[Leica] Olympus Pen Ft

[hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (Geoff Hopkinson)]

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
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Douglas Barry
Bray, Co. Wicklow
Republic of Ireland 


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