[Leica] Olympus Pen Ft

[jhnichols at bellsouth.net (Jim Nichols)]

Douglas,

I know nothing of the film you selected, so I can't speak from experience 
about that.  However, I do have a single-frame camera from the 1940s, and, 
using C41 B&W film, I got excellent results.  At the time, I did not have a 
scanner, so I had the store lab furnish a CD.  While I had to separate the 
two images (almost) per frame, I got very good definition from that.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Douglas Barry" <imra@iol.ie>
To: <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2008 4:34 PM
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
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> Douglas Barry
> Bray, Co. Wicklow
> Republic of Ireland
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