Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Henning its a delightful shot. A precious moment in time in the best tradition. On your scanner, I understand that Nikon has just stopped production permanantly. Anyone wanting one or spares, accessories will only get them from existing stock. once its gone.... 2009/5/13 Henning Wulff <henningw at archiphoto.com> > Thank you everyone for looking and for your kind words. As with most shots > that are not posed, luck played as much a part as anything. I was ready, > yes, and with focus and exposure set but I got half a whole film of kids > flitting back and forth through openings that aren't useable. I could > easily > have shot 10 rolls and not gotten this. > > I'm scanning the negs at this time; I do have a print of this particular > one up on the wall that I printed in the fall of 1967. It's holding up > reasonably well considering it's been in a bright spot now for at least 25 > years, but I could and should make a better print now. > > These are scanned on a Nikon 5000 which as is well known has issues with > some film/developer combinations. My negs are mostly Tr-X (this shot), > HP4,5, 5+ and then a lot of FP4. The worst for scanning seems to be Tri-X > in > D76 1:1. Fortunately I often used FG7, Neofin or some form of Microdol > which > didn't mush things up too much. Those seem to be better. I could probably > make at least as good an inkjet print of this scan as I can a darkroom > print. This is of course subjective, but the grain aliasing is not a > problem > > I recently got the SF-210 bulk loader for the scanner, and it seems to do > well as far as feeding (not jamming) the slides. I used to have a 2000 with > the bulk loader and I swore at it more than just about any computer > peripheral ever. The main problem I have is that my preferred scanning > software, Vuescan, sometimes won't focus the slides properly. > > B&W is almost all in 6 frame strips, so I use the strip loader that comes > with the scanner. > > For years I've been intending to get down to this, so now it's started. > Might last as long as I'm still able to operate a computer or see the negs > :-). I can't even guess how many I have at this time. > > > > At 01:44 PM 5/12/2009, you wrote: >> >>> A new scan from a shot of children playing around a wrecked building in >>> Ventimiglia, Italy near the French border in May, 1967. Taken with Leica >>> IIIg and 50mm Summicron: >>> >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hwulff/trips/1966-67/Ventimiglia+67-1.jpg.html >>> >> >> I'm loving your new scans of old photos. How are you scanning these? You >> remind me that I have to get back to scanning my old ones, too. This one >> is >> wonderful. >> >> Tina >> >> Tina Manley >> www.tinamanley.com >> > > > -- > > * Henning J. Wulff > /|\ Wulff Photography & Design > /###\ mailto:henningw at archiphoto.com > |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Cheers Geoff 'Life's not B&W, except at both ends' http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/ http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman