Why so soft?

[ElectroWNED]

time to upgrade to an M... after 1 roll!

 

[Sparrow]

Not the camera's fault, an M will shake just as much .. stay within the envelope and all will be well

 

[Erik van Straten]

I'm scanning: 16 bit greyscale, 800 DPI (just posting on Flickr, RFF, TumblR, etc...), Digital ICE,

Never use Digital Ice for B+W. Digital Ice is only for color.

Erik.

 

[250swb]

Does anybody else think the scanner has anything to do with it?

No, at least one of the images is sort of sharp, so your scanner has nothing to do with it. Basically you aren't holding the camera steady, use a faster film if you can't get a faster shutter speed. I know you will hear stories along the lines of 'I can hand hold down to 1/8th second' etc. But I defy anybody to make that 100% all the time, and bragging aside it is rare to get anything consistent unless you make a few exposures and choose the sharpest even at 1/30th second.

Steve

 

[k__43]

... by Kay "new account" K, on Flickr

handheld 1/30th f/2.8 (not sure tho)

 

[ElectroWNED]

Never use Digital Ice for B+W. Digital Ice is only for color.

Erik.

can you, or somebody else, expand upon this?

how is it not advantageous to use it on BW?

 

[Clovis]

Digital ICE uses IR to detect IR scratches and dust that block IR light.

The emulsion on C41 colour films are IR lucent, so dust is can be identified as 'shadows' on the IR image. This allows digital processing for removal of the dust, etc.

The silver crystals of the emulsion is not IR lucent so ICE will think the entire black and white image is 'dust'. So using ICE on traditional B&W softens the image.