Summaron 35mm f2.8
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dave_
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Thanks, much appreciated
oltimer
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Great work Guilio, and you sure have a steady hand to maintain the sharpness your getting. This is my fav Leica lens, and I still maintain it's one of Lecias best all round built lenses.
hendriphile
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Summaron Haiku
Summaron Haiku
With black-and-white film,
Be up close & personal,
Voila! It's magic.
Summaron Haiku
m6, summaron 35 2.8, tri-x, lc-29
Giulio
With black-and-white film,
Be up close & personal,
Voila! It's magic.
giulio stucchi
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Thank you all for the comments!
The summaron is indeed a rewarding lens.
Michael, the SA21 is still on top of my shopping list for next year!
Trung, I am using an epson V600 and a better scanning ANR glass. Scan and few adjustment in PS Elements 9 that came with it is all I do (on a budget laptop).
Now I just need to find a good address to get some of these portraits wet printed.
Giulio
The summaron is indeed a rewarding lens.
Michael, the SA21 is still on top of my shopping list for next year!
Trung, I am using an epson V600 and a better scanning ANR glass. Scan and few adjustment in PS Elements 9 that came with it is all I do (on a budget laptop).
Now I just need to find a good address to get some of these portraits wet printed.
Giulio
dave_
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Your process must be very refined since the outcome is so clean. Fantastic work mate.
giulio stucchi
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Thank you Dave!
Make sure to post more in here.
Giulio
Make sure to post more in here.
Giulio
kiemchacsu
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I am quite amazed that you are using a V600 to scan those photos. I thought they were from a high end scanner or at least Nikon coolscan.
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froyd
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Giulio, Godfrey, and Erik have some of the cleanest and most nicely presented scans on RFF, so mayebe they cna be convinced to open a new thread to discuss their method.
However, when downsampling the scans to posting size, even files from scanners like the 600 can look quite sharp and clean.
Erik van Straten
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I also use the V600. I very much like the quality of this machine. The Epson software is superb. I also use the ANR-glass from Better Scanning. For use online this is more than sufficient.
Erik.
estevão~
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Giulio
Your portraits are fabulous! You really know how to use this lens !
Congrats !
Your portraits are fabulous! You really know how to use this lens !
Congrats !
giulio stucchi
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Obrigado Estevao.
My workflow with the V600 is really basic and as Erik says the Epson is good enough for posting online.
Close up and wide open seems to be the spot where the summaron shines, an example from earlier this year:
Giulio
My workflow with the V600 is really basic and as Erik says the Epson is good enough for posting online.
Close up and wide open seems to be the spot where the summaron shines, an example from earlier this year:
Giulio
Aaron Hellman
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Outstanding images here. I really enjoy this thread.
+1 to Froyd's suggestion that Erik, Giulio and Godfrey provide us a tutorial on how the scan with the V600. The results are phenomenal and well beyond what I would expect from a mid-level scanner. Please share your techniques! Thanks!!
+1 to Froyd's suggestion that Erik, Giulio and Godfrey provide us a tutorial on how the scan with the V600. The results are phenomenal and well beyond what I would expect from a mid-level scanner. Please share your techniques! Thanks!!
Erik van Straten
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The scanner is delivered with plastic frames for filmstrips. These have to be trown away immediatly in the dustbin. Get yourself a piece of high quality antinewton glass and scan each frame individually.
Erik.
maddoc
... likes film again.
So do you place the film strip direct onto the scanner glass-plate (probably emulsion facing down to the scanner optics) and then place a piece of ANR onto the backside of the film? I have the V700 and tried this method (using the optics that focuses onto anything placed onto the scanner glass-plate but with slightly lower resolution (from specs)).
giulio stucchi
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I never liked that cheapo plastic film holder / tray that came with the V600 either but I do use it every time. Few months ago I got myself an ANR Glass that I now use most of the time for my scan in combination with the plastic tray.
I never tried to put the strip of film directly on the scanner glass-plate as Erik suggested. I may give it a go.
Looking forward to see yours Summaron's shots guys!
Erik, time to take it out your Summaron for a spin?
Giulio
I never tried to put the strip of film directly on the scanner glass-plate as Erik suggested. I may give it a go.
Looking forward to see yours Summaron's shots guys!
Erik, time to take it out your Summaron for a spin?
Giulio
Erik van Straten
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Yes, that is how I do it, but I adapt every scan carefully beforehand with the aid of the built in densitometer. First I make the setting for the high lights, then for the dark tones and finally for the middle tones. I have a very precise workflow for this, but it is difficult for me to explain this in words. No automation whatsoever. I carefully look for the lightest and darkest points of the negative.
Erik.
Erik van Straten
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I have two of them f/2.8 and also several f/3.5, but I've never put them really to work. I don't know why.
Erik.
giulio stucchi
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Now it's the time Erik 🙂 !
Giulio
Giulio
maddoc
... likes film again.
Erik, thank you a lot for the information. I will try this with my V700 at some time because my Coolscan 4000ED is getting old ....
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