms, a today's $4000 DSLR sure is way inferior in effective terms! The 4990 delivers 1524 to 1727 effective dpi, wich is 30 or 34 lp/mm resolving power.Ī 4x5 lens in a lab test may deliver from 50lp/mm to 85 lp/mm shooting a flat target in perfect focus at optimal aperture, but in real photography you have 3D scenes and almost nothing is in perpect focus (with exception of a distant landscape shot) for DOF you may have to stop and provocate diffraction, there is some shake, film plane alignment, so many times the 4990 will take most of what's in the negative anyway The V700 for 4x5 delivers 2900 dpi effective in the horizontal axis and 2300 in the vertical axis. Would you notice a difference? It depends on how sharp is your shot and what enlargement you plan. The lower resolution one covers the entire bed and it's focused on the bed glass surface, being used to scan on bed inside the "area guide margins".Ĥ990 has a single lens covering the entire bed, having the similar resolution than the low res lens of the V700.
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Main difference is that the V700 has two different lenses, the Higher resolution one covers 5.9" width and it's focused at the height the film has when in the holder, you scan 4x5 with this lens. Many times you won't find the difference the numbers suggest because there is dimishing yield at higher dpi, as on film recorded image quality is worse in the ultra fine detail. If you get the 4990 you still will have 60MPix "effective" 4x5" scans and you can do a lot with that, but with the V700-850 you get a better result (140MPix effective) if the "shot is sharp".