M10 owner stepping back into film - New to me MP

[John Miranda]

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Twenty years back, I began with 35mm film, then 6x7cm, onto 4x5 large format.   Digital took over in the past 15 years, mostly with DSLR's.  But over the last year I pivoted to Leica and am really enjoying the photography process, so much so that today I added MP as a complement, especially given the lenses are interchangeable.  Purposely, I am starting with only B&W film to create a more distinct contrast with M10 usage. Really excited, feel like I just started again!

To begin, I will outsource developing and scanning to a lab (one thing at a time), any recommendations for high quality scanning in the US?  Prefer uncompressed lossless vs jpg, thoughts?

Look forward to joining your community as time goes by.

Best,

John

 

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Edited September 18, 2019 by John Miranda
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[105012]

Film is fun! Enjoy!

[logan2z]

Congratulations!  Enjoy your new MP. 

[fatihayoglu]

I have the exact the same setup, with the opposite colors, grey M10 and black MP 😂

For scanning; have you thought about home scanning with a macro lens or adaptor? It might be more cost efficient in the long term. 

Edited September 18, 2019 by fatihayoglu

[jeffz]

I use Praus Productions in Rochester NY. Full service - and uses fresh chemicals for developing - https://www.4photolab.com

[Ko.Fe.]

How serious are yours intentions? Few rolls per year? 

With at least twenty rolls per year and MP in the long run, you'll safe time with Plustek scanner. They are available new and goes once a year or so on sale at BH.

Software which comes with it allows tiff and RAW.

 

[250swb]

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And you can do either B&W or colour film processing at your kitchen sink. 

[a.noctilux]

 

Some told me, years ago, that if I wanted to be serious film user I may process myself my films to be able to finetune what I wanted .

They may be right after all.

 

Since I process myself those films, I tend to become serious film user 😇.

Or may I only be able to finetune what I wanted when I snapped the pictures ?

 

Edited September 18, 2019 by a.noctilux

[mikeamosau]

Congrats! I literally just did the same thing and I got a new MP to pair with my digital M. 

I was very unhappy with the local and even less local labs I sent the film too. Developing was all over the place and the scans were just average - especially for the price. So the one thing at a time quickly became two things and I am doing both color and black and white developing at home along with the scanning. 

[John Miranda]

thank you everyone, as I research, similar to Mike's post above, I'm sensing film developing and scanning earlier in my future than anticipated.  

[Archiver]

On 9/20/2019 at 5:22 AM, mikeamosau said:

Congrats! I literally just did the same thing and I got a new MP to pair with my digital M. 

I was very unhappy with the local and even less local labs I sent the film too. Developing was all over the place and the scans were just average - especially for the price. So the one thing at a time quickly became two things and I am doing both color and black and white developing at home along with the scanning. 

Mike, not sure if I missed this, but how do you scan? Do you use a flatbed, dedicated neg scanner, or digital camera with a macro lens and lightstand?

[mikeamosau]

5 hours ago, Archiver said:

Mike, not sure if I missed this, but how do you scan? Do you use a flatbed, dedicated neg scanner, or digital camera with a macro lens and lightstand?

I was scanning with an Epson v550 flatbed, but recently upgraded to the Epson v850 pro flatbed. Using the ScanFast software, it’s a HUGE improvement in color and sharpness. Been really happy with this scanner so far. 

[250swb]

Flatbed scanners are particularly poor when it comes to scanning 35mm, unless it's just for digital contact sheets. There is just too much diffusion of light for a small negative and not enough native scan resolution. Even Epson flatbeds have issues with focus from scanner to scanner and ideally need an adjustable height film holder such as those made by Better Scanning. Flatbeds are however very good for medium and large formats. A Plustek 35mm scanner will produce far sharper and refined full res scans, although it's much slower if you want to do digital contact sheets. The best of both worlds is to have both.

[Steve Ricoh]

Consider a BEOON for camera scanning  using the M10 with a 50mm lens. For colour try Colorprolab - follow the download instruction for a free trial. I think you'll be pleased with the results.

[philipus]

Congrats John, a beauty for sure. I can't advise on labs in the US but would recommend that if you ask the lab to scan do get the best image quality you can from them, meaning uncompressed TIFF. They should be able to provide that. 

And don't forget that you can post your pictures at the Internet's epicentre of film photography right here at LUF, in the I Like Film thread just around the corner.

Br

Philip

 

On 9/18/2019 at 6:06 AM, John Miranda said:

Twenty years back, I began with 35mm film, then 6x7cm, onto 4x5 large format.   Digital took over in the past 15 years, mostly with DSLR's.  But over the last year I pivoted to Leica and am really enjoying the photography process, so much so that today I added MP as a complement, especially given the lenses are interchangeable.  Purposely, I am starting with only B&W film to create a more distinct contrast with M10 usage. Really excited, feel like I just started again!

To begin, I will outsource developing and scanning to a lab (one thing at a time), any recommendations for high quality scanning in the US?  Prefer uncompressed lossless vs jpg, thoughts?

Look forward to joining your community as time goes by.

Best,

John

 

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[tommonego@gmail.com]

I am being pulled back into film, just receiving an M3 from a friend from college who past away. At the repair shop now, shutter wasn't sounding right, shot M2s since the early 70's. We'll see also just bought an M8 to do infrared photography, do miss Kodak HIE, been enjoying a CL. We'll see how it goes.

 

 

[A miller]

congrats and if all goes well you'll be selling that M10 in no time.  

My only piece of advice is to buy a scanner.  Quality lab scans are as cost-effective as a $3/minute NYC3-wheel bicycle cab ride in traffic.

Edited September 25, 2019 by A miller

[jmahto]

For scanning, I have now settled on BEOON (look it up here, many threads) than Plustek scanner for BW and color slides. It is fast and now I don’t even take out negative from sleeves! For color negative film I still use plustek but I am shooting less and less. 

Over time you will find your own balance between lab vs your own process. Start with loading a roll.

Edited October 2, 2019 by jmahto

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On 10/2/2019 at 11:26 PM, jmahto said:

For scanning, I have now settled on BEOON (look it up here, many threads) than Plustek scanner for BW and color slides. It is fast and now I don’t even take out negative from sleeves! For color negative film I still use plustek but I am shooting less and less.

Which digital camera do you use with the BEOON?

[a.noctilux]

As fan of Beoon and long time user, I can say that it has advantage of accepting every digital (and non digital ! ) cameras.

When used with the right adapter and lens, I've used with film Leica M with Focotar 50mm (it was designed for this use when created) focussing with the magnifier provided.

In digital, I use with every M since M8 to M10, and Sony A7R or Nikon  or Canon SLR with adapter and different lenses Leitz/Leica/Nikkor/Olympus/Pentax/etc.

 

With Beoon, the lens is the most important to have the best "scan", in my use Focotar 4.5/50 is the "right lens" followed by the modest (cost me 40€ or 50€ ) Pentax Macro 50mm .

 

Edited October 7, 2019 by a.noctilux