Recent work - IIIf & Summitar

[wlewisiii]

Been able to actually get out once in a while of late. Looking at my usual suspect barn, south of town:

Or simply getting out and seeing what a spring day has to give:

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Thanks for looking,

William

 

[Ronald M]

Summitar is very nice lens considering its age. I have two mint copies.

The digi files are over sharpened.

 

[wlewisiii]

Yeah, I was wondering if it was my eyes or not. Walgreens CD so I'm going to need to talk to them the next roll I take in. Thank you for saying something about it.

William

 

[Ranchu]

I like the subtle curves in the second. But yes, take it easy on the sharpening...

edit, sorry I guess it was walgreen's. What are they thinking?

 

[Bingley]

Very nice. My Summitar leaves tomorrow morning for a trip to Spa Sherry. I'm looking forward to its return!

 

[khc1013]

Summitar is the best! 😀
Mine is on its way back from DAG. Can't wait.

 

[Ronald M]

The problem occures occures whenever someome makes a JPEG for you even if it your camera, not oversharpening itself, but knowing the end use of the JPEG.

In a nutshell with very little nut, the raw capture or needs slight sharpening to make up for digitizing loss, then the final product need to be sharpened at the final size at 100% view. Web sharpening is way different from sharpening for a print. That JPEG may well make a really nice big print, or an oversharpened small one. Sharpening is different for glossy or matt prints of the same size. So now how can someone make a JPEG for you?

The whole thing is a black art with more art than science.

"Real World Sharpening," by Frazer and Schewe. $35 at Amazon

 

[wlewisiii]

That is the problem, isn't it? I have my film dunked and scanned at the Walgreens about two blocks from my home. I'll have to finish a roll and then discuss it with the folks running the show as we didn't use to have this problem. If I could afford a decent film scanner that would be one thing, but I can't and, until now, this was a passable option.

William

 

[Ronald M]

The scanning is is probably all preprogrammed, but ask if they can eliminate that step or adjust it down.

Gimp is free and you load the JPEGS and sharpen yourself. I would think you can burn and dodge with it also. JPEGS really should not be opened, modified, and recompressed more than one time, never if possible. So if they could scan a TIFF for you.

Scanning is a bit of black art too. Buy based on what you expect from it. Web sharing , almost anything works. 16x20 prints, you need the best.

 

[wlewisiii]

I asked about it last night when I dropped off two films and while the operator swore they had done nothing different, the scans do seem a wee bit better today.

😎

It's a sad old fountain that's seen better days but looks interesting in the evening light.

William