My Full Frame is Film

[Gromit]

Negatives arrived back from the lab this afternoon so got to scanning a few.

Film: Kodak Tri-X
Camera: Nikon F3
Glass: AI-Nikkors 50-1.8 & 105-2.5
Scanned with Plustek OpticFilm 8100, RAWs converted in Negative Lab Pro.

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[agentlossing]

Expired Superia 400 overexposed a stop, the Bessa T with 50mm f3.5 Heliar (before I bid farewell to that lens).

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[DHOC_TAZH]

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12 by Alex Ramos, on Flickr
Meatpacking district, NYC
MIJ Pentax *ist 35mm film SLR
50mm f1.8 Pentax DA lens (APS-C short tele)
Agfa Vista plus 400

 

[DHOC_TAZH]

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Mmm... where's the pork?

Pentax K1000
Fuji Superia 400
Phoenix 80-200 f4 zoom... at least that's how I remember it. No longer have this lens.

 

[coffeecat]

Topical stuff, not mine:

This photojournalist (https://twitter.com/chrisbobyn) shot a photo essay for the BBC

bbc.in/3f8ojro

In an ICU in a Scottish hospital, in the 2020 pandemic.

On analogue film (using a Leica, he said on Twitter).

A dozen shots shown, well worth a look IMHO

 

[ex machina]

Topical stuff, not mine:

This photojournalist (https://twitter.com/chrisbobyn) shot a photo essay for the BBC

bbc.in/3f8ojro

In an ICU in a Scottish hospital, in the 2020 pandemic.

On analogue film (using a Leica, he said on Twitter).

A dozen shots shown, well worth a look IMHO

Someday I'd like to know more about the shoot. I'm assuming he's pushing Tri-X or HP5 but it's been so long since I've really worked with film I might be expecting too much. Whatever, he's doing, it works, really well done photojournalism.

 

[peterbee]

Minolta X-700 + Portra 400

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Ibbotson Flats by Peter Bartlett ARPS EFIAP/b CPAGB BPE3*, on Flickr

 

[ADemuth]

Canon AE-1, 50mm f1.4, UltraFine Extreme 400. 1st pulled 2 stops, 2&3 at box speed, last three pushed 3 stops.

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Yes, I know - dusty. I need to figure out a better drying system. Also, the grain in #5 looks terrible compressed from the original resolution..

 

[AmritR]

Really nice thread.

My scanner broke down a few years ago, and I wasn’t to happy with it anyway. Any advice how to digitize film anno 2020?
I would like to occasionally use the old camera’s I have. I will send two 35mm rolls to a developer, and have him scan them as well. But iI’m very curious what opinion about scanning is, especially seeing the quality pictures in here.

Not a very good picture, and a few years old but it’s me, so hi

Nikon fm3a + 45mm f2.8 and Ilford SFX200 + red filter.

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Nikon f2as + 55 f1.2 - Ilford pan f plus (stabilisation: leaning to a + 5 EV lamppost)

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[ac12]

Really nice thread.

My scanner broke down a few years ago, and I wasn’t to happy with it anyway. Any advice how to digitize film anno 2020?
I would like to occasionally use the old camera’s I have. I will send two 35mm rolls to a developer, and have him scan them as well. But iI’m very curious what opinion about scanning is, especially seeing the quality pictures in here.

Few options

#1 get an old film/slide copier. The catch is they were designed for 35mm film, so you may not be able to get the full frame with a m4/3 camera.

#2 get an old bellows film/slide copier. You need the appropriate macro/closeup lens for m4/3. The catch is they were designed for 35mm film, so you may not be able to get the full frame with a m4/3 camera.

#3 rig a copy stand. camera + macro lens (or close up lens). The trick is how to hold the film FLAT, and back illuminate the film.

#4 take a chance on another film scanner. I have not seen any new dedicated film scanners in quite a while.

 

[Brownie]

More options:
Developers typically provide a scan. Almost all of the photos I've posted in this thread were from them, and most of those were with 30+ year old film that I had stored in the refrigerator. These are their lowest quality scans, but plenty for the web.

Buy a used scanner. I found an old Wolverine 14MP scanner that does slides, negatives (converts them in-scanner) and photos up to 5x7 on craigslist for $20 in virtually brand new condition. Again, good enough for the purpose

 

[AmritR]

Few options

#1 get an old film/slide copier. The catch is they were designed for 35mm film, so you may not be able to get the full frame with a m4/3 camera.

#2 get an old bellows film/slide copier. You need the appropriate macro/closeup lens for m4/3. The catch is they were designed for 35mm film, so you may not be able to get the full frame with a m4/3 camera.

#3 rig a copy stand. camera + macro lens (or close up lens). The trick is how to hold the film FLAT, and back illuminate the film.

#4 take a chance on another film scanner. I have not seen any new dedicated film scanners in quite a while.

More options:
Developers typically provide a scan. Almost all of the photos I've posted in this thread were from them, and most of those were with 30+ year old film that I had stored in the refrigerator. These are their lowest quality scans, but plenty for the web.

Buy a used scanner. I found an old Wolverine 14MP scanner that does slides, negatives (converts them in-scanner) and photos up to 5x7 on craigslist for $20 in virtually brand new condition. Again, good enough for the purpose

Thnx for the input!!

I was hoping for an easy fix, but alas, not so simple (which I suspected). I had a Reflecta, those are still for sale. A lot of software and USB related issues, and rather mediocre results imo. I do know a camera store who had a few Nikon Coolscans for sale. But I doubt a current Windows version is supported, so another workaround.

I’ll try the scanning service first, I have found a few adresses, with professional scanners (including a Imacon Flextight, but those scans are a bit expensive)
I’ll shoot a few rolls first, and see what I get from the scanning service. Going to be fun

And I’ll keep the film/slide copier + 35mm camera in mind. Seems like a viable solution, and not software dependent. And I assume a manual macro lens will suffice.

 

[Brownie]

Some places like The Darkroom offer 3 levels of scans. I always opted for the lowest since I had no idea what was on the rolls. Plus, if need be you can always send the negatives in for a higher resolution scan if needed.

The Scanner I bought uses an SD card, so no software at all.

 

[ex machina]

If I may be permitted to sneak in these half-frame shots from the 1959 Olympus Pen I picked up from a thrift store for a couple bucks and cleaned up. Figured exposure with an iPhone app. Tri-X film supplied, processed and scanned by the Free Film : USA project.

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[phigmov]

If I may be permitted to sneak in these half-frame shots from the 1959 Olympus Pen I picked up from a thrift store for a couple bucks and cleaned up.

Lovely! The original Pen has a lovely lens. You should pop a few over in the https://www.mu-43.com/threads/two-frame-composition-aka-diptych-open-thread.100794/ thread - show them how its really done

 

[Mountain_Man_79]

If I may be permitted to sneak in these half-frame shots from the 1959 Olympus Pen I picked up from a thrift store for a couple bucks and cleaned up. Figured exposure with an iPhone app. Tri-X film supplied, processed and scanned by the Free Film : USA project.

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Nice! I’m waiting a batch of film to be developed and scanned from my Pen f and hopefully returned this coming week. Im just hoping she’s functional; this was a first roll test.
Anyways, that Tri-x looks wonderful!

 

[ex machina]

Nice! I’m waiting a batch of film to be developed and scanned from my Pen f and hopefully returned this coming week. Im just hoping she’s functional; this was a first roll test.
Anyways, that Tri-x looks wonderful!

Thanks, all. This was my first roll in the camera, and aside from framing issues I was pretty happy with how it turned out. Interestingly, the tri-x scans were very low contrast, here's a comparison of the flat scan with my levels changes in LR version. I'll eventually get the negatives back at which point I can compare their scans to what the negatives actually look like. I'm guessing all the film is processed this way so as to minimize exposure issues and give post some headroom to work in?

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[Mountain_Man_79]

Thanks, all. This was my first roll in the camera, and aside from framing issues I was pretty happy with how it turned out. Interestingly, the tri-x scans were very low contrast, here's a comparison of the flat scan with my levels changes in LR version. I'll eventually get the negatives back at which point I can compare their scans to what the negatives actually look like. I'm guessing all the film is processed this way so as to minimize exposure issues and give post some headroom to work in?

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Oh wow...isn’t that odd? That seems awfully flat without the added contrast. It will be curious to compare the negatives. Wonder what kind of scanner they used?

 

[ex machina]

Oh wow...isn’t that odd? That seems awfully flat without the added contrast. It will be curious to compare the negatives. Wonder what kind of scanner they used?

All I could glean from the scan's metadata is that they're 32-bit. I'm going to ask the Free Film project what they use for both developing and scanning, I'm betting it's something like Diafine.