Sakura Watchers by Mawz, on Flickr
Maxxum 7, 24-105, Ektar 100

A900 ZA135

Here's some more flies. Taken yesterday - just me and my parrot sitting in the park capturing flies on film.

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edward: love the last shot in that series. Its amazing how much better it looks on my 24" iMac screen than the 11.6" Macbook Air screen.

FlyPenFly wrote:
edward: love the last shot in that series. Its amazing how much better it looks on my 24" iMac screen than the 11.6" Macbook Air screen.

Thanks

A900 and 24-70 CZ

I suspect these would pop more if you spent more time on resizing and sharpening. Have you tried Samuli's or Denoir's sharpening methods?

carstenw wrote:
I suspect these would pop more if you spent more time on resizing and sharpening. Have you tried Samuli's or Denoir's sharpening methods?

Are there guides?

Guide? Both Samuli and Denoir posted their sharpening methods in the ZE/ZF/ZM thread.

Cherry Blossoms by Mawz, on Flickr
Maxxum 7, 70-210 f4 'Beercan', Provia 100F

Nice shot, Mawz!

What scanner are you using?

edwardkaraa wrote:
Nice shot, Mawz!

What scanner are you using?


Thanks,

I'm using a Minolta Scan Dual IV and Vuescan for all my 35mm scans.

Very nice, mawz. Got to love the beer .... can.

Thanks for the info. This scanner seems to be very good judging from the colors in your pics. I had the Nikon 5000 but wasn't happy with the colors, but it could've been my scanning method at fault.

Edward,
I never had a a Nikon 5000 but I didn't notice any color difference between the Dual Scan IV and the nikon 9000. I indeed do most of the scans with the minolta. Just need to keep my film clean.

zuiko 40/2, A900:

Zuiko 40mm f2 by debuggerus, on Flickr

zuiko 21/3.5:

Lewis Ginter by debuggerus, on Flickr

cy 35-70/3.4:

_DSC0325.ARW by debuggerus, on Flickr

AF 100/2:

Flowers @Maymont by debuggerus, on Flickr

debuggerus wrote:
Edward,
I never had a a Nikon 5000 but I didn't notice any color difference between the Dual Scan IV and the nikon 9000. I indeed do most of the scans with the minolta. Just need to keep my film clean.

Yes, it must have been my poor scanning technique

Very nice photos by the way!!!

edwardkaraa wrote:
debuggerus wrote:
Edward,
I never had a a Nikon 5000 but I didn't notice any color difference between the Dual Scan IV and the nikon 9000. I indeed do most of the scans with the minolta. Just need to keep my film clean.

Yes, it must have been my poor scanning technique

Very nice photos by the way!!!

More probably it was simply profiling issues. Scanner profiles are a PITA to get right.