![]() It was very important to ensure I cropped-out the "film borders" in the preview window, before I scanned the frame. I got into the habit of leaving my film strips under a stack of books for a few days before I scanned them. If your film holders are similar, this could account for some of your lack of sharpness. The 4990 film holders do not hold the film flat. ![]() Since I am not that good at reading negatives, I only scanned positive film with the 4990. My 4990 really struggled if the film was under or over exposed. However, the results were just plain disappointing. There were some differences according to which software I used (Vuescan, Epsonscan or Silverfast Lite) and I got better results if I did not manipulate the image with the scan software (beyond white-point and a bit of sharpening). ![]() ![]() I initially purchased an Epson 4990 Photo flatbed scanner (which I believe was Epsons top of the line Photo flatbed at the time) and after working at it for months, the best I could do with properly exposed, 35mm slide film (Provia 100) was to achieve barely acceptable results that looked bad if printed larger than 6" x 9". In my experience, if you are expecting the same (even nearly the same) quality from 35mm film scans on a consumer-grade flatbed scanner as you get from your DSLR - you will continue to be disappointed and frustrated. Somebody might correct me on this (I am not familiar with the scanner you mention).
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