Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/02/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 >