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At first, I thought I was attracted to Zapp's great creation because it gave me cover from the complications of image quality, i.e the camera is not capable of high quality images so one is not expected to render the things normally associated with "high quality" imagery. The more I use the camera, I realize, it is not so much the absence of what is normally seen as quality, but a sort of quality all its own. The carpenter is J, one of the finest men I have known: never failing to help a friend; looks after the needs of elderly in the area; honest to a fault; hard working......Truly, the man Victor Hugo described " A man of such integrity, to suspect him is to bring suspicion on yourself" in Toilers of the Sea.  I think that, while it strips everything else away, the photo does capture the character of the man. No interference.

 

It is strange, this lens and film thing.

 

Minox B, Foma Retropan 320, Rodinal 1//100

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it seems the Plustek cuts off left and right a bit ?

Something is wrong with either the Plustek 8200 Scanner or the way I'm using Silverfast Ai. Almost every negative scan is over exposed, requiring a massive amount of correction in PP software.

Can any of the Plustek Silverfast 8.x users here please offer guidance. It's as though the lamp on the scanner is too bright, and as a consequence over exposing the negative.

 

PS there's no way known to me to adjust lamp intensity. I believe it to be fixed. Segal in his guide to the use of Silverfast 8.x talks about 'normalising the input histogram, but as far as I can see it has the effect of crushing things.

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why not try vue scan ? fm it works good, some hassle is always , but not too much-

That's an option, but I feel I should at least explore the SiverFast software further. If, and it really is just a marginal 'if', the scanner is defective in some way, ie lamp intensity, then it's unlikely that a change to scanning software is going to be provide the fix.

 

To add to my previous message above, all scans irrespective of negative density have the scanned histogram pushed over to the right in the Silverfast display. There are 2 histogramm, 1 is termed 'Histogram', the input scanned levels, and the 2nd is the 'Picture Histogram' that works in conjunction with the curves setting, it's basically one of the tools for post processing within Silverfast. I don't fiddle with the pictures histogram, preferring to do what's necessary in LR and SEF2.

 

I was led to understand that the scanning involved setting the black and white points, and then saving. I'm racking my brains, but I cannot find a method of doing this in Silverfast.

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I don't think you have anything to worry about, Edward. As an example, I have worked for 15 years for an institution which requires staff to put their bags every time they enter the building through an x-ray scanner, the kind that is used at airports. My bag usually has at least one film camera in it plus several rolls of film. I estimate that on average my films are scanned many tens of times before they're developed but on no occasion has there been any effect at all on the photos.

 

Lovely film photos in this thread as usual.

Sorry nothing to post since I’m traveling on vacation. A bit worried about my film that has been x-rayed many times already, and I’m only 5 days into my trip. Hopefully it will come out fine.

Merry Christmas everyone!

 

I'd follow normal protocol: lock, load and shoot.

 

Here is a bit of holiday fun.
 
I recently purchased a bulk film loader that has the heft of such a thing loaded with about 100 feet of film. However, luck being what it is, I have no idea the film. The tailing sticking out of the loader is gray (grey) and has the general appearance of the tailings for B&W film I have on hand. I am going to assume it is B&W film. While it is unlikely I will ever know exactly what film it is, I am curious to experiment with it to determine if it can be used to good purpose.....At the same time, minimizing waste in my effort to make that determination.

 

How would you proceed?

 

Thanks,

 

Wayne

 

Wonderful Bob. That nifty fifty is a really great lens.

 

It's great to see you back Doc, glad you've returned  :) 

 

In celebration, a bit of back light ....

 

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EOS 650, EF 1.8/50, Kodak Double-X

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Wishing everyone a Happy Christmas and better photo's and lot's of smiles in the new year.

 

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Lovely film photos in this thread as usual.

 

Sorry nothing to post since I’m traveling on vacation. A bit worried about my film that has been x-rayed many times already, and I’m only 5 days into my trip. Hopefully it will come out fine.

 

Merry Christmas everyone!

Merry Christmas, Edward. I've taken film (up tp 400 ASA) through multiple hand-carry (I think 11 was my record) and cargo-hold x-rays, and have never had a problem. I don't bother asking for a hand check.

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Merry Christmas, Edward. I've taken film (up tp 400 ASA) through multiple hand-carry (I think 11 was my record) and cargo-hold x-rays, and have never had a problem. I don't bother asking for a hand check.

If you use an optically opaque bag (opaque to X-Ray I mean) to enclose your film(s) isn't this going to raise the level of suspicion resulting in a hand search. If the security scanner cannot 'see', it suggests to me someone will need to look further, maybe with caution but less inclined to take care over the contents, ie the buggeration factor.

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First film out of my (new to me but 50+ years old) Pen FT. Just started processing. 40 f/1.4 Tri-X Plustek Scan

 

Gateway to the IoM by -Steve Ricoh-

 

Nice backlight contre-jour picture Steve

The format of the picture seems it's not 24x36 , you have like this on all your pictures with the Pen ?

Best

Henry

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