V700 edge blown out

[wolfpeterson]

I apologize if this image is too large for some people:

The dirt at the bottom of the image should be the same tone as most of the rest surrounding it...

The image is very close to the sprocket holes and because of this, the image is right up against the edge of the film holder.

I've checked the negatives under a strong light and it isn't darker in that area, although my naked eye isn't that good. This isn't the only image either!

Any help or advice is appreciated.

 

[Keith]

There's no way this would be a scanning issue IMO ... try scanning with the auto exposure function completely disabled and see what it looks like then. Even at it's lowest setting it influences the scanners behaviour considerably.

🙂

 

[ZeissFan]

This happens to me when the negative has some curl and doesn't sit flat in the film holder. This where wet scanning has an advantage.

 

[wolfpeterson]

I denied auto-exposure completely and adjusted it myself. It was a bit better.

I keep thinking it my be the film holder and the proximity of the image to the edge. Like the lid light might not be exactly in queue with the scanning head and it casts a shadow...

FWIW I scanned the neg directly through the printfile using the "Film (with film area guide)" setting and the problem was eliminated completely.

 

[wolfpeterson]

I keep thinking it my be the film holder and the proximity of the image to the edge. Like the lid light might not be exactly in queue with the scanning head and it casts a shadow...

Actually, i am tired and losing my mind: the scan head comes from the other direction. 😕

 

[Keith]

I denied auto-exposure completely and adjusted it myself. It was a bit better.

I keep thinking it my be the film holder and the proximity of the image to the edge. Like the lid light might not be exactly in queue with the scanning head and it casts a shadow...

FWIW I scanned the neg directly through the printfile using the "Film (with film area guide)" setting and the problem was eliminated completely.

That's interesting ... I must try that with mine some time.

 

[Wayno]

FWIW I scanned the neg directly through the printfile using the "Film (with film area guide)"...

Then the scanner wil use the second lens - which is focussed at the surface of the glass rather than at the height of the film holders - won't it?

 

[lawrence]

My advice is to use the film carrier rather than the area guide but select the scan area manually rather than allow the scanner to select it. In this way you 'draw' round each negative (or positive) and decide how it should be cropped. My experience of the V750 is that allowing the scanner to automatically select the area often doesn't work well because it either selects too little or too much.

 

[sanmich]

try to scan the same image in several locations, to scan it up side down or to flip the negative in the holder and see if this has an impact.
if nothing does (meaning if you still have the same issue at the very same location of your image), I would bet that it's not the scanner but the neg.

 

[wolfpeterson]

I've flipped it every which way and it seems like it's not doing much difference... I guess I have to come to the conclusion that it's my negatives. if I leave it as scanned, there's no problem but as soon as I give it a bit more contrast it becomes a problem.

I've changed my agitation technique from inversions to figure 8s so I will go back and make sure this happens with every roll and not just my bessa 🙁

 

[bensyverson]

Yeah, this happens. I scan 4x5 and 8x10 on my 4990 (similar to the V700), and the very edges of the sheet are always higher in exposure than the center. I would imagine in 35mm that it would be a bigger problem.

It goes away if you use the masked film holders as opposed to the area guide, but that's not an option for me with sheet film.