Colour Film has Soul

[Photo_Smith]

Great pics photo_smith. I would post some mf images but my v500 is a country mile away from producing accurate colour! What were this scanned on?

Fuji 400H is a lovely film and I very much enjoy using it, I'm always happy with the results (if I've done a good job, which is rare!)

The beach shot at the top was shot at around 4, so just betting dusky. I love the brown autumnal hue it produced.

They were all scanned on a V500. 😀

Here is the method.
http://photo-utopia.blogspot.co.uk/2010/11/scanning-with-epson-v500.html

 

[cpc]

Every scanner has different color sensitivities. Linear scans are not created equal. And mapping the color primaries around while processing the linear scan will work as applying a color filter during printing (while the paper used itself is yet another tri-color transform). The specific film only provides the initial color separation. Hence the relativity of film stock "looks" and the need to take them with a grain of salt.


Kodak Ektar:

Shoot it in the shade for decent skin tones.

 

[Wburgess]

They were all scanned on a V500. 😀

Here is the method.
http://photo-utopia.blogspot.co.uk/2010/11/scanning-with-epson-v500.html

*Quickly finds some mf negs to try again!*

Maybe as the epson doesn't scan very linearly, colour perfect struggles with the raw files whilst the epson scan software knows what the scanner sees so can interpret it better...?

 

[zauhar]

I think Portra provides good colors and sensitivity in low light:

Portra 400

Portra 160

Portra 400

 

[Shirley Creazzo]

So interested in this subject of photographed color. I am so often impressed with the color to be found here on RFF, and I ran right to my gallery to see what I might contribute by way of example. Then I decided it would be better - and faster - to post some of Jesse1dog's productions [hope he does not mind - maybe I should have asked.] I consider him a master of subtle and appetizing color. Never garish and never overwhelming the subject of his focus, Here just two recent ones of his. [I did not think it right to commandeer his whole gallery but happy to refer you there.]

 

[Wburgess]

I think Portra provides good colors and sensitivity in low light:

Agreed, actually film in general does very well in low light, yes you won't have the shutter speeds of a good DSLR but when you get it right, it really works.

Two examples of mine, again on Pro 400H


Foyles Neon by will_burgess, on Flickr


Princi by will_burgess, on Flickr

Some really beautiful images on here... I'm always in awe of the standard that is constantly shown on RFF

 

[tsiklonaut]

Nothing compares to film-color IMHO. Color-negatives are interesting, but the most soulful, lively, deep, vivid, captivating (you name it!) colors come from E6 slides IMO. Some CNs:

Fuji Pro400h by tsiklonaut, on Flickr












Sunrise (Kodak Ektar 100) by tsiklonaut, on Flickr












Mosque (Kodak Portra 160) by tsiklonaut, on Flickr​

 

[tsiklonaut]

Some E6s:

. by tsiklonaut, on Flickr












infrascape by tsiklonaut, on Flickr












Planet Hiiumaa (vi) by tsiklonaut, on Flickr


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[brbo]

But not all scanners see all colour equally, yes you can produce "linear" scans from vuescan, but if the scanner is seeing the colours unevenly then there is a difference and definitely not linear in the true sense.

I can get great colour shots from my fs4000us but if I scan the same from the v500, I can't for the life of me get close!

That is true. But with a bit of work you can get close.

I did this one shot on my dedicated Microtek 120tf scanner and later the same one on a low CanoScan 9900f (I think I payed 60 EUR for it). I didn't try to match the CS9900f scan to the first (and "better"?) scan. Of course, differences are obvious but if you look at them separately, both seem quite believable to me. Maybe the CS9900f is a bit over the top, but this is Ektar after all.

Microtek 120tf:


CanoScan 9900f:

 

[rwintle]

So much can be down to scanning... but I do love the way Ektar looks in this shot in the sun:


Lamp - St. Mary's churchyard, King Township by Richard Wintle, on Flickr

I love what Portra 160 did with the greens here:


Grave marker, Desert Lake Cemetery, Ontario, Canada by Richard Wintle, on Flickr

Yummy Portra 400:


National War Memorial, Ottawa by Richard Wintle, on Flickr

I've always liked Fuji Reala (RIP):


St. James Cemetery Chapel, Toronto by Richard Wintle, on Flickr

Kodak Gold 200 - I can convince myself it's more red/yellow than how I think of Fuji (more green/magenta), but maybe I'm just imagining it, or it's the light, or the scanning.


Little Angel by Richard Wintle, on Flickr

 

[seanathan]

You've convince me; I'll be putting a roll of ektar through the m6 today.

Here is one shot on Fuji Velvia 100.

[/url]Coral Pink Sand Dunes, UT by -seanathan1988-[/IMG]

 

[De_Corday]

While it might not be the most realistic, Kodak Ektar 100 has stolen my heart....

 

[Wburgess]

Nothing compares to film-color IMHO. Color-negatives are interesting, but the most soulful, lively, deep, vivid, captivating (you name it!) colors come from E6 slides IMO. Some CNs:

I was hoping you were going to pitch in at some point.

I'm sure everyone will agree... exceptional photos. 🙂

Which is the camera that is marking the EXIF data on the neg, very useful. Mamiya?

 

[tsiklonaut]

Which is the camera that is marking the EXIF data on the neg, very useful. Mamiya?

Thanks, no actual EXIF in my case - I write down the data manually for flickr by memorizing and drum scanner shows film corners for film info, since I don't have many film cameras and lenses so it's easy to figure the rest.

I know it's possible to add EXIF data manually through some editor but never bothered with it.




Some little more various color film frame scans:

Valle de la Luna (Moon Valley) by tsiklonaut, on Flickr












Yellow by tsiklonaut, on Flickr












Old Believers church by tsiklonaut, on Flickr










Planet Hiiumaa by tsiklonaut, on Flickr​

 

[De_Corday]

^beautiful

 

[rwintle]

^^yes indeed, as in drop-dead-gorgeous photos.

 

[mob81]

While I began enjoying E-6 and got addicted to it (late though 🙁 ) but I feel that good color negative is amazing especially Ektar, C41 has great look and it looks classic (to me at least)


Ektar 100-1-4 by Mohammed Basamh, on Flickr


CoolScan007June27 by Mohammed Basamh, on Flickr


Ektar6x7Test1 by Mohammed Basamh, on Flickr

 

[mob81]

Now all Ektar 🙂


CoolScan008June25 by Mohammed Basamh, on Flickr


CoolScan005June25 by Mohammed Basamh, on Flickr


SCAN_12_1 by Mohammed Basamh, on Flickr


SCAN_8_1 by Mohammed Basamh, on Flickr

 

[mob81]

And little more!


SCAN_17_1 by Mohammed Basamh, on Flickr


SCAN_3_1-Viviza by Mohammed Basamh, on Flickr

 

[froyd]

For me, right now it's Potra through the Rolleiflex. I can't keep enough of the stuff in my fridge, which makes me wonder if i should bother with refrigeration at all. Haven't tried it in 35mm format yet.

Then again, in the digital world, I always love the output of Epson R-D1 images in color or BW. I never owned the camera, but the posts on RFF show a one-of-a-kind color profile.