First roll off the new M6

[jackbaty]

I sold my M6 in 2004-ish when going digital, and recently corrected that mistake with an M6 TTL and 50mm Summicron.

Just souped my first roll of Tri-X since then and it's now hanging in the shower, drying. I used Diafine, like I always did, but loaded it on a Hewes stainless reel, which was new. Worked first try - amazingiy.

I've missed the Leica - it's good to have one again. Now to shop for a film scanner.

Anyway, I just wanted to tell someone.

 

[aparat]

Now to shop for a film scanner.

Congratulations! You might consider forgoing the scanner idea all together and print traditionally. That's a great way to make analog photography shine.

 

[crawdiddy]

It just feels right, doesn't it? You're among friends here.

 

[jackbaty]

Congratulations! You might consider forgoing the scanner idea all together and print traditionally. That's a great way to make analog photography shine.

I never got along very will with wet printing. I did discover recently a co-worker has a working darkroom at his house, so I may just give it another shot. I also post a lot of images online, so a scanner is probably also necessary.

Thanks!

 

[chut]

Congratulations and welcome back to the fold. Do post some of your results in this thread as it'd be nice to see what you've shot.

 

[JeffGreene]

I never got along very will with wet printing. I did discover recently a co-worker has a working darkroom at his house, so I may just give it another shot. I also post a lot of images online, so a scanner is probably also necessary.

Thanks!

Sounds like a scanner makes sense for you. Post your M6 images when you get a chance. Welcome back, you are among friends here. 🙂

 

[noah b]

The epson V500 is a wonderful piece of equipment for scanning.

 

[dfoo]

I got a v700 a short while ago, and I have to say I'm not very happy with the 35mm scans 🙁 I'm thinking of already moving up to a coolscan.

 

[tedwhite]

I finally figured out how to use my Plustek Optic Film 7200 and it does a nice job with black and white. Haven't tried color negs yet.

 

[DwF]

Me too!

Me too!

I just took the plunge as well having sold my M6 and 2 to get an M8. So I have an M6 classic on it's way! With some Provia F still sitting in the closet I will likely work with it first.

It is difficult for me to imagine going back to silver developing (a reflection on me, not silver!) but we'll see. I got to like xp 2 and imagine I will shoot with that as well.

Enjoy your new camera Jack!

david

 

[Debusti Paolo]

welcome back

 

[srichmond]

Well done. Looking forward to seeing your shots.

 

[raydm6]

Congratulations! You mirror my intent exactly. I have never done B&W film developing at home (did a bit back in the 80's in a community college course) but plan on buying some supplies at Freestyle and focus on shooting Tri-X (at EI 1200) then developing in Diafine. I also do not have a scanner and am still researching the flat-bed vs. 35mm scanner option.

Good luck and look forward to your scans.

 

[philipp.leser]

Hi,

If you don't need the MF ability, a dedicated 35mm film scanner is the way to go. The quality is worlds beyond what a flat bed can do. As the negative size increases, flat beds become better. So for large format or even MF scanning, a V700 (V500 doesn't do LF) is pretty good (at least if you consider what a Nikon 9000 costs, which is still better).

Scanning 35mm film is always a bit difficult and I think wet prints (and scanning those) lead to MUCH better results.

 

[Svitantti]

I agree with philipp. If you scan 35mm and not 120, get a dedicated film scanner. Konica-Minolta or Nikon, depending how much money you can use on it. I have a Scan Dual IV which does nice job. Canon 8400F is nowhere near and neither are the Epsons...

Of course for web scans, the difference is not that big.

 

[jackbaty]

Thanks for the encouragement everyone!

At one time I had a Coolscan V and it worked very well. I'm looking for another of those. I've been tempted by medium format, but I'll deal with that when the time comes I suppose. Digital printing is also something I'm trying to do more of. I ordered a few larger prints recently, and it really is amazing how much impact they have compared to the tiny web scans I usually look at.

Once I move past just playing with the camera and chemicals I'll try to shoot something worth posting 🙂

Thanks again.

 

[dfoo]

Regular digital prints (that is from costco etc), in my experience, of black and white photographs are not very good. They all have a color cast that I cannot seem to get rid of.

I recently got a Epson 1400 + a black and white inkset (Ut-14 inkset from MIS) and the quality is outstanding. In fact, some of the prints are better than the ones I can get from my enlarger (although the dmax I don't think is as good).

 

[Ken Ford]

dfoo, desaturate them when you process.

 

[35mmdelux]

Ive owned a Perfection and now a V750. Ive had no problems scanning except when scanning Kodachrome.

 

[dfoo]

dfoo, desaturate them when you process.

What is that referring to?

Ive owned a Perfection and now a V750. Ive had no problems scanning except when scanning Kodachrome.

The pics scan ok, but I find that the sharpness does not do the negative justice. Printing 4x6, or 5x7 is ok. But 8x10 and larger doesn't look so good. I've already checked the sharpness with different holder heights. One thing I haven't done is tried a piece of glass to hold the negative flatter. However, I have scanned some very flat slide film, and didn't notice much difference. I think that the scanner just cannot scan 35mm film very sharply.