The OFFICIAL Plustek 120 post your scans

[bigeye]

here you are:

http://files.berny.at/forum_kleinkram/plustek.jpg

This is 35mm FP4+ developed in DD-X. Not the best film to compare absolute sharpness, but it is what I use often.
I scanned it in Silverfast with the 16->8 setting and set the scanner at 5300dpi. I have to try the 10600 setting, maybe it works like with the older Plustek 7600, where you have to scan at 7600 dpi to get a real resolution of 3800.

I have a version of this scan made with a Coolscan and the latter shows sliiiightly more details and way sharper grain. But then, the Coolscan emphasizes grain with its hard light source which most likely also shows fine details a bit better. The Coolscans grain "problem", if you want to call it that way is definitely not there with the Plustek. Also, the Coolscan Version was scanned with VueScan which I am very familiar with, so not a fair comparison, as I just used Silverfast defaults (and turned USM off).

I still can't tell much about the scanner, but I now know that I won't be shooting any FP4 anytime soon.

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[kanzlr]

I still can't tell much about the scanner, but I now know that I won't be shooting any FP4 anytime soon.

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this could easily be my processing 🙂

 

[raid]

It is a good idea to also post a link for the original size image file so that we can see how good the scans are.

 

[Harry Lime]

I have the glass carrier for my 9000ED, but when I only had the 5000ED for which there isn't one, I used to press my negatives flat under a stack of books. Made a noticeable difference in the corners, regardless of AF.

 

[fventura]

samples

samples

ok, I am a geek, but not at the level of some of the people here, so easy on me...

I will post more, but until Monday I am very busy!
Next week I get four rolls E6 from my lab, and I will scan those too.

Still learning its quirks! Speed is fast, but processing , for example, a 6x7 scan at 5300PPI TIFF with iSRD, takes for effing ever!

http://www.fabioventura.com/plustek120

 

[fventura]

AH,

about 1:50 to scan process and save a 35mm color negative with isrd, at 2650DPI on my 5 year old PC.

 

[dfatty]

interesting comparison, fabio, thanks for posting.

 

[fventura]

interesting comparison, fabio, thanks for posting.

..you're welcome! here's one also on flickr, scanned at 3600dpi , 16bit tiff, downsized to 3000px on the long side for the web. Took 2:15min to scan, process and save on my computer. (with iSRD)

Very mild LR 4.0 adjustments, minimal sharpening, still learning to tweak the colors in Silver Fast ! (I sure appreciate the work of my pro color lab now!)

Fuji 400H 35mm + eos 3 + 85mm 1.8

Time to go to work!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/josies/8434015270/




Fábio

 

[Bille]

Has anyone compared the 120 to the 8000 series? Any difference in 35mm scans?

 

[mani]

@Fabio - The Plustek scans look great to me!

 

[SaveKodak]

Stop comparing the damn scanner to everything that has ever scanned film just figure it out what it's good at and what it's not and master it.

I WANT IT!!!!

 

[kanzlr]

Plustek Germany offered me to pick it up and adjust it for free. Looking forward 🙂

 

[fventura]

Crop of 35m Ektar 25

Crop of 35m Ektar 25

Well,

considering the level of expertise of some of the people here, I am even afraid of posting anything!
But here it goes,

35mm Ektar 25, shot in 1991, cheap zoom lens, canon eos.

Scanned at 2650dpi, iSRD on, minimal sharpening.

http://www.fabioventura.com/plustek120/e540af12a

So far so good !


Ah, this is 35mm fuji 400H, EOS 3, 85 f1.8

 

[bigeye]

That's a lot better than my V700 can do with 35mm.

Thanks for the posts.

-Charlie

 

[XFer]

It would be nice to see some 100% crops from 5300 ppi scans.
If possible, from different zones of the frame (to check for film flatness issues)

 

[fventura]

It would be nice to see some 100% crops from 5300 ppi scans.
If possible, from different zones of the frame (to check for film flatness issues)

That might take a little while, just because I started with some old negs, I learnt I was very "cheap" when buying lenses....

I do have four rolls of E6 35mm coming next week, from Rolex 24, but I think it is mostly panning shots.

I am going to slow down on the weekend, and I will resume on Monday with the E6 stuff and some 35mm Acros.


Fábio

Well, ok,

I have this one,
35mm Kodak Royal 25, it was somewhat underexposed, very dusty, and had a few scratches...

Canon cheap zoom...

(Shot in 1994, developed maybe at Ritz Photo at the Mall)

Minimal sharpening in SF, a little more (little) sharpening in LR, no output sharpening in LR.

In Flickr you can see it at 3701 x 2482, iSRD was on, but I have not learned to tweak it yet, and again, this was a neg I would not want to spend the rest of my life cleaning in PS.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/josies/8436825072/


At random, I may actually shot a brick wall with the Hexar AF at f8 and scan it, but don't count on it....


take care

 

[fventura]

That's a lot better than my V700 can do with 35mm.

Thanks for the posts.

-Charlie

..you're welcome! But I am now officially cross eyed from spending all day looking at the computer screen, geekness shall resume on Monday.

The last shot I am posting is one of my last pictures before I left San Francisco, I had only been shooting for a year and a half, the only thing I regret is not have used better lenses....

Anyway, I miss that city a lot!

Here is the link:


http://www.fabioventura.com/plustek120/e54124588

shot on Kodak Ektar 100 35mm



good night!

 

[umcelinho]

impressive samples.

 

[XFer]

In Flickr you can see it at 3701 x 2482

The largest version I see is 2048x1373.

Anyway it seems quite uniform in sharpness, good sign.

Fernando

 

[fventura]

The largest version I see is 2048x1373.

Anyway it seems quite uniform in sharpness, good sign.

Fernando

strange,

maybe the largest size is not public?

I 'll check,

http://www.flickr.com/photos/josies/8436825072/sizes/o/in/photostream/