I have the V500 in addition to an older dedicated film scanner. The resolution on the 500 is pretty poor with 35mm. A lot of this is due to the inability of the film holder to maintain flatness.
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I have the V500 in addition to an older dedicated film scanner. The resolution on the 500 is pretty poor with 35mm. A lot of this is due to the inability of the film holder to maintain flatness.
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Still working on the Yashica TLR. Wild plum blossoms, afternoon sun using the bay mount close up lens.
Note the bee at 3o'clock!
Note the bee at 3o'clock!
My new grandbunny, lol.
Hi,
I may be getting back to film. I haven't done any since 2000 or so when I Went Digital. I still have a working Nikon FE, which happily complements my Nikon Df. I also have a Pentax 6x7 which (not exactly, but close enough) lines up with my Pentax 645D.
Anyway, just yesterday I tripped across this oddball scheme of using Fujifilm Instax one shot at a time in the 6x7. It looks so odd that I think I have to try that out.
For those that don't know, 6x7 is medium format and uses 60 mm wide 120 roll film. The Pentax 6x7 has a frame just a tad smaller than 60x70 mm and so a lot larger than 135 format (24x36 mm). The camera is an SLR. Looks like any other 135 one, just bigger. The 645 is also medium format and uses the same 120 film but runs it from top to bottom rather than from side to side and has a frame just a tad smaller than 60 x 45 mm.
The other thing is that I had a dedicated Kodak monochrome digital back on a Nikon F5. That gave me real B+W with digital. Not quite the same as converting a color digital shot even from a raw file. I sold that body for enough money to buy an entire used Pentax 645D kit.
But, that leaves me B+W-less. I might just revert back to B+W film with the FE and the 6x7. Probably mostly the 6x7, but I can do both should I wish. I have an extra bathroom I don't use the tub in. It sits in the room above my workshop and houses my ham station and a photo studio which I use for shooting product shots of my wife's original T-shirt designs for her website. I can easily put a B+W darkroom in over top the bathtub.
I haven't had such in quite a while. I used to go to a local camera shop and use their rent-a-darkroom. But, that shop had two owners who split the business and each moved into new locations and so lost the space for rent-a-darkrooms. By then, I was all digital anyway, so I didn't notice the loss until now. I did my own B+W and let their auto processor do the color.
But, both stores have lots of good used darkroom gear so I can recreate my own B+W darkroom at a fairly low cost. Something to think about.
Stan
I may be getting back to film. I haven't done any since 2000 or so when I Went Digital. I still have a working Nikon FE, which happily complements my Nikon Df. I also have a Pentax 6x7 which (not exactly, but close enough) lines up with my Pentax 645D.
Anyway, just yesterday I tripped across this oddball scheme of using Fujifilm Instax one shot at a time in the 6x7. It looks so odd that I think I have to try that out.
For those that don't know, 6x7 is medium format and uses 60 mm wide 120 roll film. The Pentax 6x7 has a frame just a tad smaller than 60x70 mm and so a lot larger than 135 format (24x36 mm). The camera is an SLR. Looks like any other 135 one, just bigger. The 645 is also medium format and uses the same 120 film but runs it from top to bottom rather than from side to side and has a frame just a tad smaller than 60 x 45 mm.
The other thing is that I had a dedicated Kodak monochrome digital back on a Nikon F5. That gave me real B+W with digital. Not quite the same as converting a color digital shot even from a raw file. I sold that body for enough money to buy an entire used Pentax 645D kit.
But, that leaves me B+W-less. I might just revert back to B+W film with the FE and the 6x7. Probably mostly the 6x7, but I can do both should I wish. I have an extra bathroom I don't use the tub in. It sits in the room above my workshop and houses my ham station and a photo studio which I use for shooting product shots of my wife's original T-shirt designs for her website. I can easily put a B+W darkroom in over top the bathtub.
I haven't had such in quite a while. I used to go to a local camera shop and use their rent-a-darkroom. But, that shop had two owners who split the business and each moved into new locations and so lost the space for rent-a-darkrooms. By then, I was all digital anyway, so I didn't notice the loss until now. I did my own B+W and let their auto processor do the color.
But, both stores have lots of good used darkroom gear so I can recreate my own B+W darkroom at a fairly low cost. Something to think about.
Stan
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EXCELLENT thoughts my friend. I am jealous! And also jealous of the cameras!Hi,
I may be getting back to film. I haven't done any since 2000 or so when I Went Digital. I still have a working Nikon FE, which happily complements my Nikon Df. I also have a Pentax 6x7 which (not exactly, but close enough) lines up with my Pentax 645D.
Anyway, just yesterday I tripped across this oddball scheme of using Fujifilm Instax one shot at a time in the 6x7. It looks so odd that I think I have to try that out.
For those that don't know, 6x7 is medium format and uses 60 mm wide 120 roll film. The Pentax 6x7 has a frame just a tad smaller than 60x70 mm and so a lot larger than 135 format (24x36 mm). The camera is an SLR. Looks like any other 135 one, just bigger. The 645 is also medium format and uses the same 120 film but runs it from top to bottom rather than from side to side and has a frame just a tad smaller than 60 x 45 mm.
The other thing is that I had a dedicated Kodak monochrome digital back on a Nikon F5. That gave me real B+W with digital. Not quite the same as converting a color digital shot even from a raw file. I sold that body for enough money to buy an entire used Pentax 645D kit.
But, that leaves me B+W-less. I might just revert back to B+W film with the FE and the 6x7. Probably mostly the 6x7, but I can do both should I wish. I have an extra bathroom I don't use the tub in. It sits in the room above my workshop and houses my ham station and a photo studio which I use for shooting product shots of my wife's original T-shirt designs for her website. I can easily put a B+W darkroom in over top the bathtub.
I haven't had such in quite a while. I used to go to a local camera shop and use their rent-a-darkroom. But, that shop had two owners who split the business and each moved into new locations and so lost the space for rent-a-darkrooms. By then, I was all digital anyway, so I didn't notice the loss until now. I did my own B+W and let their auto processor do the color.
But, both stores have lots of good used darkroom gear so I can recreate my own B+W darkroom at a fairly low cost. Something to think about.
Stan
Instax Mini should work well in the 6x7. You just have to load in the dark and process externally, or were you thinking of rigging up a camera back? It’s nice that you have a space that you can set up a darkroom and leave it up. Most of mine over the years have been temporary. I haven’t done any darkroom printing in a while but still develop and scan B&W film. Let us know how the project goes!Hi,
I may be getting back to film. I haven't done any since 2000 or so when I Went Digital. I still have a working Nikon FE, which happily complements my Nikon Df. I also have a Pentax 6x7 which (not exactly, but close enough) lines up with my Pentax 645D.
Anyway, just yesterday I tripped across this oddball scheme of using Fujifilm Instax one shot at a time in the 6x7. It looks so odd that I think I have to try that out.
For those that don't know, 6x7 is medium format and uses 60 mm wide 120 roll film. The Pentax 6x7 has a frame just a tad smaller than 60x70 mm and so a lot larger than 135 format (24x36 mm). The camera is an SLR. Looks like any other 135 one, just bigger. The 645 is also medium format and uses the same 120 film but runs it from top to bottom rather than from side to side and has a frame just a tad smaller than 60 x 45 mm.
The other thing is that I had a dedicated Kodak monochrome digital back on a Nikon F5. That gave me real B+W with digital. Not quite the same as converting a color digital shot even from a raw file. I sold that body for enough money to buy an entire used Pentax 645D kit.
But, that leaves me B+W-less. I might just revert back to B+W film with the FE and the 6x7. Probably mostly the 6x7, but I can do both should I wish. I have an extra bathroom I don't use the tub in. It sits in the room above my workshop and houses my ham station and a photo studio which I use for shooting product shots of my wife's original T-shirt designs for her website. I can easily put a B+W darkroom in over top the bathtub.
I haven't had such in quite a while. I used to go to a local camera shop and use their rent-a-darkroom. But, that shop had two owners who split the business and each moved into new locations and so lost the space for rent-a-darkrooms. By then, I was all digital anyway, so I didn't notice the loss until now. I did my own B+W and let their auto processor do the color.
But, both stores have lots of good used darkroom gear so I can recreate my own B+W darkroom at a fairly low cost. Something to think about.
Stan
I have the V600 and a super old Nikon V ( dedicated 35mm scanner ). it was too difficult to keep the Nikon compatible with modern OSs so the V600 is my modern equivalent ( I do not like silverfast). The irony is it is definitely not as good as the V, but good enough ( in practice digital is used more than film so it works ). I had a canon 9000 (?) flatbed scanner as well and that wasn’t that good either and stopped working on an OS revision as well.
Avi
Hi,
The Instax idea is to pop one shot out of the Instax and into the 6x7, then put the exposed shot back into the Instax body and let it run it out via the rollers which work the processing chemicals within the film. Yes, a changing bag needed at the least. But, sounds like fun anyway!
Stan
The Instax idea is to pop one shot out of the Instax and into the 6x7, then put the exposed shot back into the Instax body and let it run it out via the rollers which work the processing chemicals within the film. Yes, a changing bag needed at the least. But, sounds like fun anyway!
Stan
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I’ll repeat my recommendation for the Vuescan software. It’s great for keeping older scanners going as it supports almost everything. It’s very capable software as well. Its a one time purchase with perpetual upgrades.
Great idea! Let us know how it works.
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So I received the new scanner today and I set out to testing it.
I figured I would compare it to a image I already showed here. Quote is scanned with an iPhone scanner. While this was with the Epson v600
Still trying to work out the settings, but the difference is really noticeable in the details.
Looks good. Congratulations on the new toy!
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Thanks! This was a scan from a half frame. Looking forward to scanning a proper 35mm negative.
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The highlights are looking much better. I do see more grain in the shadow, but that always comes with more detail and is really only noticeable when zoomed in. Also looks like you need to watch out for dust. All and all I think you'll see great improvement once you get things dialed in. Keep at it you're certainly getting better results as you go!
I have a Nikon FE2 and a Canon Rebel 2000 that I'm wishing to part with. To be proper, should the details be posted here or in B/S/T?
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Yeah I totally forgot to give the negatives a puff of air to get rid of any dust. I will be doing some tinkering in Lightroom to clean it up. The scanner has a dust removal option, I might use that next time.
