[Leica] Film Lives again!!!

[Richard Man]

Good thing that I didn't ask you!!! ~_o ha ha

I didn't ask anyone else to shoot film either ~_o

On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 8:13 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Seriously, if you ask me, digital files look so much better, it is a "no
> contest".
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
> On Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 4:20 AM, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Nope, this is a old minilab scanner system, so not consumer friendly in
> > that sense, but once set up correctly, it really is blazingly fast
> >
> > Here's the previous photo, but hopefully without color cast
> > http://richardmanphoto.com/PICS/R200201F18-Edit.jpg
> >
> > and a quick B&W scan. Nothing is like Tri-X!!
> > http://richardmanphoto.com/PICS/R0F07.jpg
> >
> > The bottom edge has light leak, I think from the scanning process, and
> not
> > on the negs. Something that I will need to tweak, but it's easy to crop
> out
> > if needed. I just left it there for "demonstration purpose".
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 12:48 PM, Aram <leica_r8 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Do you know if it is supported by VewScan?  That would allow it to run
> > on a
> > > Windows 10 box.
> > >
> > > Aram
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Richard Man
> > > Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2017 10:33 PM
> > > To: Leica Users Group
> > > Subject: Re: [Leica] Film Lives again!!!
> > >
> > > Indeed it does! One thing I keep forgetting is to check "Soft Proof"
> with
> > > sRGB on Lightroom to make sure there's no magenta cast. Need to
> remember
> > to
> > > do that.
> > >
> > > Anyway, Pakon scanner. Google "Pakon F135" and you will find lots of
> > link.
> > > I actually have the F335 which has higher specs (although apparently
> > people
> > > have hacked the F135+ to have much of the same functionality). It
> > REQUIRES
> > > XP and can be a PITA to set up: for example, for me, I cannot get the
> > > virtual machine version to work, even though a lot of people have, and
> I
> > > have to run it on a genuine XP box circa 2007 or older.
> > >
> > > On Sun, Feb 5, 2017 at 10:03 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > On my end, the image looks like it has a magenta cast.
> > > > So, what is this super scanner? Curious film users want to know ;-)
> > > >
> > > > Cheers,
> > > > Nathan
> > > >
> > > > Nathan Wajsman
> > > > Alicante, Spain
> > > > http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/>
> > > > http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu
> > > > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <
> > > > http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.
> > wordpress.com/
> > > <
> > > > http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/>
> > > > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <
> > > > http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator>
> > > > YNWA
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > On 06 Feb 2017, at 01:04, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com
> >
> > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > I have been using mostly my 4x5 and Hasselblad for the past year,
> and
> > > > now,
> > > > > thanks to Dante Stella for alerting me, I have gotten a super-fast
> > > > scanner
> > > > > that scans 3000 DPI and a whole strip in seconds. It will still
> take
> > me
> > > > > forever to scan all my photos because I have a lot to scan, but at
> > > least
> > > > > now it is possible.
> > > > >
> > > > > This is from the first roll I ever processed myself, back in 2002.
> > Only
> > > > > need a tiny tweak in Lightroom... With this scanner, I think I will
> > > > > shoot
> > > > > more with the M7 and XPan II again:
> > > > >
> > > > > https://www.instagram.com/p/BQJJu0oALQC/
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > "Some People Drive, We Are Driven"
> > > > > // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>
> > > > > richardmanphoto on Facebook and Instagram
> > > > > <https://instagram.com/richardmanphoto>
> > > > >
> > > > > _______________________________________________
> > > > > 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
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > "Some People Drive, We Are Driven"
> > > // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>
> > > richardmanphoto on Facebook and Instagram
> > > <https://instagram.com/richardmanphoto>
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > "Some People Drive, We Are Driven"
> > // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>
> > richardmanphoto on Facebook and Instagram
> > <https://instagram.com/richardmanphoto>
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > 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
>



-- 
"Some People Drive, We Are Driven"
// richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>
richardmanphoto on Facebook and Instagram
<https://instagram.com/richardmanphoto>