
They're likely applying some sharpening to their scans. Then take those and fix them in GIMP or Irfanview 62 months agoĪnd for perspective, remember that you're comparing a lower-end consumer scanner to whatever a commercial lab is using, however cheapo it might be. You have to really add a lot of sharpening in post processing. My Epson V600 also have a very soft focus when I scan without adjustments during the scan. I do not have any image adjustments active at all, just a straight scan. Thanks, I got the scanner for £20 and didn't see any bad results based on 35mm photographs people have taken with this same scanner on here so pulled the trigger, but yeah I just seem to be getting incredibly soft results. Read some of the other threads here to get some ideas on scanning with a flatbed. Scan your negatives without any adjustments then in post processing software add everything to your liking including sharpness. Well first of all I would not recommend the V200 but now that you have it here is what to do. Is there any recommendation you guys can give me RE adjusting the focus on this scanner or is this pretty much what I've bought and it can't get better? I've seen examples of people scanning 35mm on this scanner and it looked pretty good!

In the example here, you can see the image from the cheapo lab (which maxes out at 2MP) is much sharper and cleaner than the one from the scanner. I have tried adjusting the height of the 35mm film holder and played around with lots of the settings but I just can't seem to get an acceptable image from the scanner. I recently purchased a V200 and am not happy with the scans I get from it, the images appear to be ever so slightly soft, a bit out of focus.
