First Canonet Photos

[Cold]

After picking up a Canonet a few months ago, I just got its first roll of film developed. Overall, I'm very pleased with the results, and I was especially pleased to see that my homemade light seals seem to have worked!

Here's a few of my favorites:

 

[zb3]

Nice,

My recently purchased canonet is in the shop getting a CLA and light seals. I do not have time right now to attempt the repair. Enjoy

 

[pinkarmy]

i wish i made these shots. really.

 

[farlymac]

Which model Canonet do you have? I used to have a QL17 (second version), and it took great shots. Friend of mine in PA has it now, and it still is operating fine.

PF

 

[Cold]

Thanks guys (or girls, as the case may be!).

farlymac, it's a G-III. I absolutely love it. I got it from a guy who had it sitting in his garage for years, so it needed a bit of TLC: a good cleaning of the inside, cleaning out junked seals and replacing them with new ones, loosening up some nearly-frozen ISO and timer levers, and gently cleaning the lens, front and back.

One question I have though is to ask what you folks think might be responsible for the slight horizontal bars in the cloud shot, especially the lower 1/4 of the frame. Light leaks? Physical scratches? Processing?

 

[AZSunGod]

Thanks guys (or girls, as the case may be!).

farlymac, it's a G-III. I absolutely love it. I got it from a guy who had it sitting in his garage for years, so it needed a bit of TLC: a good cleaning of the inside, cleaning out junked seals and replacing them with new ones, loosening up some nearly-frozen ISO and timer levers, and gently cleaning the lens, front and back.

One question I have though is to ask what you folks think might be responsible for the slight horizontal bars in the cloud shot, especially the lower 1/4 of the frame. Light leaks? Physical scratches? Processing?

For the cloud pic, is it a scan of a print or a negative? I've noticed on some of my print scans that I get bars like that if I don't have the scan resolution up to 600dpi (only on prints). I also use a Canonet QL17 G-III and love it!! I haven't used it in about 2 months, so I need to get some film and hit the streets 🙂

 

[kanzlr]

looks like a scratched negative to me.

 

[farlymac]

Most places I've gone to for developing, their scanners have problems with cloud photos. I think they have problems with blues and greens, as you can see some lines in the tree fungi photo. Do you know what type of machines they use? And where are you getting your developing done?

PF

 

[Cold]

These were done at the local Ritz. Scanned by them (so I'm assuming a neg scan).

Scratched neg sounds most likely, and, in one way that's encouraging, and in another totally frustrating, as it means that while I'm not necessarily doing anything wrong, there's also nothing I can do to eliminate/mitigate it.

 

[farlymac]

They don't look scratched to me (the lines would be white or a solid color if they were). It's just a matter of the scanner not being up to snuff. I think Ritz uses Fuji machines, like Walmart does. I quit going to Walmart after the second roll, and finding out they only offer one resolution (good for a 4x6 print). Someday I'll get my V-500 hooked up, and start doing my own scans.

PF

 

[emayoh]

Vey nice! Welcome to the world of Canonet! It's a brilliant camera.

Re the negative line: Get a good loupe -- good investment even if you dont scan yer own -- and look at the negative itself. You'll save yourself a lot of wondering about things like this.

 

[Greyscale]

See here for how to correct image banding in post-processing:

http://filmadvance.com/2011/10/how-to-eliminate-banding-from-your-scans/

It is likely caused by a poorly maintained, improperly calibrated, or dirty scanner, or the image not being scanned at a high enough resolution.

 

[pinkarmy]

They don't look scratched to me ...

don't know the exact cause but i agree they don't looks like physical scratches

why don't you ask for a re-scan? at least for that particular frame.

 

[Cold]

Oh wow! I didn't realize how many more posts this thread had gotten! Thanks all, for your input!

A scanner is almost definitely in my future (as I want to start developing my own film), so I will have to take a crack at re-scanning some of these.

To add, I just got back my second roll, so here's a few of my favorites from that roll: