I like film...(open thread)

[Doc Henry]

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Stained-glass artwork in the walled garden at Felbrig Hall (National Trust). Rolleicord Vb, Portra 160.

Keith really nice color

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Henry

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[philipus]

Not sure if this is of interest but here's a photo which I have done both dry and wet scans on with my 9000. In case you want to grain peep, here are the dry scan and the wet scan (both at 2000dpi; as you can see I haven't paid much attention to framing when I scanned - sheepish smile). It's on my todo list to make a more thorough assessment of dry vs wet of different C41, b&w and E6 films and various motifs.

 

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[Doc Henry]

Philipus , a wet scan seems sharper . Am I right ?

Henry

[A miller]

Not sure if this is of interest but here's a photo which I have done both dry and wet scans on with my 9000. In case you want to grain peep, here are the dry scan and the wet scan (both at 2000dpi; as you can see I haven't paid much attention to framing when I scanned - sheepish smile). It's on my todo list to make a more thorough assessment of dry vs wet of different C41, b&w and E6 films and various motifs.

 

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very interesting, Philip. Thanks for sharing.  I am about to ship my coolscan 9000 to Nikon for servicing this week...we'll see what comes back...

[Doc Henry]

You recognize this , isn't ?

 

Eiffel tower

Paris August 2015

... notice pedestrians down the stairs

 

Kodak TX400 with nice deep black

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another way to shoot this tower

 

Eiffel tower 309 m

Aug 2015

 

Leica MP-Kodak TX400- 50 LA

 

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[philipus]

I hope it's a general service or has it broken down?

 

very interesting, Philip. Thanks for sharing. I am about to ship my coolscan 9000 to Nikon for servicing this week...we'll see what com

Edited August 19, 2015 by philipus

[Schönbiel]

another way to shoot this tower

 

Eiffel tower 309 m

Aug 2015

 

Leica MP-Kodak TX400- 50 LA

 

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Henry

 

Very nice, congratulations Henry!...

Edited August 19, 2015 by Schönbiel

[Bateleur]

Not sure if this is of interest but here's a photo which I have done both dry and wet scans on with my 9000. In case you want to grain peep, here are the dry scan and the wet scan (both at 2000dpi; as you can see I haven't paid much attention to framing when I scanned - sheepish smile). It's on my todo list to make a more thorough assessment of dry vs wet of different C41, b&w and E6 films and various motifs.

 

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This is a great composition and I enjoy the humour (at least to me) ;-)

 

Thanks

Charles

[philipus]

Thanks Charles

 

This is a great composition and I enjoy the humour (at least to me) ;-)

 

Thanks

Charles

[Keith (M)]

Not sure if this is of interest but here's a photo which I have done both dry and wet scans on with my 9000. In case you want to grain peep, here are the dry scan and the wet scan (both at 2000dpi; as you can see I haven't paid much attention to framing when I scanned - sheepish smile). It's on my todo list to make a more thorough assessment of dry vs wet of different C41, b&w and E6 films and various motifs.

 

 

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An interesting image Philip, with an impressively high degree of resolution.

[Doc Henry]

Kodak TX 400 (Ilfotech HC - 20°C - 3mn30)

MP - Noctilux 50

 

Lucerne processing factory

near our city.  "Contre-jour"  at dusk

Aug 2015

 

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[A miller]

an example of Ektar converted.

Not that the colors weren't nice, but I think the form of the framed Freedom Tower stands out a little better in B&W.  Also, the fine grain of the Ektar makes a finer grain B&W scan than any 50 or 100 ISO B&W films that I have used.

 

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I hope it's a general service or has it broken down?

 

it works ok but i am noticing some very slight discoloration along one or two edges of the scanned file and my controlled experiments suggest that the scanner may need to be cleaned.  

[Doc Henry]

an example of Ektar converted.

Not that the colors weren't nice, but I think the form of the framed Freedom Tower stands out a little better in B&W.  Also, the fine grain of the Ektar makes a finer grain B&W scan than any 50 or 100 ISO B&W films that I have used.

Adam, I noticed that the color film converted has a slight different "rendering" than a b&w film.

That said, you can always convert the color like on your picture, where the towers are better

emphasized

Best regards

Henry

Edited August 19, 2015 by Doc Henry

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Noctilux 50

Kodak TX400

Leica MP

 

River of our city almost dry

August 2015

 

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[philipus]

 A few months ago I followed this guide in cleaning the mirror and lens on my 9000. It was easy. The mirror was very dusty. There may be several parts to clean on a scanner of course so cleaning the mirror and lens might not address the discoloration of course. 

 

EDIT (and I know this is a bit off topic):

 

I'll eventually (I'm currently redesigning my site) publish an article about this and include a few before and after tests. I did note two things that the above-mentioned guide doesn't mention which are useful to know. The first is that when one removes the front cover, there are two cables attached - one to the green LED and one to the Eject button. It is not described in the guide how to remove, or what to do with, them. The second thing is that the ribbon cable at the far back of the scanner fairly easily gets unseated which will cause a blinking green light when the scanner is subsequently started. 

 

Regarding the front cover cables, I found that the best is to let the cover lie at the side of the scanner while they are removed from where they are connected further back on the vertical circuit board. They're long enough for the front cover to lie next to the scanner. The LED cable is easy enough to remove, but on my scanner the Eject cable's connector was _very_ tight so I didn't want to force

 

The ribbon cable has to be removed from the connector on the vertical circuit board. This is at the rear of the scanner. However because one has to lift the scanner's interior a centimetre or so to place it at an angle (and thus at the slightly elevated edge of the bottom of the chassis) one end of the ribbon cable can move in its fitting. This is quite common with ribbon cables. I had quite a fright when, after I had put the scanner back together, the green LED blinked slowly a few times and then went on flashing 2-3 times per second and nothing else happened. According to Nikon's webpages, quick flashing indicates that the scanner failed the power-on self-test. When I opened the scanner again I saw that the ribbon cable was not entirely pushed in.

 

 

 

it works ok but i am noticing some very slight discoloration along one or two edges of the scanned file and my controlled experiments suggest that the scanner may need to be cleaned.  

Edited August 19, 2015 by philipus

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River of our city almost dry

August 2015

 

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Excellent!

[A miller]

 

 A few months ago I followed this guide in cleaning the mirror and lens on my 9000. It was easy. The mirror was very dusty. There may be several parts to clean on a scanner of course so cleaning the mirror and lens might not address the discoloration of course. 

 

EDIT (and I know this is a bit off topic):

 

I'll eventually (I'm currently redesigning my site) publish an article about this and include a few before and after tests. I did note two things that the above-mentioned guide doesn't mention which are useful to know. The first is that when one removes the front cover, there are two cables attached - one to the green LED and one to the Eject button. It is not described in the guide how to remove, or what to do with, them. The second thing is that the ribbon cable at the far back of the scanner fairly easily gets unseated which will cause a blinking green light when the scanner is subsequently started. 

 

Regarding the front cover cables, I found that the best is to let the cover lie at the side of the scanner while they are removed from where they are connected further back on the vertical circuit board. They're long enough for the front cover to lie next to the scanner. The LED cable is easy enough to remove, but on my scanner the Eject cable's connector was _very_ tight so I didn't want to force

 

The ribbon cable has to be removed from the connector on the vertical circuit board. This is at the rear of the scanner. However because one has to lift the scanner's interior a centimetre or so to place it at an angle (and thus at the slightly elevated edge of the bottom of the chassis) one end of the ribbon cable can move in its fitting. This is quite common with ribbon cables. I had quite a fright when, after I had put the scanner back together, the green LED blinked slowly a few times and then went on flashing 2-3 times per second and nothing else happened. According to Nikon's webpages, quick flashing indicates that the scanner failed the power-on self-test. When I opened the scanner again I saw that the ribbon cable was not entirely pushed in.

 

Wow, Philip, you tackle this stuff really hard!  

I saw those instructions and dont have enough confidence to give it a try on my own. 

Why did you repair yours?  Were you getting any discoloration?  

I bought the glass from Focal Point but find that with my 6x7 and 6x9 negs i still cant get them to lay flat. So i have been applying tape to each edge. This is a big pain. 

Thanks very much for sharing your knowledge and information