sny
Member
Do you really think I have the problem, because I can get sharp scans:
And the crop:
Regards,
S.
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Do you really think I have the problem, because I can get sharp scans:
And the crop:
Regards,
S.
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XFer
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I see some slight vertical banding (faint vertical lines, 1 pixel wide) in all your scans.
I hope they go away at 10600. And/or with a firmware update. :-(
I hope they go away at 10600. And/or with a firmware update. :-(
fventura
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Another blast from the past, this was another shot from 1991, I am pretty sure it was shot with a cheap ass zoom.
35mm Ektar 100, scanned at 2650dpi as jpeg, minimal sharpening, isrd, no ME.
No adjustments outside Silverfast, no output sharpening in LR , but sharpening settings were 30/.08/mask 93 in the develop module ( plus a little amount in SFast)
I hope this helps, but soon I hope to have better examples!
Fábio
35mm Ektar 100, scanned at 2650dpi as jpeg, minimal sharpening, isrd, no ME.
No adjustments outside Silverfast, no output sharpening in LR , but sharpening settings were 30/.08/mask 93 in the develop module ( plus a little amount in SFast)
I hope this helps, but soon I hope to have better examples!
Fábio
sny
Member
By looking at your sample, and after having sent some images to XFer, it seems that johnny.moped was right about my scanner (out of focus)... If this is confirmed, I will contact Plustek to see what they can do...
Regards,
S.
Regards,
S.
sny
Member
I live in Switzerland, I will contact Plustek Germany to see if they can do something...
Regards,
S.
fventura
Established
Fuji 400H 35mm
Fuji 400H 35mm
canon eos 3 + 85mm atf2.0?
CROP: (35mm 400H test, crop from original size at 3365x4995)
LINK:
http://www.fabioventura.com/plustek120/e542803e0
Good night!
Fuji 400H 35mm
canon eos 3 + 85mm atf2.0?
CROP: (35mm 400H test, crop from original size at 3365x4995)
LINK:
http://www.fabioventura.com/plustek120/e542803e0
Good night!
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nightfire
Newbie
10600dpi is just interpolated. What should that improve?
literiter
Well-known
I have the Nikon CS9000. It took me a while to get a decent scan out of the thing, but now I think I have it under control.
I should think, if you can scan down to the point the film grain is visible, the scanner has done it's job quite well. These scans seem to have done that.
If these scans are an indication of the output from this scanner, we have a potential winner here.
Based on what I have seen here I'd buy it, if I didn't have what I have now.
I should think, if you can scan down to the point the film grain is visible, the scanner has done it's job quite well. These scans seem to have done that.
If these scans are an indication of the output from this scanner, we have a potential winner here.
Based on what I have seen here I'd buy it, if I didn't have what I have now.
visualbassist
Member
no, the 10600dpi is the ccd resolution, the 5300 dpi is the measured resolution (=the resolution of the lens)
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XFer
Guest
That, and the fact that 10600 probably enables halfstep carriage advancement (more precise transport) thus hopefully giving better sensor line alignment.
bigeye
Well-known
X2. I'd like to see a few more successes, though. It does seem to take a while to sort out scanners.
The Ciro-Flex shot above looks good, but I'd like to see a few more 'known-good' shots at best aperture and slower film, etc. A few comparative scans with a Coolscan and Epson on the same negative would be useful, too.
fventura
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I am happy with it so far, but I also am waiting for a real professional review, with some tips and things to avoid etc. Next week I will be scanning more current film work, and b&w. Things photographed with better lenses and modern day film.
The example bellow, is Kodak Royal 25. from 1994. Tripod, timer, no mirror lock up I am sure.... It would have been nice to have exposed it better...
Minimal sharpening, ( both a little in SF plus a little more in LR ) , iSRD engaged, no grain reduction, or noise reduction. LR adjustments are just minimal, just some color, black point, contrast. All minimal.
File size came to be 7388 x 4961
LINK:
http://www.fabioventura.com/plustek120/e543bbacc
crop original size ( I don't know if this is going to work:
kanzlr
Hexaneur
Silverfasts iSRD is indeed utmost crap. Even when it works it looks awful.
Some more, this time a 6x6 made with a Rolleicord. I had to downscale them slightly for flicker, so they are "just" 10,000x10,000 and 11,000x11,000:
Waldviertel von kanzlr auf Flickr
Elisabeth and me von kanzlr auf Flickr
ah, so finally an image of myself without a helmet of some sort 🙂
Some more, this time a 6x6 made with a Rolleicord. I had to downscale them slightly for flicker, so they are "just" 10,000x10,000 and 11,000x11,000:
Waldviertel von kanzlr auf Flickr
Elisabeth and me von kanzlr auf Flickr
ah, so finally an image of myself without a helmet of some sort 🙂
bigeye
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Geez, Fabio. The boat images look good! That's about all I'd expect from 35mm; those are big crops. Rock shadows hanging on, but I don't know how well Royal 25 held, either (this looks like slide film).
My experience with Silverfast is that it works, but is very difficult and time consuming to sort out.
-Charlie
My experience with Silverfast is that it works, but is very difficult and time consuming to sort out.
-Charlie
fventura
Established
Charlie,
Thanks,
my understanding, is that Royal 25 was a better newer version of Ektar 25, it was a negative film, not slide.
I miss it! But I have realized that 22 years ago, my exposures weren't all that great, and a lot of my shots were a bit under exposed...
And yes, it seems to me Silverfast can deliver, but getting there is time consuming to learn it all. For B&W it seems super easy.
I have had a few frames of modern ektar 100 where it seems to botch a few pixels here and there, almost as if missing them. But we are tallking about 100% zoom on a huge 35mm scan.
I sure want to see a review by someone who has vast experience scanning.
Fábio
johnny.moped
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As long as you don't use iSRD in HighRes scans.
fventura
Established
Can you elaborate on that? I am still learning this mad man software!
I have had success with 5300dpi scans of 35mm using iSRD, but most of my comparisons are with Noritsu scans.
Thanks
johnny.moped
Established
Look at this in full resolution and then look at the details on the left in the flowers: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kanzlr/8437632343/
That has always been a problem for silverfast.
And what happend to the scratch in the upper left in the sky?
