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I'm wrestling with buying a scanner too at the moment. I've heard the Epson V500 is great for medium format film and decent for 35mm (and it is only $170ish). I've not been happy with the scans from Walgreens.

Side note...I'm going to be trying some 120 B&W...anyone have a recomendation for a place to send it to be processed that doesn't take a year and cost an arm and a leg?

Back OT....one recent one from my little Olympus XA with Ilford XP2:
Honestly just develop the 120/220 yourself at home.

Sep 28, 2009 at 05:40 AM

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Twok talk to me man... are you talking c41? E6? I havent researched it much but the stories about 5 baths, special tanks and accurate temperatures scared me off. Is it really a pain?

Sep 28, 2009 at 05:51 AM

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Twok talk to me man... are you talking c41? E6? I havent researched it much but the stories about 5 baths, special tanks and accurate temperatures scared me off. Is it really a pain?
I was just talking about B&W. I've not tried anything else, but black and white 210 is easy enough to just do at home.

Sep 28, 2009 at 05:53 AM

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aaaawwww...

Yeah I do B&W at home, too easy. 120 is less demanding on scanning too.

Sep 28, 2009 at 05:58 AM

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Pentax LX + Carl Zeiss Distagon T* 2/28 ZK + Fujifilm Superia 400 (Very Expired)
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f/2

Pentax LX + Carl Zeiss Distagon T* 2/28 ZK + Fujifilm Superia 400 (Very Expired)
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I can't remember because I took two, but I think this is f/4

Sep 28, 2009 at 11:58 AM

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Great cat shot!

Sep 28, 2009 at 12:02 PM

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C41 at home is not bad, only a 2-3 step process. I've done tons of that in the past and will be setup to do it again soon. This time around I am going to use a Phototherm SSK-4, but in the past I had used a Jobo CPE/CPP ? (I forget the exact details - it wasnt' an ATL though). E6 is more challenging but still not too bad.

For any of these though you really want at least a tempering bath (which can be had pretty cheap, or DIY), or ideally a roller-processor like Jobo ATL 1000/1500, Jobo CPP/CPE/etc., or the Phototherm SK/SSK series.

-Ed

Sep 28, 2009 at 03:36 PM

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Wouldn't be everyone's cup of tea, but the shape of the sedges and shooting stars caught my eye enough to get me to stop driving and pull out the LF camera in the rain.

4X5 provia, Symmar-S 150/5.6

Sep 28, 2009 at 04:54 PM

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sorry for a double posting, but under post-processing and printing nobody seems to be interested in a reply:

i have been trying to find the best way to scan film, or sildes, with the help of a digital camera (slr) for quite a while now. slow as i am, i cant present a definite statement yet, when it comes to the question: are the results better or equal or worse, compared to using a dedicate scanner?

but i would say, one can get pretty damn good results already with an APS-H camera. with a modern high-end macro lens (like the newest nikons) and a decent body like canon's 5d MkII one should get better results than with a coolscan, and this much faster. this is my guess.

the only thing to lose is the digital ICE. but then again, I do not like ICE at all, anyway.

it would be nice if somebody could comment on this, I cannot find much using the search function.

Sep 28, 2009 at 08:40 PM

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I'd think that a dedicated scanner, like a Coolscan is going to give you better quality. That being said, if you got a nice macro lens and stuck it on a bellows and used a slide copying adapter, you could probably bang through a lot of negatives pretty quickly. I've seen people who have done that - it's pretty good and is probably sufficient for what you want. However, I think the Coolscan will provide superior results if the time is spent on it.

Sep 28, 2009 at 10:45 PM

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Sep 28, 2009 at 10:51 PM

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Wow!

Sep 28, 2009 at 11:05 PM

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p.43 #13 · Post your recent film shots!

Great as usual dim.ka! Amazing textures in that last one, I bet that one prints very, very well! When I'm a rich lawyer, you have to decorate my house

Sep 28, 2009 at 11:07 PM

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Tim, Ulrik Many Thanks, have few more seascapes to scan from this year, slowly make scans. I know about really nice place for real sea stones beauty in Portugal, Cabo de Roca and near places http://jalbum.net/browse/user/album/133685/;jsessionid=1l52w81wepaz7, have to visit this place someday.

Sep 28, 2009 at 11:23 PM

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@ kidtexas:

i tested my digital setup (canon 40d, nikon 55mm ais macro lens) vs. an older coolscan, a LS-30.

with a negative 200 iso film the nikon was a tiny bit sharper, but next to undistinguishable. and only if compared side to side and at 100% view. dont forget: a 40d has only 10MP.

the camera scan had more "life" into it and nicer colors.

also, the nikon scan was not sharp at the edges. or, it was sharp at the edges but not in the middle of the frame. which is to say, the coolscans have too small depth of field with their scanning lens and it is impossible to get a grain level sharp scan, edge to edge. i think the newer models also suffer from this problem.

Sep 28, 2009 at 11:23 PM

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p.43 #16 · Post your recent film shots!

amazing dim.ka. what scanner do you use? sorry if tons of people have already asked

adam

Sep 28, 2009 at 11:30 PM

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east wrote:
@ kidtexas:

i tested my digital setup (canon 40d, nikon 55mm ais macro lens) vs. an older coolscan, a LS-30.

with a negative 200 iso film the nikon was a tiny bit sharper, but next to undistinguishable. and only if compared side to side and at 100% view. dont forget: a 40d has only 10MP.

Things have come a long way from the LS30 and there are films much better than any ISO200 C-41. Film like Kodak's Gold 200 probably is limited to about 10MP of detail. Films like Provia, Velvia 50 and TMax and probably a fair number of the Pro ISO160 color negative films can go way past 20MP, but they cost 3X as much. Also, don't blame the scanner if you couldn't get the colors from the film. It takes time to learn scanning software. It isn't like photoshop and getting it wrong in the scan might be wrong enough that you can't get it back in photoshop either.

I'll freely admit that the LS-4000, LS-5000 and LS-50, even with their ED glass do not have total edge to edge sharpness. It does taper towards the edges of the frame, but the LS-4000 and newer were a major jump up from the earlier efforts. There are better scanners on the market though.

There are a number of technical problems when using a camera for copy, but it has been done for a long time. The starting issue is keeping the film flat so that it can all be in focus. This can be a real problem with scanners too, but there are wet mounting options to address this. The second is keeping good even illumination across the film at the correct viewing color temperature. Third is the lack of digital ICE. I've got better things to do than spend hours cleaning dust from 35mm frames.

That's just my take on the matter

Sep 29, 2009 at 12:20 AM

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adamjohari wrote:
amazing dim.ka. what scanner do you use? sorry if tons of people have already asked

adam

Thanks Adam, i use Nikon 9000

Sep 29, 2009 at 06:22 AM

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ulrikft wrote:
Great as usual dim.ka! Amazing textures in that last one, I bet that one prints very, very well! When I'm a rich lawyer, you have to decorate my house

I agree. But just to be clear. Just because you become a working lawyer one it won´t mean that you will be rich. Camera gear are damn expensive :-)

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Sep 29, 2009 at 09:09 AM

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Anden wrote:
ulrikft wrote:
Great as usual dim.ka! Amazing textures in that last one, I bet that one prints very, very well! When I'm a rich lawyer, you have to decorate my house

I agree. But just to be clear. Just because you become a working lawyer one it won´t mean that you will be rich. Camera gear are damn expensive :-)

A

Hahaha, true that.. I'll spend 80% of all my paychecks on camera gear.

Sep 29, 2009 at 09:13 AM

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