EoinC Posted November 23, 2015 Share #101 Posted November 23, 2015 Advertisement (gone after registration) Thanks, Chris. Greatly appreciated. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted November 23, 2015 Posted November 23, 2015 Hi EoinC, Take a look here Picking a film scanner... What a pickle. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
chris_livsey Posted November 23, 2015 Share #102 Posted November 23, 2015 Thanks, Chris. Greatly appreciated. No problem, I have others, sometimes can't resist cropping in. Edited, I posted further full frame and crops BUT from another scanner!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotohuis Posted November 23, 2015 Share #103 Posted November 23, 2015 Interesting, but ..... I do not think I am in the market for a new scanner. What a boring job. Apart from the high costs of a good inktjet system with cartridges, especially in B&W. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_livsey Posted November 23, 2015 Share #104 Posted November 23, 2015 Indeed, but sharing over the Internet is problematic without some way of digitising, it does not exclude "wet" printing but seems to provoke more discussion. Rarely these days are the respective merits of enlargers discussed, unfortunately. I do not incur the high costs of inkjet printing as my V35 doesn't seem to need them Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkjod Posted November 23, 2015 Share #105 Posted November 23, 2015 Nearly all of my B&W stuff on my Flickr is from the Plustek 7600 - which I think is almost the same as the 8200. I save the files as Tiff DNG (scanned as raw, 3600 setting) format as everything goes into Lightroom and is inverted there. Makes management very easy. Here are a few examples. I'm extremely happy with the results, I just wish it was slightly faster. I REALLY wish I would of picked up a Pakon 135+ back when they were $250... roll30-34.jpg by jkjod, on Flickr roll30-8.jpg by jkjod, on Flickr acros100trip2015-26.jpg by jkjod, on Flickr Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tobey bilek Posted November 23, 2015 Share #106 Posted November 23, 2015 Think about a darkroom. Tons more fun than a scanner. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EoinC Posted November 23, 2015 Share #107 Posted November 23, 2015 Advertisement (gone after registration) Thanks, Jordan. I think a lot about a darkroom, Tobey. I used to have one, but it is not practical for me at the moment. When I move / retire, that may change. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_livsey Posted November 23, 2015 Share #108 Posted November 23, 2015 Think about a darkroom. Tons more fun than a scanner. As I indicated in my post above above this not a mutually exclusive choice, I run both. It's just that there is more discussion about scanners these days. I do applaud your efforts to convert those who have not yet seen the light (fully intended pun). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotohuis Posted November 24, 2015 Share #109 Posted November 24, 2015 As I indicated in my post above above this not a mutually exclusive choice, I run both. It's just that there is more discussion about scanners these days. I do applaud your efforts to convert those who have not yet seen the light (fully intended pun). OK let us start a thread about the enlarger and darkroom then. E.g. how to make prints in a few square meters only. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
philipus Posted November 24, 2015 Share #110 Posted November 24, 2015 Call me odd, but I like scanning. Like all dark arts (and darkroom would also be one), it's troublesome and frustrating until one gets it right, but then it's fun. This is a very nice photo, I think. Nearly all of my B&W stuff on my Flickr is from the Plustek 7600 - which I think is almost the same as the 8200. I save the files as Tiff DNG (scanned as raw, 3600 setting) format as everything goes into Lightroom and is inverted there. Makes management very easy. Here are a few examples. I'm extremely happy with the results, I just wish it was slightly faster. I REALLY wish I would of picked up a Pakon 135+ back when they were $250... roll30-34.jpg by jkjod, on Flickr Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrism Posted November 25, 2015 Share #111 Posted November 25, 2015 Call me odd, but I like scanning. Like all dark arts (and darkroom would also be one), it's troublesome and frustrating until one gets it right, but then it's fun. I have to agree - scanning can be fun and isn't boring at all. I expect that one day I will be absolutely perfect at it and then it will be boring, but I haven't got there yet! Mind you, there is a compromise position that incorporates the best of both wet and dry print processes: shoot paper negatives, develop them in a tray under a safelight, then scan them. It's like having a scanner that smells of fixer, the ultimate photographic pleasure. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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