[Leica] Olympus Pen Ft

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I think TMZ at 3200 sucks. The 3200 speed is pure marketing, with no  
relation to reality. Try Fuji Neopan 1600 (at 1600) instead. Much  
better for scanning.

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Nathan

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On Oct 26, 2008, at 11:53 PM, Geoff Hopkinson wrote:

> Douglas B,
> There are several factors there, I think.
> You are scanning half of a 35mm frame
> You have used a high speed and very grainy film
> The light is soft, lower and low contrast
> The featureless sky will always emphasise grain
> Scanning BW film can emphasise the grain as well.
> You can't use any grain reducing software on scanned BW film (not  
> the CN
> emulsions)
> Scanning with a flatbed cannot capture as much range as a dedicated  
> scanner
> anyway.
>
> I think that you are expecting too much from the little camera in  
> those
> circumstances.
> I've never tried any half-frame. I bought two of the more modern  
> Olympus
> 35mm compacts with the fixed 35mm lens (for my kids to learn with),  
> as I
> thought the lens would be better than a little zoom. I was very
> disappointed. In the 70's I sold hundreds of the classic Trip 35 and  
> I don't
> remember anyone being disappointed in the results quality. Maybe my  
> memory
> has faded.
>
>
>
> Cheers
> Geoff
> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/e
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/
> Maike Harbets speaks on the S2. .... So we will drop down this  
> technology to
> our other systems.
> Our priority is to modernise the R system which will be in the end  
> an R10,
> definitely.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On  
> Behalf Of
> Douglas Barry
> Sent: Monday, 27 October 2008 07:35
> To: lug@leica-users.org
> Subject: [Leica] Olympus Pen Ft
>
> Following the recnt posts on the Pen F and its lens quality, I went  
> out an
> shot off a roll of Kodak P3200TMAX using my PenFT. Scanning the negs  
> in
> using my Epson 3200, I was astonished to see the level of grain and  
> lack of
> clarity in the images. This is an example.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/kiosc2.jpg.html
>
> What am I doing wrong, or do these smaller negative images have to be
> enlarged and printed chemically to get a better quality before the  
> prints
> are scanned?  The only other roll of film I ran through the Pen FT  
> was a C41
> colour roll which I gave to a minilab to be developed and printed. The
> prints turned out fine.
>
> Any suggestions gratefully received.
>
> Douglas
> _________
> Douglas Barry
> Bray, Co. Wicklow
> Republic of Ireland
>
>
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