It is likely that to want this scanner you have a lot of negatives or transparencies that you want to digitise. Doing a full install takes around 360MB of hard disc space under XP. One benefit I have found with the V500 workflow over the D200 purely digital workflow is that I find it much easier to get a colour image I am happy with for landscapes (using Velvia 50 or Astia) than converting my D200 raw files.A raft of software is supplied and you can choose to let it install it all or you can untick stuff you do not think you will want. For anything larger I would personally follow Sean's advice and get a professional scan. I compared the prints I was able to make at 16 inches with those of my D200 stitched side by side to form a square, and both seemed roughly comparible so that suited me.

Of course the maximum print size is completely subjective. Also I found the way in which you sharpen the scan is crucial - if you use too high a radius you will obscure fine details, so several aggressive passes at small radii is the way to go in my view. It took me a while to sort out some workflow issues to get to that point however (like NOT using multisampling - it doesn't align 100% on my scanner and so can make the image softer). I don't have any experience with other scanners however so please take my comments with that caveat in mind.įor prints from 6圆 medium format I've printed up to 16 inches. As I'm sure you will find it is a great scanner easy to use, produces nice colours and capable of some good results. Sorry I'm a bit late to add anything useful, but as Sean mentioned I have a v500 (which I got following Sean's advice actually).

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