Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/02/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]So the trick has turned out to be double scanning!?! I'd heard a lot of people were doing that. -- Mark R. http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/winterdays/ > From: Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:19:17 -0500 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] The final gasp of MF film? > > I have a separate computer set up with my Nikon LS5000 which is scanning > film every waking hour that I'm here. So far, I have scanned 33,617 of my > slides and negatives from Honduras. I only have about 450,000 to go. Then > I get to start on Guatemala. I'm using Silverfast and scanning everything > twice at different exposures to get every bit of information I can out of > the slides and negatives. It's all 35mm, no medium or large format, and I > am pleased with the results with SF and the Nikon scanner. > > Tina > > On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 2:05 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> > wrote: > >> I don't miss roll film. >> I do miss sheet film. And will do more of it. >> I am doubtful I'll have trouble buying some. >> There will be at least one small company possibly in Croatia making some >> in >> small amounts. But I'll be shooting with it very reservedly. Almost every >> time the shudder goes off people will end up seeing it. As I'll be >> uploading >> it. Printing it even. >> >> I'll even process it myself it tanks or trays or let a pro lab do it. >> Maybe it will be C-41 process Color neg. which might get in the end a >> monochrome treatment. As if I had shot black and white. >> >> -- >> Mark R. >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/winterdays/ >> >> >>> From: Lottermoser George <imagist3 at mac.com> >>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>> Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:30:54 -0600 >>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>> Subject: Re: [Leica] The final gasp of MF film? >>> >>> >>> On Feb 15, 2012, at 6:28 PM, Dante Stella wrote: >>> >>>> Considering that most large format film has ceased production, medium >> is the >>>> new large. >>> >>> yup - that's why included the smiley. >>> >>> I haven't even looked for sheet film in over 5 years. >>> Still have some in the freezer. >>> Don't know if it will ever see "the light." >>> >>> Regards, >>> George Lottermoser >>> george at imagist.com >>> http://www.imagist.com >>> http://www.imagist.com/blog >>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > > -- > Tina Manley, ASMP > www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information