mel
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And a Happy Halloween at 1/15th and movement.
Edit:
Oh yeah, one from the Giants-Phillies series, 7th inning stretch. Go Giants!
Well done.
Widelux F7 - some photos
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Well done.
mel
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Paul, Mike is right. They look hazy. I've read that these cameras need to be kept clean. It's worth taking it into a shop for a cla.
pauld111
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This photo was taken using Kodak Ektar 100 iso film
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mel
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Mike, did you use any filters?
pauld111
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This scan I did without any holders flat on the surface, with Epson's own software and then just adjusted gamma in Photoshop.
spanish_inquisition
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Try this
Try this
Hi Paul
It's sometimes hard to diagnose the exact problem with cameras.
1. Scanner: try scanning film shot with another camera and try to maximize sharpness by making the height adjustment on the Epson V750.
2. Post-processing the scanned image: First of all adjust the histogram: set the black and white points, adjust the curves for contrast. Scans usually require an unsharp mask, in PS: radius: 1-2px, amount: 100-200 (depending on the scan). You can then rezise the scan (make it smaller for web or for printing) using the proper resizing algorythm (Bicubic Sharper for reducing image size). You may need to apply another, much milder unsharp mask after resizing (smaller radius: 0.5-0.7px, amount 50-100).
3. If you manage to get much better looking images from film shot with another camera and your F7 images still look hazy and soft, you may need to get the F7 lens cleaned.
I hope you can make some progress in diagnosing this problem
Ghe
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Hi Paul
It's sometimes hard to diagnose the exact problem with cameras.
1. Scanner: try scanning film shot with another camera and try to maximize sharpness by making the height adjustment on the Epson V750.
2. Post-processing the scanned image: First of all adjust the histogram: set the black and white points, adjust the curves for contrast. Scans usually require an unsharp mask, in PS: radius: 1-2px, amount: 100-200 (depending on the scan). You can then rezise the scan (make it smaller for web or for printing) using the proper resizing algorythm (Bicubic Sharper for reducing image size). You may need to apply another, much milder unsharp mask after resizing (smaller radius: 0.5-0.7px, amount 50-100).
3. If you manage to get much better looking images from film shot with another camera and your F7 images still look hazy and soft, you may need to get the F7 lens cleaned.
I hope you can make some progress in diagnosing this problem
Ghe
This scan I did without any holders flat on the surface, with Epson's own software and then just adjusted gamma in Photoshop.
pauld111
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I will try out what you have said, thanks for getting back to me about this.
pauld111
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I got my camera back from being serviced and these are a few shots from it.
pauld111
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well I think there is a difference, it seems sharper than before, I just wanted external corroboration but its not easily forthcoming.
tokengirl
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Still not as sharp as it should be.
I think you need to determine with certainty whether the negatives are sharp or not to figure out whether this is a camera problem or a scanner problem.
Do you have access to a DSLR with at least 12MP and a macro lens? If you do, try photographing the film flat on a lightbox. You should be able to focus down to the film grain. In that scenario, if it's still not sharp, the problem lies with the camera. But if it is sharp, then some troubleshooting with the scanner is in order.
I think you need to determine with certainty whether the negatives are sharp or not to figure out whether this is a camera problem or a scanner problem.
Do you have access to a DSLR with at least 12MP and a macro lens? If you do, try photographing the film flat on a lightbox. You should be able to focus down to the film grain. In that scenario, if it's still not sharp, the problem lies with the camera. But if it is sharp, then some troubleshooting with the scanner is in order.
pauld111
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I don't have a digital camera setup like you are saying. But I scanned this using an Epson V750 but also have a Nikon V. What I will do is scan half the image and upload that, just for comparison purposes. Thanks for responding to my post.
pauld111
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Although some of it is cropped off, you get the idea.
mel
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Although some of it is cropped off, you get the idea.
It looks sharp to me but what the hell do i know. Nice image. Where was it taken? Will be interested to hear what others think about the sharpness.
The Nikon scan looks a lot sharper to me than the Epson.
pauld111
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I will have to use the Epson for my Mamiya 6 only and the Nikon for my Widelux. The only thing is that I will have to learn how to join parts of images together. Thanks for your responses, it means I can draw a sigh of relief regarding the Widelux and just concentrate on shooting images.
pauld111
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Mel, it was taken overlooking Putney bridge. I do a lot of my test shots around there because I get my film developed there.
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