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75% Film
So I traded my Mamiya6 for a Nikon 8000. I've just been playing on and off this week and I see potential but I'm not wow'd yet.
I'm still trying some things but I thought I'd post here since what I'm searching on google doesn't reveal much info. So either I think theres something Im doing wrong workflow wise or something else maybe?
Overall I'm finding the scans noisy. It doesn't matter color vs bw, 120 vs 35mm the noise looks consistent. I know this scanner is capable of resolving grain so I want to do a test with some 25iso to see if what I'm seeing is in fact grain or noise but first impressions are that it's noise.
Color scans look great as far as color info and accuracy. I'm not seeing any weird shifts. Dynamic range looks good.
Black and white Im finding I always have to set a black point and my white point is always clipped. I can't pull back the highlights without going into the analog gain option, but I find pulling back the highlights with this option does weird things to tones and contrast.
I'm going to give vuescan a shot and see if I can get better control and files from that. Hoping that the issue is software related and not hardware related.
Some samples of what I'm seeing below.
This is a scan of Plus-X @ 100, F4 1/1000 from an M4, Zeiss Biogon 35mm F2. Developed in HC110B, ~5:00 (cant remember off the top of my head) 20*c Scanned at 4000dpi with multi sample 16x and Superfine option enabled. Files were scanned raw to NEF (thinking I could pull back highlights more from what I was seeing in preview) and processed in Photoshop. Results straight from the scanner with corrections in nikonscan even at 14 bit are even worse than this in some instances.
Notice the clipping in the highlights?
Also apart from the clipping, whats with the uneven size of the grain/noise in the OOF areas?
Any 8000 or 9000 users with some tips or tricks?
I'm still trying some things but I thought I'd post here since what I'm searching on google doesn't reveal much info. So either I think theres something Im doing wrong workflow wise or something else maybe?
Overall I'm finding the scans noisy. It doesn't matter color vs bw, 120 vs 35mm the noise looks consistent. I know this scanner is capable of resolving grain so I want to do a test with some 25iso to see if what I'm seeing is in fact grain or noise but first impressions are that it's noise.
Color scans look great as far as color info and accuracy. I'm not seeing any weird shifts. Dynamic range looks good.
Black and white Im finding I always have to set a black point and my white point is always clipped. I can't pull back the highlights without going into the analog gain option, but I find pulling back the highlights with this option does weird things to tones and contrast.
I'm going to give vuescan a shot and see if I can get better control and files from that. Hoping that the issue is software related and not hardware related.
Some samples of what I'm seeing below.
This is a scan of Plus-X @ 100, F4 1/1000 from an M4, Zeiss Biogon 35mm F2. Developed in HC110B, ~5:00 (cant remember off the top of my head) 20*c Scanned at 4000dpi with multi sample 16x and Superfine option enabled. Files were scanned raw to NEF (thinking I could pull back highlights more from what I was seeing in preview) and processed in Photoshop. Results straight from the scanner with corrections in nikonscan even at 14 bit are even worse than this in some instances.

Notice the clipping in the highlights?


Also apart from the clipping, whats with the uneven size of the grain/noise in the OOF areas?

Any 8000 or 9000 users with some tips or tricks?