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I'd like to see an enlarged version of a negative scanned in this way. I experimented with taking pictures of film and the results were always far inferior than

I'd like to see an enlarged version of a negative scanned in this way. I experimented with taking pictures of film and the results were always far inferior than using a dedicated scanner.

dbrgn 6y ago
Did you watch the video? It contains a few very impressive examples.
- dvfjsdhgfv 6y ago
  Yes, I saw whole images resized to fit the video, and they are very nice - but I'd like to see the scan 1:1 to see how the grain is rendered.
mitjak 6y ago
here you go: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/rmiaquw3wnv3cvu/AACqp9bLXiDY5oCCUhrlzvSSa?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/sh/rmiaquw3wnv3cvu/AACqp9bLXiDY5oCCU... There are 16 bit TIFFs and JPEGs, along with a zoomed in crop (PNGs bc i wanted to have them be the same size for a side by side comparison). For the 2 scanners, these were scanned fully "raw", without any software colour correction or sharpening (FlexColor for the Imacon, Epson Scan 2 for the V600). The camera scan is using my 2012 Fuji X-E1 with a Micro-Nikkor 55mm @ f/8, and the V600 negative carrier, with an iPad as a light source (there's some barrel distortion; i'm still ironing out my rig). Final results corrected by my meatbag eye in Affinity (I had to increase saturation of the V600 scans to match the other two), hence the slightly different colour rendition, but the difference in grain resolution and overall detail should be pretty clear.
- KaiserPro 6y ago
  thats really not half bad! considering that the imacon supposedly has a brilliant mount, to get that level of detail is quite impressive
  - mitjak 6y ago
    right? this is a very janky rig too, with an inverted tripod and the negative holders sitting on top of drink coasters in my bedroom. I want to see what happens with blocking out ambient light, a better carrier, a brighter more uniform light source and maybe a full-frame camera body.

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I'd like to see an enlarged version of a negative scanned in this way. I experimented with taking pictures of film and the results were always far inferior than

by dvfjsdhgfv 6y ago

I'd like to see an enlarged version of a negative scanned in this way. I experimented with taking pictures of film and the results were always far inferior than using a dedicated scanner.

dbrgn 6y ago
Did you watch the video? It contains a few very impressive examples.
- dvfjsdhgfv 6y ago
  Yes, I saw whole images resized to fit the video, and they are very nice - but I'd like to see the scan 1:1 to see how the grain is rendered.
mitjak 6y ago
here you go: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/rmiaquw3wnv3cvu/AACqp9bLXiDY5oCCUhrlzvSSa?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/sh/rmiaquw3wnv3cvu/AACqp9bLXiDY5oCCU... There are 16 bit TIFFs and JPEGs, along with a zoomed in crop (PNGs bc i wanted to have them be the same size for a side by side comparison). For the 2 scanners, these were scanned fully "raw", without any software colour correction or sharpening (FlexColor for the Imacon, Epson Scan 2 for the V600). The camera scan is using my 2012 Fuji X-E1 with a Micro-Nikkor 55mm @ f/8, and the V600 negative carrier, with an iPad as a light source (there's some barrel distortion; i'm still ironing out my rig). Final results corrected by my meatbag eye in Affinity (I had to increase saturation of the V600 scans to match the other two), hence the slightly different colour rendition, but the difference in grain resolution and overall detail should be pretty clear.
- KaiserPro 6y ago
  thats really not half bad! considering that the imacon supposedly has a brilliant mount, to get that level of detail is quite impressive
  - mitjak 6y ago
    right? this is a very janky rig too, with an inverted tripod and the negative holders sitting on top of drink coasters in my bedroom. I want to see what happens with blocking out ambient light, a better carrier, a brighter more uniform light source and maybe a full-frame camera body.