v700 wet scanning without a tray

[Abdo]

Hello Endeavour

I've never had an Epson, I get this week a V800.
Did you find it better than the V700, quality, speed?
I wanted some comparative between V800 and V850 but I found none showing the two, just comments.
Do you have more information why you decided to go for V800 and not for V850?

Thank you,

[Endeavour]

Hello Endeavour

I've never had an Epson, I get this week a V800.
Did you find it better than the V700, quality, speed?
I wanted some comparative between V800 and V850 but I found none showing the two, just comments.
Do you have more information why you decided to go for V800 and not for V850?

Thank you,

the 850 was between $150 - $200 more expensive and slightly harder to find online in stock (for me)
As far as I could tell, the V850 comes with more film holders and better Silverlight SE software.

But as I dont use silverlight (and if I did I'd buy Ai version separately anyway) and am only scanning in 4x5 negs, I didnt need the extra trays.

There is supposedly a speed increase in V850 scanning over the V800 but I dont really care about that. And as far as I could make out, not any discernible differences in quality between V800 V850

so I dont need the trays, or the software or care about the speed (if any) difference. The $150 extra just isnt worth it, I can spend that on a fluid mounting tray, fluid and mylar sheets.

[Abdo]

Thanks

I'm also not importing trays and software.
My concern is only in quality.
Talk about the glass that would be better on the 850, only released over 2 years and to this day I did not see any comparative that showed me that.

Thanks for the answers.

[Mark D Segal]

just to update this thread

I went ahead and bought an Epson V800. I'm really happy with it. The detail I am getting with vuescan is great.

The detail you are getting is mainly due to the scanner's optical system and the arrangement of the media.