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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
10-28-2018, 11:14 AM
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In my opinion, photos shot a "new" Ektachrome 100 could have looked better in terms of color. I hope the images will shine with a better scanning.
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Fujifilm Velvia 50, Pentax Z-1p, Zeiss Distagon 35/2, f2.8, 1/45, scanned on Noritsu LS-1100.
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
05-15-2016, 01:37 PM
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Congratulations!
What a great shot! It looks so 3-dimentional and has very pleasant colours! Also, it resembles an old movie.
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
03-29-2016, 02:31 PM
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All these Provia images look great! The images look like from a pre-digital era magazine. The colors are very natural, without any cross-type/sepia effect that we usually see today in images from modern film enthusiasts. I suppose that the majority of such images 20 years ago would have been regarded as having poor colors. Today, unfortunately, they are usually regarded as being normal.
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
12-14-2015, 02:36 PM
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I don't have a scanner at the moment. I tried to "scan" with my DSLR + Pentax slide copier (with bellows) but it never led to good results regarding colours.
At first, I used a Metz 58 AF-2 flashlight as a light source for "scanning", assuming that it would give me constant colour temperature. I p[laced my flashlight about 50 cm from the slide copier (which also has a matte screen) but illumination still was not even sometimes. Then I tried to use a slide projector as a light source for "scanning". At first glance it was much better but then, after viewing my files on a computer, it turned out that there was too much digital noise and a very hard blue cast (after inverting negatives). Now I'm thinking maybe I should place a blue correction gel on my slide projector...
I've read your new article on scanning, it's very interesting, thank you!
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
12-12-2015, 01:37 AM
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I am sorry for the delayed reply. I have read your article on scanning, it's interesting. It's a pity though that I don't have Epson V500-V750. I could have bought one but I still don't shoot on MF and for 35mm Epson scanners are not very good as far as I know. However I will be waiting for your updated method of scanning.
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
12-09-2015, 11:45 PM
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I also wanted to praise your work. You really have a keen eye for photography! This image of your pregnant sister is great!
What I also would like to mention is how well-looking the colours are on most of your shots. The colours are almost phenomenal of their beauty, no matter what kind of film you are using (espeially Ektar 100 which is supposed to be hard at scanning properly). It would be great if you share your thoughts on getting right colours from scans. My scans are much much inferior. Maybe, partly it's because of my poor DSLR-scanning technique. I have a 35mm slide-copier and I tried to light my slides/negatives with a Metz flash and then with a slide projector.
By the way, what do you think of a DSLR-scanning instead of your Epson-scanning?
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
08-30-2015, 12:45 AM
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A good comparison but can you tell of what size was the original map you shot?
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
08-11-2015, 11:31 PM
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Thank you for your reply and another image, chickentender! You showed a good example when stopping down improves a whole impression of an image. Even at moderate f-stops 31 Lim makes a very smooth background. Today many like to shoot almost always wide open.
I want also to say that your scanning looks like flawless. I have already known that Epson V500/V750 scanners are good for larger formats but it seems that they gain plenty of detail even from 35mm film (I opened your first image on flickr). As for me, I come across constant problems when my images are scanned even in rather good minilabs.
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
08-10-2015, 12:18 PM
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A nice shot and the quality is really great! I haven't tried Velvia 100, thinking that it is an inferior variant of Velvia 50. Maybe I should try nevertheless.
Do you remember the f-stop when you photographed this image? The jar is very sharp. Little lights show it wasn't f1.8 but the bokeh on the right side is still very-very smooth.
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Three images look very nice.
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
06-13-2015, 08:26 AM
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Unfortunately, tones and colours hugely depend on scanning. I think your film was exatcly the same.
Here are 3 scans that I got from different places (Noritsu 3201, Noritsu 2931, somewhat Frontier): https://cloud.mail.ru/public/9kmf/zti3BBtsJ
Personally, I liked the scans from Noritsu 3201 very much.
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
06-08-2015, 11:55 PM
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Thank you!
As for Fuji, I'll take a look at it too.
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
06-08-2015, 05:40 AM
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Good photos! What camera did you use?
It's really strange because I can see your photos on my mobile phone.
As for the Yashica Mat EM, it turned out that its shutter isn't working properly. That was the reason of such a small price in spite of the very good looks.
It was my miswriting, I got it.
Thank you, I'll take a look at these cameras too.
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I have heard about GA645 before but it's widest aperture of f4.0 isn't appealing to me.
You also missed to mention your scanning technique ;)
Yes, it'll be be very interesting to find it out.
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
06-06-2015, 04:55 PM
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alan_smithee_photos, your photos look great! The colour and tonality are superb, as well as the portraits itselves.
Were your photographs shot with a studio light or was it just the light from windows? It's also interesting how you scanned your images. As I have already written several times, the coulors are just phenomenal! One can clearly notice very faint colour and tonal rendition.
Colton, thank you for your examples of Triplet and Tessar type lenses. As edmundrt says, the Yashica's Triplets are very good but I liked the Tessar look better. So I think that my first ever MF camera will be a Yashica Mat with a Yashinon 3,5.
Cooltouch, you shared very interesting thoughts on 124 vs 124G comparison. (I can't see your images in your post #11370.)
What will you say about the Yashica-Mat EM? It has a Yashinon 80/3.5 lens that must be of a Tessar type. I found an offer which is only $50 worth.
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
06-04-2015, 03:27 AM
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After reading praising words about Lomo 400 negative film I decided to buy some rolls. However I've also noticed that Lomo also produces 100 negative film. Can anyone say how the Lomo 100 film performs against the Lomo 400?
Also, after seeing the first image of alan_smithee_photos I am thinking on buying a medium format camera :) Please, recommend me some good but not expensive medium format cameras I should look at.
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
05-31-2015, 04:28 AM
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It's interesting, the print looks much better to me than the original scan :)
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
05-27-2015, 02:58 PM
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Thank you for your photos, Colton! They are of a very high standard! It also seems to me that you are a good person and many Pentaxforums readers (including me) are really grateful for the acquaintance with you and your work!
As for the scanning, my opinion is a little bit different. I, personally, don't want to make images from scans. I think that when we edit film scans too much we loose the benefits of film. So far I prefer good Noritsu scans to scans from other scanners (even Nikon 9000). I find Noritsu's color rendition to be the best.
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
04-07-2015, 01:22 PM
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It looks like a very good film shot!
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
04-06-2015, 02:00 PM
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It's also a good shot. As for the Provia 100F, I like its blue tones. They look unnatural but still very interesting to me.
I also thought that Ektar would deliver me great colours but in reality the scans I got from the lab have very poor colours. ProImage100 turned out to be much better. However I am sure that if properly scanned, Ektar must be rather good. With slide films there is no such kind of a hustle.
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
04-06-2015, 06:04 AM
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Thank you!
Yes, I'm already awaiting a new bunch of Velvia coming to me :) I am also think on ordering Provia 100F.
To be honest, I don't like a colour rendition of many film shots I see. The main reason of this is because of a poor scanning. Images look like they are from Instagram. To me, such images don't have almost any advantages in comparison to applying different film like presets to digital images. Most people shoot on negative film and it's hard to get really good scans from them. That's why I want to move to shooting slides.
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
04-06-2015, 01:09 AM
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Here are the images of my first roll of Fujifilm Velvia 50 I shot last Autumn with a Pentax Z-1p + 31Lim and 77 Lim. The images were scanned on Noritsu and are without any PP except resizing. I liked the colours very much!
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