V750 Scanner problem

[excalibur2]

Hello
Has anyone seen this fault that has developed recently?

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/n...ivmacro947.jpg

I can get by, by cropping the shot using the Epson software before the second scan (after preview) but would like to know if this is the start of something that is going to get worse?

[pellicle]

start of what?

[excalibur2]

start of what?

Tracking problem? I don't know where all the crap is coming from around the negative frame, also the black bars could be taking some of the picture.

[pellicle]

ok

wasn't clear from your post ... so I had no idea what to look for

so, how are you working? I mean pretend I can't see what you're doing and I need a few words to understand your working method

for instance, are you working with the standard holder, previewing the entire plattern and then selecting some images

sort of like this:



btw ... I know nothing about your skill levels, but in case you are not an old hand at it, it might be worth reading the blog post that image is from.

[excalibur2]

ok

wasn't clear from your post ... so I had no idea what to look for

so, how are you working? I mean pretend I can't see what you're doing and I need a few words to understand your working method

for instance, are you working with the standard holder, previewing the entire plattern and then selecting some images

sort of like this:



btw ... I know nothing about your skill levels, but in case you are not an old hand at it, it might be worth reading the blog post that image is from.

Well I'm only experienced in quantity. When set in pro mode there seems to be a problem although in full auto a bit of the shot was chopped off.

Supermarket scan heavily sharpened, 99p for 36 shots on a CD:-
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/n...hoto20_18A.jpg

V750 on full auto with some of the frame missing, but clean:-
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/n...testing016.jpg

Pro mode, nothing ticked as it comes, 2400dpi, red crap on right was on preview and final scan:-
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/n...testing019.jpg

[pellicle]

but how are you working?

thumbnails ... selection from plattern as I said above ... how?

[Doug Fisher]

I have to agree with Chris, from your posts so far it is hard to know how to help you. If your issue is that the software autocropping is guessing wrong and not cropping each frame correctly, this is a common problem. Most people quickly learn it is actually faster/more efficient to manually crop and set up a manual batch scan. I put up some tips for this here:

http://www.betterscanning.com/scanni...hscanning.html

Doug

[excalibur2]

but how are you working?

thumbnails ... selection from plattern as I said above ... how?

Well thanks all for replying.......I must have scanned over 1000 negs/pos/35mm/6X4.5/6X7/bw/colour on an Epson 2480 and v750 and just scan in pro mode with thumbnail preview, use auto colour correction now again with Epson software or more correction in Photoshop and although I'm not an expert getting the best from negs esp b/w with grain, my results are quite good in my opinion.
e.g.
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/n...lolaparty3.jpg
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/n...ata/img374.jpg

It's just all this crap has recently appeared around the neg frames that I never had before, it's not on the neg so the scanner is adding it and instead of scanning all 24 (or chosen ones) in one go after preview have now to crop each chosen one, otherwise I get a picture in print or on a computer screen like in my first post.
Here's another eg:-
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/n...0-200f4957.jpg

I was hoping someone would say "I had that problem and it was so and so" to save me from a lot of work trying to pin down the problem, and I did try the link given, using histogram and not using thumbnails etc, but the end result was similar (maybe better if I did more tests) but found it was more difficult as you can't see the neg in positive like thumbnails/zoom to decide what is worth scanning.

[pschwart]

Sorry, I am coming late to this thread, but exactly what is the problem?
Scans need to be cropped -- the software always needs help selecting the scan area -- and the color balances are off. Am I missing something else?

Well thanks all for replying.......I must have scanned over 1000 negs/pos/35mm/6X4.5/6X7/bw/colour on an Epson 2480 and v750 and just scan in pro mode with thumbnail preview, use auto colour correction now again with Epson software or more correction in Photoshop and although I'm not an expert getting the best from negs esp b/w with grain, my results are quite good in my opinion.
e.g.
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/n...lolaparty3.jpg
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/n...ata/img374.jpg

It's just all this crap has recently appeared around the neg frames that I never had before, it's not on the neg so the scanner is adding it and instead of scanning all 24 (or chosen ones) in one go after preview have now to crop each chosen one, otherwise I get a picture in print or on a computer screen like in my first post.
Here's another eg:-
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/n...0-200f4957.jpg

I was hoping someone would say "I had that problem and it was so and so" to save me from a lot of work trying to pin down the problem, and I did try the link given, using histogram and not using thumbnails etc, but the end result was similar (maybe better if I did more tests) but found it was more difficult as you can't see the neg in positive like thumbnails/zoom to decide what is worth scanning.

[excalibur2]

Sorry, I am coming late to this thread, but exactly what is the problem?
Scans need to be cropped -- the software always needs help selecting the scan area -- and the color balances are off. Am I missing something else?

Well before I just selected preview scan and 24 (or whatever) thumbnails showed on the screen, I could then select "full size" (which was a bit larger than thumbnail) and crop if necessary each frame, then select scan and all the pics were automatically sent to windows viewer. Each frame was clean with no crap around them.
Now I have no choice (i.e. whether to crop or not) as every frame has to be cropped because of the crap around the frame.

But you are saying "Scans need to be cropped -- the software always needs help selecting the scan area".........so I've been scanning incorrectly for about a year?

***and the color balances are off***

Well the paving shots were scanned using the method in the link given, the scans didn't come out very good and I used auto color in photoshop. The toad and children would come under "artistic licence" unless the mother knew exactly what colour clothes the kids were wearing.