New Nikon ES-2 Film Digitizing Adapter & Slide Scanner Announced

[edge100]

I've modified my B&W action to incorporate a non-linear inversion step. I should have the action available shortly.

This is Tri-X at EI800, pushed one stop by the lab (in X-Tol). FWIW, it was shot on a Leica MP with a Canon 35/2.

The new action produces an image that is virtually complete, without any overall modifications. Just adjust local contrast to taste, and voila.

To this day, I'm still stunned at how well my D800 and macro "scan" film.

 

[Huss]

Portra 400 scanned with my D750
ZeeSnowyS-1 by desmolicious, on Flickr

 

[SaveKodak]

Portra 400 scanned with my D750
ZeeSnowyS-1 by desmolicious, on Flickr

Blue skin, blue dog.

 

[edge100]

Blue skin, blue dog.

Yeah, this one needs a redo in the processing.

 

[Huss]

Blue skin, blue dog.

I like the colder look and it looks fine on my colour balanced monitor, and more importantly on the print.

But, how on earth could I change that if I wanted to? Adjust the blue spectrum? In about 2 secs?

Wringing my hands, looking skywards, wishing I had dumped $10K into film scanners...
😀

 

[edge100]

I like the colder look and it looks fine on my colour balanced monitor, and more importantly on the print.

But, how on earth could I change that if I wanted to? Adjust the blue spectrum? In about 2 secs?

Wringing my hands, looking skywards, wishing I had dumped $10K into film scanners...
😀

Send me the raw scan. I'll show you how.

It has nothing to do with the scanner.

 

[SaveKodak]

I like the colder look and it looks fine on my colour balanced monitor, and more importantly on the print.

But, how on earth could I change that if I wanted to? Adjust the blue spectrum? In about 2 secs?

Wringing my hands, looking skywards, wishing I had dumped $10K into film scanners...
😀

It all goes back to your own claims man. You're the one saying you are getting the best scans short of a drum scanner, but you can't seem to provide a C41 scan that has decent color balance. My monitors are calibrated every 3 weeks, monitor calibration is no more impressive than filling your car with gas.

This is what white fur looks like, Rollei Hy6, Schneider 80/2.8 PQS, Portra 160 +1.

 

[Huss]

Your dog does not look happy. Wonder why?


Now here's Daisy. And look how happy she looks w/ her white fur!
D750 scan.

Shotgun! by desmolicious, on Flickr

I think that this proves several things.:

1/ It's easy colour balancing to whatever taste you want.
b/ people who scan w/ DSLRs have happier dogs.

 

[SaveKodak]

Your dog does not look happy. Wonder why?

Now here's Daisy. And look how happy she looks w/ her white fur!
D750 scan.
Shotgun! by desmolicious, on Flickr

I think that this proves several things.:

1/ It's easy colour balancing to whatever taste you want.
b/ people who scan w/ DSLRs have happier dogs.

Dogs express happiness with their body movements and tails. Your dog is simply cooling off. Also this image has no black anchor points and looks possibly under exposed. Notice the haze on the left side...

You have yet to demonstrate that you can provide a decent C41 scan, like this one...

 

[Corran]

You are criticizing his editing, not his scanning. Give it a rest.

 

[SaveKodak]

You are criticizing his editing, not his scanning. Give it a rest.

You can't have one without the other when it comes to scanning, and you certainly can't when you repeatedly say that you're getting results than can only be bested with drum scans. Saying that DSLRs are suited for C41 is simply bad information. Which is too bad because it's a great method for scanning B&W film or chrome.

 

[Corran]

Saying that DSLRs are suited for C41 is simply bad information.

Wrong. Very wrong, in fact. I'm not sure what the issue is here. The "problems" you point out are 1) personal preference and 2) easily changeable with a couple of clicks in Photoshop. This has already been stated, discussed, and proven the last time you posted such garbage in this thread - but once again, there is no fundamental difference between scanning with a scanner and "scanning" with a DSLR. Your objections are simply differences in editing of a "raw" scan. Like it or not your scanner is still capturing nothing but a very orange base image and then applying color correction in the form of inversion, curves, and RGB / CMYK adjustments in the software, as opposed to doing it manually in Photoshop with a DSLR scan.

 

[Huss]

Dogs express happiness with their body movements and tails. Your dog is simply cooling off. Also this image has no black anchor points and looks possibly under exposed. Notice the haze on the left side...

You have yet to demonstrate that you can provide a decent C41 scan, like this one...

CaddyM3DS-35 by desmolicious, on Flickr

Even in that pic your dog is looking to bail on u!

I feel bad for your dog, it's obviously being neglected because u r spending all your time trying to convince others that DSLR scanning doesn't work. That is when u are not working on your banding or focusing issues.

And dogs do smile when they are happy. Daisy just jumped in the car, all excited to get going.

Anyway, the funny thing here is maybe you should be writing to Nikon telling them they have no idea what they are doing. Because apparently they think DSLRs can scan film, seeing they developed the new ES-2 film holder and gave the D850 a film scan mode.

So forget about my, in your eyes, colour issues. Or your, in everybody's eyes, banding and focus issues. Forget about all that. Concentrate on the title and actual subject matter of this thread. That Nikon has developed the D850 with scan mode.

Now go pet your dog and take it for a walk.

 

[MikeL]

Oops. I usually know better than to look past the first page on these threads.
Mods, maybe time this thread could use a CLA?

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[edge100]

You can't have one without the other when it comes to scanning, and you certainly can't when you repeatedly say that you're getting results than can only be bested with drum scans. Saying that DSLRs are suited for C41 is simply bad information. Which is too bad because it's a great method for scanning B&W film or chrome.

Wow. This is so over the top, it's hard to know where to begin.

I have an action on my site that will, with 100% reproducibility, produce wonderful colour from C41 film.

The attached is Portra 800 (at EI200). I'd say the colour is rather nice.

 

[Huss]

Portra 400 scanned with my D750
ZeeSnowyS-1 by desmolicious, on Flickr

A step to the right..


BlueDogS-1 by desmolicious, on Flickr

I prefer the colder look, which is why I did it that way.

You process your pics the way you like.

Anyway, Nikon has released the film inversion mode on the D850 as well as a new film holder - the ES-2 - because they know how incredibly awesome film scanning is with DSLRs.

 

[ColSebastianMoran]

I've modified my B&W action to incorporate a non-linear inversion step. I should have the action available shortly. ...

I've been in touch with @edge100 about this. I think the non-linear inversion is a significant step forward for camera-scan of negatives. I believe camera-scan is the way to go for B&W and for color-neg.

 

[splitimageview]

Mods, maybe time this thread could use a CLA?

Indeed. The RF is completely out of adjustment, the frameline lever is stuck, speeds are off, and there are holes in the shutter curtains!

 

[MikeL]

Indeed. The RF is completely out of adjustment, the frameline lever is stuck, speeds are off, and there are holes in the shutter curtains!

😀

And thanks everyone for all the good tips in the thread, I've been fighting my C41 scans, using a Leitz stand, but will try again!

 

[Kamph]

What is going on? Are you guys seriously debating which dog is happier? Holy..

"there is no fundamental difference between scanning with a scanner and "scanning" with a DSLR"

This is not correct. Most, if not all, enthusiast and professional scanners are not affected by a bayer filter. That's a big difference!