Nice shot Toshiro. Question for you about the Plustek 120. Do you ever have banding issues scanning color medium format negatives? I was reading about this scanner over at the Plustek 120 forum at flickr and there are a LOT of complaints about the quality of this scanner with banding in color images. That really put me down on this scanner as I was hoping to get this.
Havent noticed any yet, but I scan in raw with Vuescan. According to the many reports of banding with different scanners when using Silverfast maybe the issue is software related.
rattymouse wrote:
Nice shot Toshiro. Question for you about the Plustek 120. Do you ever have banding issues scanning color medium format negatives? I was reading about this scanner over at the Plustek 120 forum at flickr and there are a LOT of complaints about the quality of this scanner with banding in color images. That really put me down on this scanner as I was hoping to get this.
toshiro wrote:
Havent noticed any yet, but I scan in raw with Vuescan. According to the many reports of banding with different scanners when using Silverfast maybe the issue is software related.
Hello
Your scans look perfect - just as I was hoping mine would look too...I purchased the Plustek 120 last week and it has the severe banding problem when scanning 120 negatives - I had the same problem with Vuescan and SilverFast even when inverting the raw scan negative with the colorneg plugin.
Plustek did get back to me very quickly though to say that what I am experiencing is a hardware issue and that I should return the unit ASAP.
I had ordered the scanner with Calumet UK who said that they would replace it. Will keep the flickr thread updated with progress and how the second unit turns out - hopefully without the banding problem!
kwoodard wrote:
Can someone explain to me, in a nutshell, how to "Push" film? Does it stay in chemistry longer or do you develop as normal, scan, then adjust in post?
film stays in chemistry longer to compensate for the underexposure.
Your scans look perfect - just as I was hoping mine would look too...I purchased the Plustek 120 last week and it has the severe banding problem when scanning 120 negatives - I had the same problem with Vuescan and SilverFast even when inverting the raw scan negative with the colorneg plugin.
Plustek did get back to me very quickly though to say that what I am experiencing is a hardware issue and that I should return the unit ASAP.
I had ordered the scanner with Calumet UK who said that they would replace it. Will keep the flickr thread updated with progress and how the second unit turns out - hopefully without the banding problem!
