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kidtexas wrote:
I like the 2nd photo a lot.

Thanks! The scans are at 3000x2000 400dpi, look pretty good. My dog is a min pin, very excitable, hears the wind and turns around to defend himself/me like he's doing there.

I will probably get a scanner in Feb once I've saved up some spare cash to get something decent. That will be much cheaper in the long run as this roll cost me 36 dollars australian for developing, scanning and burning to disc.

Jan 15, 2009 at 07:54 AM

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great street shots, tk! the BW400CN scans really well for you, i'd say - great tones, too.

Jan 17, 2009 at 08:40 AM

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nice tones with that delta 3200. rating and development?

Jan 17, 2009 at 05:11 PM

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Recent? haven't shot in the better half of a decade

really though, how are all you scanning them, this is an integral part of how film is shown on a screen, come on, list those models !!

Jan 17, 2009 at 05:22 PM

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Mike Tuomey wrote:
nice tones with that delta 3200. rating and development?

Mike,

It was shot @ 3200 and developed commercially in a local lab for $7/roll. This is a specially studio/lab here in North OC that still develops specialty B/W. I've not even asked them about the chemistry.

patrickphoto wrote:
Recent? haven't shot in the better half of a decade

really though, how are all you scanning them, this is an integral part of how film is shown on a screen, come on, list those models !!

So these photos were taken just prior to Halloween 2008, and scanned on an EPSON V500. Not exactly a high end scanner.

Jan 17, 2009 at 05:31 PM

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patrickphoto wrote:
really though, how are all you scanning them, this is an integral part of how film is shown on a screen, come on, list those models !!

I use a Canoscan 8800F, adjust the contrast a little so it looks like the actual slide, and that's it.

Jan 17, 2009 at 06:28 PM

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Wow what a polarizer! Linear? I personally like the effect because it makes the light rock structures look so stark and bright as I bet they were at the moment the shot was taken.

Jan 19, 2009 at 05:31 PM

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thrice wrote:
Wow what a polarizer! Linear? I personally like the effect because it makes the light rock structures look so stark and bright as I bet they were at the moment the shot was taken.

I'm pretty sure a linear polarizer will do the same thing as a circular one (but a bit stronger?). Clear deep blue skies on mountains + velvia + polarizer = super dark blue sky

I do agree with him though, it looks a little strong. No polarizer and a slightly darker exposure (to keep the highlights in the rocks at a decent value) and it would look much better IMO

Jan 19, 2009 at 05:39 PM

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thrice wrote:
Wow what a polarizer! Linear? I personally like the effect because it makes the light rock structures look so stark and bright as I bet they were at the moment the shot was taken.

Daniel Buck wrote:
I'm pretty sure a linear polarizer will do the same thing as a circular one (but a bit stronger?). Clear deep blue skies on mountains + velvia + polarizer = super dark blue sky

I do agree with him though, it looks a little strong. No polarizer and a slightly darker exposure (to keep the highlights in the rocks at a decent value) and it would look much better IMO

I used the polarizer that Mamiya produces for the 7. They don't specify whether it is linear or circular. I suspect it is linear since the Mamiya 7 doesn't need to a circular one to function properly..

I was surprised the skies got so dark with the polarizer, so many other times I've used it and it seems to have has a minor effect at best. Most of 2 rolls are just like this. Must have something to do with the summer sky in New Mexico. I agree with Daniel, that slightly less exposure and no polarizer might have been better.

Jan 19, 2009 at 06:16 PM

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A film shoot in a film shot

We shot 5 rolls of Tri-X that day in 16mm, which is the equivalent of 250' of 35mm film. I shot 4 rolls of film in my camera at the same time, which is about 20'. To put film use in perspective...

Tri-X:

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Jan 19, 2009 at 06:50 PM

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Man so many these shots just knock me out.

Jan 19, 2009 at 07:20 PM

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Just so you know, you can take jpgs and tiffs into ACR and treat them like a raw. DNG from a scanned file offers little over a tiff file with the exception that you could (maybe) use other raw converters in addition to ACR. I've found that as of CS3, ACR saves adjustments in the metadata of jpgs and tiffs too, so you it really is treated like a raw file with non-destructive edits.

DNGs from scanned file differ fundamentally from DNGs/RAW files from cameras because they are already full RGB files. RAWs from a camera need to be demosaiced first, which is kind of the first function of a RAW converter. Since scanners produce real RGB off the chip (they don't use Bayer sensors), that step is skipped. So a DNG from a scanner is very similar to a tiff from a scanner - the data is pretty much the same, its just laid out in the file a bit differently. And since DNG is already based on the tiff format...

To put it another way, a DNG from a scanner is like a linear DNG from a DSLR. I think that's the phrase adobe uses.

Jan 20, 2009 at 09:49 AM

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Lotusm50 wrote:
OK, one more from Tent Rock. This one with the third film used, Kodak 100GX. I like this film quite a bit.
Again, Mamiya 7ll

I like that film alot too. I wish it were available in 4X5, but E100G with an 81B filter is similar.

On the scan, it seems a bit blue through the neutrals. E100G also goes a bit blue on me in the scan. I try to correct it in the scan software and if necessary with a selective colors adjustment in Photoshop. The polarizer effect is again strong in this shot.

Jan 20, 2009 at 02:46 PM

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mrladewig wrote:
I like that film alot too. I wish it were available in 4X5, but E100G with an 81B filter is similar.

On the scan, it seems a bit blue through the neutrals. E100G also goes a bit blue on me in the scan. I try to correct it in the scan software and if necessary with a selective colors adjustment in Photoshop. The polarizer effect is again strong in this shot.

I think you're right, it's touch blue. Ektachromes seem to be generally a bit biased toward blue, and I think the Nikon scanner accentuates this somewhat. The mid-day sun here is a bit bluish to being with (one of the reasons for using the slightly warn 100GX.). When I get around to printing this image I'll correct it. I've been meaning to profile the LS-8000 in Vuescan, I just haven't got around to it. I've got a couple of images waiting that I just can't get the colors right.

Jan 20, 2009 at 03:03 PM

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Yet another one...
Mamiya 7ll, Kodak 100GX, N 65mm f4.0 with polarizer:

Jan 20, 2009 at 03:05 PM

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That is seriously some blue sky.

Jan 20, 2009 at 03:39 PM

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Lotusm50 wrote:
I think you're right, it's touch blue. Ektachromes seem to be generally a bit biased toward blue, and I think the Nikon scanner accentuates this somewhat. The mid-day sun here is a bit bluish to being with (one of the reasons for using the slightly warn 100GX.). When I get around to printing this image I'll correct it. I've been meaning to profile the LS-8000 in Vuescan, I just haven't got around to it. I've got a couple of images waiting that I just can't get the colors right.

I find on my Epson that I get a touch of blue on Kodak E-6 films and a touch of magenta on Fuji Provia and Velvia. I suspect this tint is coming from the base in some way. Astia is an odd ball and it seems I need to handle it on a shot by shot basis.

I'm happy to see the E100GX shows some great greens. I wasn't sure how it would do with green as I started to use it this fall after the green was gone here. I decided to move from Provia to E100G as my main 4X5 film. For my tastes, E100G seems just a bit better than Provia across the board.

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Jan 20, 2009 at 04:38 PM

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Daniel Buck wrote:
here's what you get when you throw a red filter into the mix, with a polarizer on B&W film

Walking on the moon...

Jan 20, 2009 at 04:39 PM

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mrladewig wrote:
I decided to move from Provia to E100G as my main 4X5 film. For my tastes, E100G seems just a bit better than Provia across the board.

Provia has never really done much for me. I like Velvia 100F and Astia 100F, but Provia just always seems neither here nor there, and the noise/grain characteristics in skies can sometimes be unattractive. I find the Kodak 100G and 100GX produce better skies and are even finer grained with good DR. Practically speaking, the Kodak films replace both Provia and Astia for me.

I do, however, want to give the recent Provia 400X a try. I understand it is a big improvement over the earlier 400 speed Provia. I wish Kodak would extent the technology used in the 100G films to a 400 speed film.

Jan 20, 2009 at 08:34 PM

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Lotusm50 wrote:
Provia has never really done much for me. I like Velvia 100F and Astia 100F, but Provia just always seems neither here nor there, and the noise/grain characteristics in skies can sometimes be unattractive. I find the Kodak 100G and 100GX produce better skies and are even finer grained with good DR. Practically speaking, the Kodak films replace both Provia and Astia for me.

Provia 100F is all about one thing. Long exposures. There's no colour emulsion which can come close to touching its reciprocity characteristics (No failure until 2 minutes).

Love the stuff personally, but I do like E100GX a lot as well.

Jan 20, 2009 at 09:45 PM

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