Ektachrome E100 Image Thread!
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Deklari
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Deklari
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lynnb
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I came across this "first impressions" comparison of Ektachrome 100 exposed at 100, 200, 400 and 800. Not an ideal test (different subjects with 100-200 vs 400-800) but any early data is better than none at all.
dave lackey
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dave lackey
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Thanks, Lynn,
Em did a good job comparing the results. I like them very much!
It appears that his scans are very good indeed!!!🙂🙂🙂
dave lackey
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THE GRINCH (i.e.-FedEx) LOSES THIS ROUND!🙂
Two rolls of E100, one box crushed, 10 days delivery time and they are now ready to shoot!
Under cover of night and after multiple inquiries and falsehoods, my order was finally, finally, delivered either late last night or early this morning.
😱
Time to get busy and hoping for nice scans!🙂🙁🙂
Two rolls of E100, one box crushed, 10 days delivery time and they are now ready to shoot!
Under cover of night and after multiple inquiries and falsehoods, my order was finally, finally, delivered either late last night or early this morning.
😱
Time to get busy and hoping for nice scans!🙂🙁🙂
Deklari
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Thanks, Just Epson/500 photo scanner, without any color adjustments.
olifaunt
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I have no doubt it is a quality film and the images posted look great, but to my eyes the color rendering does not really look very different from a typical digital camera color profile and doesn't have the glamour of Kodachrome (or even Portra) which makes me wonder if it will make inroads with the younger film crowd.
Mackinaw
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Remember that all the pictures you're looking at in this thread have been scanned. Playing around with the histogram, adding/decreasing color saturation, etc., can greatly alter how a scan will look. Only way to really tell what the new Ektachrome looks like is to shoot a roll.
Jim B.
dave lackey
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Agreed, Jim.
We are going to need time to dial this film in. There are so many variables!
charjohncarter
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This is a problem with digital photography. But on the pictures that I posted I used Epson software (gamma 2.2 and color correction for positive film), after isolation of the image I clicked on the histogram. This I moved the white and black points to the edge of the histogram (which is different from my B&W treatment). Then I moved the span sliders below the histogram sliders to zero and 250. I check to see if the red, green, blue histograms are a match with the complete histogram. Then I scan. After moving these to my editing program I only lightened these slightly. What surprised me was the gamma 2.2 and the color correction on the Epson software looked very much like the slides. I also used Adobe RGB color space all the way through.
Deklari
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My scan always look different. It hard to "mimic" real color and transparent effect of the slide on the scan. The slide looks much better by eyes.
bhop73
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I can't speak for everyone, but I try to make my scans look like the film looks when I view it through a loupe (at least on my monitors).
It's something that's easy with slide film that you can't really do with negative film.
xjonstars
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Here are a few images from my first two rolls with the new E100. So far I'm finding the film to be a bit warmer than Provia, while still retaining similar, maybe even more, highlight and shadow detail. These were shot with a Contax G2, using my Sekonic L-558 and spot metering to average the scene, then DSLR scanned with a Canon 5Ds and processed in Capture One to match the film as close as I could. I'm really excited to shoot more with this film. Also this is my first post, hello! I've spent the past few weeks lurking this thread in excitement to finally shoot this film. Thanks for the inspiration!
charjohncarter
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xjonstars, thanks for the description of your process. I like your images, but I did have a slightly different take of shadows and highlights: not that i'm right. So all of these details which so far have been few are very helpful to all E100 users.
dmr
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Welcome Xjonstars! 🙂
May I ask what set-up you used to scan the film/slide with the DSLR? Copy stand? Dedicated slide/film copier? I'm thinking forward to the time my 13 year old film scanner finally dies.
HHPhoto
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Welcome to the forum xjonstars!
Did you shoot E100 and Provia 100F in a direct side-by-side comparison? With exactly the same parameters (time, light condition, lens, camera, aperture, shutter speed, same processing)?
Because that is the only way to judge correctly.
I ask because my results have been different and the opposite of yours: Provia 100F being a little bit warmer and offering a wider contrast range (dynamic range) compared to the new Ektachrome.
I've shot both under the exact same conditions side-by-side in two identical camera bodies with the same lens.
Cheers, Jan
Did you shoot E100 and Provia 100F in a direct side-by-side comparison? With exactly the same parameters (time, light condition, lens, camera, aperture, shutter speed, same processing)?
Because that is the only way to judge correctly.
I ask because my results have been different and the opposite of yours: Provia 100F being a little bit warmer and offering a wider contrast range (dynamic range) compared to the new Ektachrome.
I've shot both under the exact same conditions side-by-side in two identical camera bodies with the same lens.
Cheers, Jan
BLKRCAT
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I'm getting out today with a roll. ****'s expensive. I haven't shot transparencies in a long time. Should be fun though. Can't wait to get back to shooting some good old BW though.
BLKRCAT
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Also it's weird to me that almost every image in this thread has such a crazy amount of softness and aberration. Who's scanning this stuff? Is it DIY scans or lab scans?
