I like film...(open thread)

[Wayne]

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All these comments and questions concerning digitization of negatives brought something forward through the fog in my head. I recall, many years ago, before digital dominated everything, Some "experts" of the time put forward the opinion that film had nothing to worry about as the resolution of the digital sensor would never reach a level to compete with what was possible with film. I imagine that that prophecy has fallen on its face. It makes me  wonder if there is a level of digital resolution which we are better off not to exceed when digitizing a negative, e.g. might a Nikon D700 be better than newer models with higher resolution? To this day, when I see digital images I captured with the old D700, they present a much more pleasing experience that many of the digital images I encounter from more modern digital cameras.

Best,

Wayne

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9 hours ago, Stefan2010 said:

great shot, I love it

Thank you Stefan and all those who left a like, very much appreciated. I have a series of these, each trying to capture a different emotion and using colour (I mostly use black and white). I found Cinestill 800T to give a very good result, so will aim to get another roll for the freezer.

[david strachan]

Plus (to add to Stefan)  we know David works a lovely old Leica lens, develops, prints and scans all his own images...colour and B&W. Nothing sent to third party.

The pic has a flavour of "Metropolis".

Nice one as many attest... more please David.

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1 hour ago, david strachan said:

Plus (to add to Stefan)  we know David works a lovely old Leica lens, develops, prints and scans all his own images...colour and B&W. Nothing sent to third party.

The pic has a flavour of "Metropolis".

Nice one as many attest... more please David.

...

For you, David.

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[Doc Henry]

9 hours ago, chrism said:

Ah, but which unfaithful digital colours shall we dismiss? Those created by the CCD in the Flextight scanner, or those made by the CMOS in the D850? Both devices are photographing the same negative. The photo is four years old now, and I don't remember the actual conditions. I would say the second looks more like the kind of light and colours I see along the shore here.

...   that's right Chris in this case the ideal is the enlarger and the print

 

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13 hours ago, frame-it said:

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Somebody butchered this poor girl's left antecubital fossa!

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1 minute ago, chrism said:

Somebody butchered this poor girl's left antecubital fossa!

she almost died after the Astrazeneca shot..and was in hospital for quite a while

[dimm]

Newark airport, 2021

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Mississippi River, 2021

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[ianman]

I just found some old Kodak HIE negatives...

Nikon FM2, 28mm f/2,8 - Kodak High-Speed Infrared, I can't remember which filter I used, 87c rings a bell.

Infrared 101

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2 hours ago, frame-it said:

she almost died after the Astrazeneca shot..and was in hospital for quite a while

Oh no! Hope she's fully recovered now.

[SHenry]

Ektar 100 ISO.

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48 minutes ago, ianman said:

I just found some old Kodak HIE negatives...

Nikon FM2, 28mm f/2,8 - Kodak High-Speed Infrared, I can't remember which filter I used, 87c rings a bell.

Infrared 101

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Great that you found it. Terrific!

[philipus]

Really interesting Wayne. What you write reminds me of the discussions about a decade ago give or take about much larger sensors than the, as I seem to recall, 24 megapixels that were common then, and whether that would be a good thing. And now we have what around 40-50mp? I seem to remember some manufacturers actually paused the megapixel race in favour of bigger pixels or something like that which were better for image quality. I also remember reading somewhere in this forum that a CCD sensor would give "better" or "more pleasing" files than a CMOS. I used to own an old Leica Digilux 2 which was a really fun camera to use. Those who knew also said that that camera produced very pleasing files.

I don't know much about this but follow these developments a bit because I am interested in technology. I have an old Canon 5D mk II which I use as a flash meter before committing scenes to film with other cameras or for whenever I need shots for Ebay or the like. It's a really good camera and I've never seen a reason to get another one because I'm sufficiently happy with the results for my needs. 

In a review for that model I read that the noise at higher ISOs reminded of film grain. It sounded a bit like marketing speak to me but there's possibly some truth to it. Everyone with a Coolscan knows that they struggle with dense colour negatives. Such scans are grainier and the scanner also adds some colour noise (which is easy to remove in post in Adobe Camera Raw) because it has to amplify the sensor somehow. Perhaps that's what they referred to in the review, I don't know. I do know, though, that my X1 on eats dense negs for breakfast, cuts through them like a lightsaber in butter. And it adds no noise at all. But it's an entirely different machine than consumer scanners of course.

I'm curious about resolution for another reason and that is printing. I'm interested in trying to see how much I can push my inkjet in terms of detail reproduction. Has anyone tried or tested this?

20 hours ago, Wayne said:

All these comments and questions concerning digitization of negatives brought something forward through the fog in my head. I recall, many years ago, before digital dominated everything, Some "experts" of the time put forward the opinion that film had nothing to worry about as the resolution of the digital sensor would never reach a level to compete with what was possible with film. I imagine that that prophecy has fallen on its face. It makes me  wonder if there is a level of digital resolution which we are better off not to exceed when digitizing a negative, e.g. might a Nikon D700 be better than newer models with higher resolution? To this day, when I see digital images I captured with the old D700, they present a much more pleasing experience that many of the digital images I encounter from more modern digital cameras.

Best,

Wayne

Really nice results, very dreamy.

3 hours ago, ianman said:

I just found some old Kodak HIE negatives...

Nikon FM2, 28mm f/2,8 - Kodak High-Speed Infrared, I can't remember which filter I used, 87c rings a bell.

Infrared 101

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Also very nice, I like the contrast between the massive clouds and the buildings.

5 hours ago, dimm said:

Mississippi River, 2021

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This is a superb photo, bravo.

15 hours ago, 105012 said:

For you, David.

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vor 7 Stunden schrieb frame-it:

she almost died after the Astrazeneca shot..and was in hospital for quite a while

stupid me thought it was the cinestill.... 

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