lb1800 Posted January 30, 2018 Author Share #21 Posted January 30, 2018 Advertisement (gone after registration) Thanks Eoin. Nowt wrong with that 4 x 5 scan. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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lb1800 Posted January 30, 2018 Author Share #22 Posted January 30, 2018 Thanks everyone for your responses. To sum up then, the Plustek is crappy/great and gives poor/great scan quality in slow/acceptable times. That’s certainly helped my buying decision 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgrayson3 Posted January 31, 2018 Share #23 Posted January 31, 2018 I found that I had to put some negatives in upside-down to get sharper results. I wish there were a way to adjust focus. --Matt Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pico Posted January 31, 2018 Share #24 Posted January 31, 2018 (edited) It would be so cool for me if Leica with their satellite company, Sinar, made a medium format scanner, and better a 4x5" scanner. Anyone with me? Edited January 31, 2018 by pico 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EoinC Posted January 31, 2018 Share #25 Posted January 31, 2018 Thanks Eoin. Nowt wrong with that 4 x 5 scan.Thanks - Here’s a Plustek 120 scan (SWC w/ Delta 100)...https://www.flickr.com/photos/127789682@N04/24835191088/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EoinC Posted January 31, 2018 Share #26 Posted January 31, 2018 It would be so cool for me if Leica with their satellite company, Sinar, made a medium format scanner, and better a 4x5" scanner. Anyone with me? Yes........ except for the price. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lb1800 Posted January 31, 2018 Author Share #27 Posted January 31, 2018 Advertisement (gone after registration) Thanks - Here’s a Plustek 120 scan (SWC w/ Delta 100)... https://www.flickr.com/photos/127789682@N04/24835191088/ Thanks Eoin. Nice shot. Somewhat haunting. Am I right in thinking its taken at infinity focus? When blown up, the mountains seem sharper than the gate. Just trying to ascertain whether there has been some dilution of focus through the scanning. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jip Posted January 31, 2018 Share #28 Posted January 31, 2018 I prefer the Nikon Coolscans above all others, beside the Hasselblad scanners which are the best and also cost 10-50 times as much 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkelmann Posted January 31, 2018 Share #29 Posted January 31, 2018 Concerning the MF5000: Quality is OK, no banding etc., handling is lacking: Can only scan two frames of a 3-frame-strip at a time, then you have turn the strip by 180 degrees for the third picture to be scanned. The included software is quite basic but the scanner works very well with vuescan. I use a Epson V850 in parallel: When pixel-peeping, the resolution is visibly worse but 50x50 prints are good and the Epson is much more versatile, so to me it is the better option as long as you stay with medium format (with 24x36 the quality is not acceptable). 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
otto.f Posted January 31, 2018 Share #30 Posted January 31, 2018 (edited) Sinar is fully into digital backs alas Edited January 31, 2018 by otto.f Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
250swb Posted February 1, 2018 Share #31 Posted February 1, 2018 Am I right in thinking its taken at infinity focus? When blown up, the mountains seem sharper than the gate. Just trying to ascertain whether there has been some dilution of focus through the scanning. I think you could suspect critical focus was missed on the gate given the foreground is OOF, but 'dilution of focus', how does that work then? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lb1800 Posted February 1, 2018 Author Share #32 Posted February 1, 2018 I think you could suspect critical focus was missed on the gate given the foreground is OOF, but 'dilution of focus', how does that work then? Poor use of language on my part. I should perhaps have said "blurring" Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EoinC Posted February 1, 2018 Share #33 Posted February 1, 2018 I think you could suspect critical focus was missed on the gate given the foreground is OOF, but 'dilution of focus', how does that work then? Correct - It was the negative, not th Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBestSLIsALeicaflex Posted February 2, 2018 Share #34 Posted February 2, 2018 Software is an issue for this scanner. I know Vuescan also works with this scanner. I've run Vuescan on a Nikon 9000 for last 6-7 years and it works fine w/o issues. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EoinC Posted February 3, 2018 Share #35 Posted February 3, 2018 Vuescan works fine with the Plustek 120. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EoinC Posted February 3, 2018 Share #36 Posted February 3, 2018 Correct - It was the negative, not th Crappy internet connection - “Correct - It was the negative, not the scanner.” Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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