Jeff, Having owned in the past and perhaps buying again the Epson 2450 - I can tell you from personal experience that scanning negs with it is easier and gives better results than scanning slides. I would consider using negative film and using either Agfa Optima II 100 or Konica Impressa 50 for pure scenics (yes they both come in 120 size) and Fuji Reala or Kodak Portra VC films for general use.
On my last trip to Hawaii, I took the 67 and shot a mix of Reala/Portra negative film and Provia 100F/Agfa RSXII 100 slide film. Working with the Epson 2450, I was much happier with the negative scans than the slide scan. The slides look fantastic under a loup, but I have yet to create as good a print. HTH, Bruce Thursday, August 29, 2002, 4:15:41 PM, you wrote: J> Rob, J> I'm trying to decide on which film to use with my 6x9 cameras. I'm planning J> on taking 2 weeks next mont to photograph Northern Ontario's brilliant J> autumn colours. J> I was planning on using Velvia film, as per many MF users recommendation, J> but I'm open for suggestions. J> I do like NPS for general photography and I just shot my first roll of NPC J> (no proofs yet). I am planning on getting an Epson 2450 scanner soon, so any J> advice on which film would give me the best results is apreciated. J> So far the most vibrant colours I've seen were shot with Velvia film. J> TIA, J> Jeff. J> ----- Original Message ----- J> From: "Rob Studdert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> J> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> J> Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 6:56 PM J> Subject: Re: Sanning negs vs positive tranparinces >> On 29 Aug 2002 at 15:05, Herb Chong wrote: >> >> > negatives have less brightness range than slides. you will still get J> best >> > results from scanning slides if you have a good enough scanner. >> >> Why do you believe this? Scanning negs gives a far superior contrast J> range, you >> can never get beyond a little over 4 stops from a slide. I think that you J> will >> find of many top end professionals in landscape (not 35mm format) who are J> more >> clever than to believe that Velvia is the only true film have switched to >> quality negative films for using in their film to digital work-flow. These >> people don't have to pacify idiot editors who reject any image that they J> cant >> view on a light-box. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Rob Studdert >> HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA >> Tel +61-2-9554-4110 >> UTC(GMT) +10 Hours >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications.html >>
