Prest_400
Multiformat
These are all shot with Portra.
I suppose I keep posting the first one because I love it so much.
I have some more which showcase the depth of the color:
That one is nice! I've a friend who's a bit of a Davinci and talks about Fibonacci progression everywhere, alas hasn't lent me a book on the matter yet. 1, 3, 5.
IIRC you scanned at home with an Epson Flatbed, I should too but as I have to mail film I tend to have them scanned anyways. Bill is not pretty though.
I'm quite (over)exposed to the modern labs scans on Frontier and Noritsus, which often means bright photos. That look does suit nicely my Mediterranean environment on warmer season. During fall and winter I like the darker look reminiscent of transparency also.
Negative has a lot of room for interpretation. And 6x9 does really help with depth and tones.
Loking forward for tomorrow, I've got a couple of nice scenes I want to photograph, though leftover Ektar from the last day sunset. Don't know how will that deal with morning alley contrejour. Portra is really fantastic.
JChrome
Street Worker
This one was scanned with a canon 9000F but I've since switched to an Epson for the larger scan area. Now I can scan 4 6x9s in one go rather than 2. Makes a big difference in the time spent.
I've saved a boatload from not outsourcing my scanning... but time is in short supply these days. Part of me thinks that by shooting 6x9, 6x12 and 4x5 will reduce the time spent in front of a computer (sorely needed). I shoot less so I scan less and post production less.
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I've saved a boatload from not outsourcing my scanning... but time is in short supply these days. Part of me thinks that by shooting 6x9, 6x12 and 4x5 will reduce the time spent in front of a computer (sorely needed). I shoot less so I scan less and post production less.
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Prest_400
Multiformat
Nice, the Epson V7xx and V8xx really seem a good option for it. The V550 has the 2 frame 6x9 limit and is not as resolving/clean; still I have nice 12x18" from it. My not-so happiness with the flatbed is down to pixel peeping and workflow learning curve.
Sometimes it's even a bit stressing. But once loaded and adjusted, the time to scan can be used for other computer tasks (I spend way too much on it).
Time/money equation. I've plenty of time but not much money nowadays.
For a couple rolls, lab complete kit is OK. But 5+, ouch, goes over $100. I am ramping up and a flatbed gets a 3500px high TIFF alright. Lets more control over my hands, a blessing and a curse. I read once that "those bucks for a professionally graded dev & scan are a bargain", a couple of rolls can cover a Low cost fare in Europe...
For 35mm it's lab and Noritsu/Frontier, scanning with my flatbed makes it a bit of a torture. I've been sending 35mm to a Russian lab for that reason (Russian mail calls for patience). Ironically for the same reason as you I moved up to 6x9. Then I got a Nikon AF, so 35mm was more convenient, but prior to that I was quite slow in 135.
Back on topic, I Had a blast shooting (a bit) through the day around a few locations, it was quite a while I didn't go around so loosely.
Huss
Veteran
The beauty of the massive 6by9 neg is the richness in tonality that it gives.
