There's no film that's practically unscannable that I'm aware of. I've scanned both Velvia and Kodachrome. A scanner/film combination may exhibit certain characteristics.
What's really being referred to is the relative ease of getting the desired results in a raw unadjusted scan. Certainly some films are more easily scanned and require less adjustment, but I have always got results that ranged from satisfactory to great, depending on how much time I spent and the intended purpose. Essentially the scanner is taking a picture of the film, and as with all images, exposure, contrast, etc., will likely need adjusted after the scan. We all tend to expect things will work like magic, just like our cameras should never over/under expose. Someone will likely disagree or come up with that instance where their scans of this/that film were absolutely horrendous and no amount of adjustment could make it better, but I haven't seen it yet. Tom C. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Rebekah > Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2007 3:25 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Shooting film (Velvia) > > dao- > > I'm glad to hear (and see) that you got such good results scanning. > Your picture is beautiful, there's nothing like some good fall leaves > for taking pictures :) I just finished shooting off several rolls of > the Velvia 50 myself, and like you said, I was very pleased with the > colors, contrast, and grain, but I haven't scanned any yet and I must > say I was a bit nervous because of all the doom and gloom about > Kodachrome being practically unscannable. Still, I can't wait to get > it scanned and see how they look much bigger - I'm hoping to do so > tomorrow, actually. We'll see, and if they turn out ok, I'll put up > my first GESO :) > > rg2 > > On 11/8/07, Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Velvia is good for what Yuriy noted... giving some extra punch on drab > > overcast days. In that case a warming filter may also help eliminate any > > blue cast. > > > > Not my first choice for people though sometimes it was what was in the > > camera and results were OK. > > > > Tom C. > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > > > Brendan MacRae > > > Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2007 11:37 AM > > > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > > Subject: Re: Shooting film (Velvia) > > > > > > Yuriy, > > > > > > That's a good shot for Velvia. My take on Velvia is > > > that for a lot of folks it produces overly saturated > > > colors. For me, I think it works well for many > > > different subjects but likely not the best choice for > > > portraits. Having said that, I know that many fashion > > > photogs have used it for effect when going for a > > > little extra "punch." > > > > > > I tend to go with the Provia F over Velvia nowadays. > > > It actually has finer grain than the old Velvia (I > > > can't speak to the new Velvia) and it's a full stop > > > faster. I think it works better for landscapes because > > > its colors seem a bit more natural. > > > > > > In any event, they are both great films and nearly > > > grainless when exposed properly. Virtually all of my > > > medium format transparencies are made from one or the > > > other of these stocks. > > > > > > -Brendan > > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > May be this will be interesting for who still shot > > > > film. > > > > > > > > I just tried the new Velvia 50 (RVP 50). Actually, > > > > I have to say that > > > > I did not shoot any "old" or "classic" Velvia as I > > > > could not find it. > > > > I'm very pleased with the results. It is easy to > > > > scan this film on my > > > > Nikon Coolscan V ED. What I actually found that in > > > > some aspects it is > > > > easier to work with the scans in PS as with the > > > > digital images > > > > captured by my DS. Especially I like photos with the > > > > lot of bright > > > > reds and yellows. It is hard for me to capture such > > > > photos by the DS - > > > > this bright colors usually lose a lot of tones. > > > > As for the Velvia, I like its colours and > > > > contrast. And I was > > > > suprised by its little grain. I print one of the > > > > photo without any > > > > retushing especially without removing grain. On the > > > > 20x30 (cm) photo > > > > it is very hard to find the grain! But on the > > > > monitor it can be seen. > > > > > > > > One of the example (may be not the best for me) is > > > > hear: > > > > > > > > > > > > http://not.contaxg.com/document.php?id=19477&full=1 > > > > > > > > I don't know if somebody still shoot film. If so, > > > > it would be very > > > > interesting to talk to such photographers. > > > > > > > > Yuriy > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Best regards, > > > > dao mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > > > PDML@pdml.net > > > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > > > > directly above and follow the directions. > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! 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