This is my first attempt of scanning with the GFX 100s. I found it pretty difficult to focus on the grain when using the Micro-Nikkor 55mm f/2.8 @ 5.6. I can't tell if my "scans" are soft or if that's just the increased megapixel of the 100s, but when viewed at 100% in Lightroom, the images look super noisy. I don't recall the same using the A7r IV & V and the Nikon Z7II.
Either way, these are from a daytrip to Ione, CA sometime in January.
Kodak Portra 800 - Leica R9 & APO-Macro-Elmarit-R 2.8/100mm ROM
Alpha_Geist wrote:
This is my first attempt of scanning with the GFX 100s. I found it pretty difficult to focus on the grain when using the Micro-Nikkor 55mm f/2.8 @ 5.6.
I've always found that the biggest drawback of digital scanning with mirrorless. Even with my A7r4 I never find things pop into focus and sometimes have to dig out a loupe to help, even when fully zoomed in.
In my darkroom, the same negative just leaps into focus even just eyeballing it before I use a focus finder to confirm.
Alpha_Geist wrote:
This is my first attempt of scanning with the GFX 100s. I found it pretty difficult to focus on the grain when using the Micro-Nikkor 55mm f/2.8 @ 5.6. I can't tell if my "scans" are soft or if that's just the increased megapixel of the 100s, but when viewed at 100% in Lightroom, the images look super noisy. I don't recall the same using the A7r IV & V and the Nikon Z7II.
Either way, these are from a daytrip to Ione, CA sometime in January.
Kodak Portra 800 - Leica R9 & APO-Macro-Elmarit-R 2.8/100mm ROM
I had a terrible time manually focusing when scanning. Then I switched to an AF macro lens and it focused on the grain every time in a fraction of a second. Problem solved! Using a Z7, before with a D850 but via Live View not the optical system!
Desmolicious wrote:
I had a terrible time manually focusing when scanning. Then I switched to an AF macro lens and it focused on the grain every time in a fraction of a second. Problem solved! Using a Z7, before with a D850 but via Live View not the optical system!
^ This. I use a 60mm Micro Nikkor lens with AF on a D810. It instantly focuses on grain, and the AF is spot-on. Compared to the difficulty of finding proper focus with MF, AF is a breeze!
The only problem comes along when I have to use extension tubes. I don't have a set of tubes that supports AF.
Harman Phoenix is an interesting stock. I've learned that it loves being bathed in light and that it's tricky under high contrast scenes. I shot mine at ISO 160 and I think I should have set it to 100 instead. I'll keep this in mind for the other two rolls I have in the fridge.
Alpha_Geist wrote:
Harman Phoenix is an interesting stock. I've learned that it loves being bathed in light and that it's tricky under high contrast scenes. I shot mine at ISO 160 and I think I should have set it to 100 instead. I'll keep this in mind for the other two rolls I have in the fridge.
IIRC Jason from grainydays said something similar about the film that it would be better shot at an ISO other than box rated.
