first results Canon 8400f flatbed scanner

[FrankS]

I have LOTS to learn, but here are my first results. I used only the scanner software, no post processing done (don't know how yet.) FP4+, M6, Summaron 3.5

 

[kbg32]

Looking good. A great beginning Frank.

 

[Wayne R. Scott]

35mm scans?

Wayne

 

[FrankS]

I've got to learn how to dial out the colour. I'm happy with sharpness and detail. Yes, from 35mm.

 

[FrankS]

Here are 2 from my Rolleiflex:

 

[Buze]

It's the inverse of the film base color. It can be ignored completely as far as luminance goes; just do that : convert to grayscale and maybe adjust a bit the black/white point.

 

[Wayne R. Scott]

I have a question for Buze. (sorry to hi-jack your thread Frank). To convert to greyscale is that the same as to desaturate the image?

I am trying to learn from this thread as my scanner is supposed to arrive tomorrow evening according to UPS.

Wayne

 

[Socke]

So far so good, the color cast could be dealt with, but how's the resolution?

 

[Socke]

that's what APX400 in Rodinal 1+50 developed for gamma=0.55 looks out of my Canon FS2710, scanned as 16bit graycale and converted to truecolor jpeg in ACDSee 8

Contax G2, Planar 35 at f2.

 

[back alley]

tweaked...

 

[FrankS]

Thanks! How'd you do that, Joe?

 

[back alley]

in photoshop.
i converted to grayscale, played with levels, then brightness & contrast and finally a touch of unsharp mask.

joe

 

[Buze]

I have a question for Buze. (sorry to hi-jack your thread Frank). To convert to greyscale is that the same as to desaturate the image?

I am trying to learn from this thread as my scanner is supposed to arrive tomorrow evening according to UPS.

Wayne

Well, yes and no. "Comvert to grayscale" does a "desaturate", them throw away the R,G,B values (that were now equal to each others anyway) and only keep the "luminance".

 

[Buze]

Some time ago I made a small "Illustrated guide" on how to process a raw B&W scan in photoshop. Hope this help to get people started : http://oomz.net/mf/viewtopic.php?id=1675

 

[FrankS]

Thanks again, Buze. I book-marked it so I can access it again.

Here's a dumb question: when does photoshop com into play? (I use the scanner software to save the image in My Pictures.) Would I use Photoshop before or after I've saved it there?

 

[Will]

Looking good, Frank

Nice cottage too..

 

[back alley]

for me, i scan the negs with the film scanner and then process with photoshop.
for you, you print a neg, then scan the print, then process with photoshop.
i think that's how it works for scanned prints.

 

[Abbazz]

when does photoshop com into play? (I use the scanner software to save the image in My Pictures.) Would I use Photoshop before or after I've saved it there?

Frank,

You can scan directly from Photoshop. Go to "File" menu, then "Acquire...". You should see your scanner's name if it is properly installed. Just click on it, this will bring the usual dialog box from your scanner's driver software. Once the scanning is complete, the resulting image will open in a new image window inside Photoshop.

Cheers,

Abbazz

 

[FrankS]

Joe: Nope, I'm scanning negs with this new flatbed! So do you open Photoshop after the neg is scanned and before you save to My Pictures, or do you save first?

 

[TimBonzi]

I also use the 8400F scanner. I get best results by scanning the negative in using the Canon scanner software - use the "Advanced" page for more settings. After scanning save it as a jpg (or whatever format you would like). Close down the scanner software and open your imaging software (i.e., Photo Shop) and open the file. Save it as a new name so you don't mess up the original.

If you scan in a color negative or slide, convert to grayscale in your imaging software if you want B&W. When scanning in an original B&W negative, set the scanner for B&W rather than color- I've scanned in Kodak BW400CN and it comes in beeeuuuutiful.

Be patient and experiment. Won't take you too long to find the scanner settings that you like.