Silverfast 8.8 tutorial
The V850 arrived just as I was leaving on another job in Texas so I put one negative in and scanned it with the default settings. Unbelievable quality on 200 plus year old negatives I have always had a flatbed scanner, but when I inherited negatives from the living quarters of the Texas revolutionaries from 1850 and earlier, I knew I really needed a special scanner to get the best quality proof.
I do not use it for 35mm as I have a DSLR process that produces far greater "scans". All in all I am not unhappy with this scanner but I wish the results for medium format and 4x5 were a bit better. It may curve the film within the DOF of the lens but for $1200, the film should lay FLAT. There is a wedge shaped ramp under the edge of the medium and large format negative holders that prevent the film from laying perfectly flat.
SILVERFAST 8.8 TUTORIAL PRO
I like that the v850 Pro came with 2 sets of holders but I am disappointed in the design. The v850 is faster but dpi for dpi, not really by much.
The main real benefit it that the v850 scans 4x5 negatives and my old scanner couldn't. Although i can notice a marked improvement in my scans, I must say the difference from my very old scanner to this new one is not as great as I hoped for. I am using Silverfast just as I did with my old scanner. After years of scanning with an old scanner from another brand, I had high hopes for this new v850 Pro.