Hi all Wondering if anyone has any advice on settings to use for scanning photos and negatives (or various types) I now have an Epson V700 scanner and have done some test runs, I have achieved what look like OK results but am reluctant to blindly go on without seeing is there are better settings than I am using Most of my negatives are black and white of various sizes, some dating back to the early 1930's Photos are not so much of a problem but again would be interested to know what the optimum settings might be I have read a fair deal on it and watched many a guide but find there is conflicting information For example when scanning black and white, some say 8bit greyscale, others say 24bit colour I do not want to embark on the task without knowing what I am doing, I do not want to find out later that I have to do it all over again Anyone have any advice to offer on the subject please Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK)

Nivard I am not familiar with the Epson V700. However, my inclination would be to go with 24 bit color. The reasoning is that this will give you maximum quality. From that scan you can save copies as grey scale or a lesser bit color as needed. Be aware that the color scan will use a lot more storage space. I have an old Nikon Coolscan that provides for multipass scans that I use for slides and negatives. This creates really big files so I routinely make a smaller copy and archive the big ones for future use as needed. By big, I mean in excess of 100 Mgb. I can do color negatives with one scan without problems. It depends on what your associated software will allow. I would suggest some experimentation to see what satisfies you. DPI is important. I go to maximum on that. Some of my scans are at 4000dpi. Try to get at least 1200 dpi. You will see the difference when you try to enlarge. Cheers Don P. Koch dkoch@alaska.com On May 12, 2012, at 10:18 AM, Nivard Ovington wrote: > Hi all > > Wondering if anyone has any advice on settings to use for scanning > photos and negatives (or various > types) > > I now have an Epson V700 scanner and have done some test runs, I > have achieved what look like OK > results but am reluctant to blindly go on without seeing is there > are better settings than I am > using > > Most of my negatives are black and white of various sizes, some > dating back to the early 1930's > > Photos are not so much of a problem but again would be interested to > know what the optimum settings > might be > > I have read a fair deal on it and watched many a guide but find > there is conflicting information > > For example when scanning black and white, some say 8bit greyscale, > others say 24bit colour > > I do not want to embark on the task without knowing what I am doing, > I do not want to find out > later that I have to do it all over again > > Anyone have any advice to offer on the subject please > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > ===== > If you would prefer digest mode to mail mode, drop a note to roots-admin@rootsweb.com > and ask for the digest... > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message