maryland_fotos
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2.8cm on Nikon MS loaded with Velvia 50.
000480730005 by Maryland Photos, on Flickr
Do see softness at the left edge, this was at f/8, I believe. Not that I am worried about it.
000480730005 by Maryland Photos, on FlickrDo see softness at the left edge, this was at f/8, I believe. Not that I am worried about it.
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San Pietro in Montorio, Roma - Aprile 2018
W-Nikkor-C 28mm f/3.5 (black) - Nikon S3 (1958) and external finder - HP5+ - D76 1+1
Highway 61
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San Pietro in Montorio, Roma - Aprile 2018
W-Nikkor-C 28mm f/3.5 (black) - Nikon S3 (1958) and external finder - HP5+ - D76 1+1
Highway 61
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Chiesa di Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza, Roma - Aprile 2018
W-Nikkor-C 28mm f/3.5 (black) - Nikon S3 (1958) and external finder - HP5+ - D76 1+1
Erik van Straten
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Very nice shots, Nicolas; somehow your scans look better now too.
Erik.
Erik.
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Basilica di San Sebastiano fuori le mura, Roma - Aprile 2018
W-Nikkor-C 28mm f/3.5 (black) - Nikon S3 (1958) and external finder - Ilford HP5+ - D76 1+1
Highway 61
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Chiesa di Santa Maria della Consolazione, Roma - Aprile 2018
W-Nikkor-C 28mm f/3.5 (black) - Nikon S3 (1958) and external finder - HP5+ - D76 1+1
Erik van Straten
Veteran
Nothing better in this world than split grade gelatin silver prints on ADOX MCC 110.
Erik.
Erik van Straten
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It is better to adapt the histogram before scanning and subsequently scan at 3200 dpi.
Erik.
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What "to adapt the histogram before scanning" really means, hardware and software wise, has been discussed hundreds of times already. Also, no flatbed can scan at 3200 dpi.
Erik van Straten
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Nicolas, it is clear that you have never tried an Epson scanner. Please try one. Make a simple Jpeg scan at 3200 after you've adapted the histogram in advance by using the densitometer. You will be surprised.
Erik.
Erik.
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I have two Epson scanners and two dedicated film scanners made by Minolta and Nikon, thank you. If you want a scan which will be a good basework for fine-art inkjet printing, get a good dedicated film scanner and scan according to the rules (RAW, DNG or TIFF, 16bits per channel, actual max. resolution of the scanner, etc). Again, hundreds of forums threads, webpages, video tutorials and books, and for some reason. For web display of 800x600 images which would be the size of the post stamp once printed and will mostly be looked at online with uncalibrated laptops screens, iPads or cellphones, it is not necessary to be too picky with scanning (well levelled enough and clean scans with no dust spots are what you want to display).
Rather than being the usual grumpy moaning about digital versus film, I prefer to think that it's very nice to know that we either still can make analog prints on FB gelatin paper in the wet darkroom if we want to, of have fine-art inkjet prints done from scanned negatives if we chose to.
Rather than being the usual grumpy moaning about digital versus film, I prefer to think that it's very nice to know that we either still can make analog prints on FB gelatin paper in the wet darkroom if we want to, of have fine-art inkjet prints done from scanned negatives if we chose to.
Erik van Straten
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Thank you, Nicolas, for this for computer nerds very interesting plea for making a good scan to produce in the end a good digital print.
But that is absolutely not what I want. If that is what I want, I would take pictures with a digital camera.
I want to make gelatine silver prints, because that is what I have done since 1967, from negatives on film, and because I don't like the look of digital prints from an artistic point of view.
However, I like to make scans from my negatives for reference purposes and to make them visible on the web. Therefore I like nice and sharp scans that I can make easily, in a few minutes, on my scanner, an Epson V600 photo.
I don't understand you. You like to make pictures with an old camera, with an old lens, on film and then you want to print the negative in a digital way! Why not make an analog print on gelatin paper?
Erik.
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Basilica di San Pietro, Roma - Aprile 2018
W-Nikkor-C 28mm f/3.5 (black) - Nikon S3 (1958) and external finder - Ilford PAN 100 - D76 1+1
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"You like to make pictures with an old camera, with an old lens, on film and then you want to print the negative in a digital way! Why not make an analog print on gelatin paper?"
Ah.... Ditto! Thank You Erik!
Ah.... Ditto! Thank You Erik!
Noserider
Christiaan Phleger
Nothing better in this world than split grade gelatin silver prints on ADOX MCC 110.
....other than toned in T-8!
....other than toned in T-8!
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Many reknown photographers (Salgado, Turnley) now shoot on digital but have some large format negatives digitally created. Then they have wet prints done and this is just beautiful.
Best of both worlds altogether. Which is good for us the casual amateurs.
Best of both worlds altogether. Which is good for us the casual amateurs.
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Giardino della Villa Medici, Roma - Aprile 2018
W-Nikkor-C 28mm f/3.5 (black) - Nikon S3 (1958) and external finder - Fuji Neopan 400 - D76 1+1
Corran
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Creo, Screen, and other high-end flatbeds have optical resolution in excess of 5000 dpi - they are better than the Nikon Coolscans and similar dedicated scanners in terms of max resolution. Not comparable at all to garbage Epson/Canon offerings. Just pointing this out. Nice images from your 2.8cm, I need to use mine more often.
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"Carré des Niobides" di Balthus, giardino della Villa Medici, Roma - Aprile 2018
W-Nikkor-C 28mm f/3.5 (black) - Nikon S3 (1958) and external finder - Ilford PAN 100 - D76 1+1