RE: spotmatics and unexposed film and gfm, oh my

2019-12-16 Thread jcoyle
Nice idea John - I did try something similar, but the negatives had curled
so much during poor storage in a humid sub-tropical location I still ran out
of time (and patience!) to get them satisfactorily scanned.


John in Brisbane



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From: PDML  On Behalf Of John
Sent: Tuesday, 17 December 2019 2:21 AM
To: pdml@pdml.net
Subject: Re: spotmatics and unexposed film and gfm, oh my

On 12/13/2019 21:00:07, jco...@iinet.net.au wrote:
> I have the Epson V500: when my mother reached her 100th. birthday in 
> 2018, my brother and I scanned all of her negatives, ranging in size 
> from 1.5inches square to 6x9cm and going back in time to the 1900's. 
> We were unable to scan the
> 110 size negs as the scanner's holders can't really hold them flat 
> enough. The scanner did an excellent job (I have to confess we used 
> the Epson software for this job!) overall, even with some really flat 
> and mushy originals: makes me think some early cheap cameras really did
have bottle-bottoms for a lens.
 >
 > John in Brisbane
 >
 >
 >

When I was in school we just used a piece of glass to hold paper flat while
exposing it. I wonder if that would work to hold negatives flat on the
scanner bed?

Maybe cut out an appropriate sized hole in a piece of black construction
paper to fit the 110 negatives and hold both down with the sheet of glass?

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Re: spotmatics and unexposed film and gfm, oh my

2019-12-16 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
For most flatbed scanners, the focus is fixed and their DOF is such that they 
can easily accommodate a mm or two of film curvature. For best results, a glass 
plate works well to hold the negative flat, with the caveat that the glass 
itself must be extremely clean and the thinner the better to prevent optical 
effects. You have to be careful that the shiny side of the film (opposite the 
emulsion side) is not in contact with polished glass (ANR glass is best, but 
expensive). 

My film scanning rig for medium format and Minox is a glass plate hinged over a 
channel which I made from a couple of pieces of 300gsm paper and taped into 
position on my flat panel light box. This nets about a 0.8mm high channel 
through which the film can be drawn The light box's panel is not glossy so I 
capture the negs with the emulsion side up, preventing all Newton rings, and 
flip them for correct orientation in image processing. The captures are all 
made using raw mode on the camera which nets the greatest flexibility in tonal 
capture and editability. With my usual copy camera setup (Leica CL and one of 
two or three Leica R lenses that I find useful) this nets a 24 Mpixel image (at 
the limit, depending upon format proportions and/or how much 'slop space' I 
want to have to make centering the negative in post accurate. If find this to 
be quite good enough for most any size prints or web presentations I have in 
mind, even if it's nowhere near what the Nikon Super Coolscan 9000ED scanner 
could resolve from a 6x6 cm negative (and more than it could resolve from a 
Minox negative!). 

I can use the same setup for 35mm film formats but there I find the Nikon 
Coolscan V ED is still a better choice, since it makes handling lots of frames 
semi-automatic (set up a six frame strip, then say "scan" and walk away for 20 
minutes while it works and outputs both VueScan TIFF and raw files at the same 
time). It's not much different time-wise for setup, just a bit more time 
consuming to do the actual scanning with the carriers I have. One key thing is 
that with the Nikon I have the APS film scanning carrier, and it's the only way 
I can scan APS film without destroying the film cassette. For the little APS 
film that I have to scan, it proves to be a plus to see it retrieved nicely. 

For Minox and Disk Camera formats, the negatives are indeed teensy so I go to 
the Leica Summicron-R 50mm or Macro-Elmarit-R 60mm fitted to the bellows and 
have to rack out a 2.5x to 3x magnification for a decent capture. Holding the 
Disk film is pain, I made a little jig with a small C clamp to hold the film 
from the center hub, but luckily the disk itself is rigid and doesn't need to 
be flattened or clamped. I only did Disk once or twice, my brother had one of 
those cameras, and it is really very difficult to get any quality out of those 
tiny negatives. Minox negs are only a tiny bit larger but the MInox lenses have 
all be of superlative quality and the film is much, much easier to handle, 
making getting decent results out of them far easier. 

Fun fun fun... I have the last rolls of both Minox C and Hasselblad 500CM film 
sitting on my desk to scan today. It's somewhat amusing: the aggregate film 
area of a roll of 36 exposure Minox film is about equal to one frame from the 
Hasselblad... The whole roll of Minox frames is only 32 square mm larger than 
one 6x6cm film negative. :)

G

> On Dec 16, 2019, at 8:21 AM, John  wrote:
> 
> On 12/13/2019 21:00:07, jco...@iinet.net.au wrote:
>> I have the Epson V500: when my mother reached her 100th. birthday in 2018,
>> my brother and I scanned all of her negatives, ranging in size from 1.5inches
>> square to 6x9cm and going back in time to the 1900's. We were unable to scan 
>> the
>> 110 size negs as the scanner's holders can't really hold them flat enough. 
>> The
>> scanner did an excellent job (I have to confess we used the Epson software 
>> for
>> this job!) overall, even with some really flat and mushy originals: makes me
>> think some early cheap cameras really did have bottle-bottoms for a lens.
> >
> > John in Brisbane
> >
> >
> >
> 
> When I was in school we just used a piece of glass to hold paper flat while 
> exposing it. I wonder if that would work to hold negatives flat on the 
> scanner bed?
> 
> Maybe cut out an appropriate sized hole in a piece of black construction 
> paper to fit the 110 negatives and hold both down with the sheet of glass?
> 
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Re: spotmatics and unexposed film and gfm, oh my

2019-12-16 Thread Paul Stenquist
Holding negs down with a piece of glass works after a fashion, but you usually 
get some moire. Special glass or plastic made for that purpose works better. I 
think Epson sells it.


> On Dec 16, 2019, at 11:20 AM, John  wrote:
> 
> On 12/13/2019 21:00:07, jco...@iinet.net.au wrote:
>> I have the Epson V500: when my mother reached her 100th. birthday in 2018,
>> my brother and I scanned all of her negatives, ranging in size from 1.5inches
>> square to 6x9cm and going back in time to the 1900's. We were unable to scan 
>> the
>> 110 size negs as the scanner's holders can't really hold them flat enough. 
>> The
>> scanner did an excellent job (I have to confess we used the Epson software 
>> for
>> this job!) overall, even with some really flat and mushy originals: makes me
>> think some early cheap cameras really did have bottle-bottoms for a lens.
>> 
>> John in Brisbane
>> 
>> 
>> 
> 
> When I was in school we just used a piece of glass to hold paper flat while 
> exposing it. I wonder if that would work to hold negatives flat on the 
> scanner bed?
> 
> Maybe cut out an appropriate sized hole in a piece of black construction 
> paper to fit the 110 negatives and hold both down with the sheet of glass?
> 
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Re: spotmatics and unexposed film and gfm, oh my

2019-12-16 Thread John

On 12/13/2019 21:00:07, jco...@iinet.net.au wrote:

I have the Epson V500: when my mother reached her 100th. birthday in 2018,
my brother and I scanned all of her negatives, ranging in size from 1.5inches
square to 6x9cm and going back in time to the 1900's. We were unable to scan the
110 size negs as the scanner's holders can't really hold them flat enough. The
scanner did an excellent job (I have to confess we used the Epson software for
this job!) overall, even with some really flat and mushy originals: makes me
think some early cheap cameras really did have bottle-bottoms for a lens.

>
> John in Brisbane
>
>
>

When I was in school we just used a piece of glass to hold paper flat while 
exposing it. I wonder if that would work to hold negatives flat on the scanner bed?


Maybe cut out an appropriate sized hole in a piece of black construction paper 
to fit the 110 negatives and hold both down with the sheet of glass?


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PESO 2019 - 136 - GDG

2019-12-16 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Out for a bicycle ride last Thursday and looking for holiday themed snappies 
with the Polaroid, I spied these guys by the side of the road in someone's 
front yard and couldn't resist...

  https://flic.kr/p/2i1ayX2

Bring on the holidays! :D

enjoy! 
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Re: Photo Theme idea

2019-12-16 Thread Ken Waller

Be careful you don’t make an ass of yourself.

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>From: Larry Colen 
>Subject: Photo Theme idea
>
>I’m tempted to work on a theme next year photographing derrières, it would of 
>course be named 2020 hindsight.
> 
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Re: spotmatics and unexposed film and gfm, oh my

2019-12-16 Thread ann sanfedele
Ive got the V500 - acquired on the recommendation of you list guys a 
while back -- very happy with it.. except I've managed to get a couple 
of scratches on the glass :-(  from putting things on it to scan for 
ebay that I shouldn't have I guess. for 35mm negs and chromes I can 
avoid the scratched spots


ann

On 12/14/2019 7:06 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote:

The Epson software is far superior to Vuescan on Epson flatbeds. The V500 does 
a good job. The V850 Is superb

Paul


On Dec 13, 2019, at 9:01 PM, jco...@iinet.net.au wrote:

I have the Epson V500: when my mother reached her 100th. birthday in 2018, my 
brother and I scanned all of her negatives, ranging in size from 1.5inches 
square to 6x9cm and going back in time to the 1900's.  We were unable to scan 
the 110 size negs as the scanner's holders can't really hold them flat enough.  
The scanner did an excellent job (I have to confess we used the Epson software 
for this job!) overall, even with some really flat and mushy originals: makes 
me think some early cheap cameras really did have bottle-bottoms for a lens.


John in Brisbane



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From: PDML  On Behalf Of P. J. Alling
Sent: Saturday, 14 December 2019 9:03 AM
To: pdml@pdml.net
Subject: Re: spotmatics and unexposed film and gfm, oh my

I'm a little late to this but the Epson Perfection V550 is supposed to be 
pretty much the same engine as the V500.  I keep looking at one but I haven't 
fired up my film scanner in such a long time...

On 12/10/2019 1:03 AM, Bulent Celasun wrote:

Flatbeds are ok, preferably with 35mm and 120 holders.

I have Epson V500 with those adapters (no longer on the shelves).
And I am a happy user of VueScan.
It is simply too good for a business model from the customer's point of view.

I also have a Nikon Coolscan V ED, a dedicated film scanner which is
no longer supported.
It does a better scanning of 135 but it can not take 120.

Bulent

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Scott Loveless , 10 Ara 2019 Sal, 02:46
tarihinde şunu yazdı:

It's me again, Margaret.

My basement is full.  Not "there's some stuff on the shelves we don't
need and I'd like to clean them off to make room for the new
Christmas decorations" full, but "tiny, narrow paths that don't quite
get me to where I need to be, and if I don't come out in fifteen
minutes call the paramedics and hope they have the jaws of life"
full.  If you'd asked me about my SP500 I'd have responded in the
affirmative, but without a clue which box it was actually inside.
Nevertheless, I found it the other day, along with a 135/3.5 Super
Takumar and a
55/1.8 SMC Takumar.  (I do like the feel of a Super Takumar lens.)
The battery was surprisingly not dead and the operation of the
mechanical parts smooth and effortless.  The knurled bit on the end
of the film advance lever is possibly one of my favorite features to
be found on any camera.  Which leads me to film.  I need some.

Voilà!  The very next box I opened was full of film.  Some of it was
exposed, but the vast majority was unexposed 35mm.  Lots of slide
film and not an insignificant amount of b  And another unexposed
roll of Kodachrome.  (Sigh.  I find one of these every once in a
while, crammed into a coat pocket, or a shoe box.)  It's all past its
best by date, but I think we're in business.

A certain person, who shall remain anonymous, but who's name rhymes
with Spark McRoberts, suggested I drag the black and white lab to GFM
one more time.  (Some of you may recall that I protested the photo
competition's switch to digital by souping and then scanning my own
film on-site.)  Plans are to be there this year with enough chemicals
to make your average state trooper call for SORT backup.

Which leads me to film scanners.  I need one.  The Canon
8400turdbucket is no longer supported.  They say the previous drivers
should work with DOS10, but they don't.  Flatbeds are ok, preferably
with 35mm and 120 holders.  I'm open to suggestion.

See you in May/June.  Don't say you weren't warned.


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Re: Photo Theme idea

2019-12-16 Thread Larry Colen

> On Dec 16, 2019, at 6:50 AM, David J Brooks  wrote:
> 
> I think we have officially bottomed out

It tucchus long enough.

> 
> Dave
> 
> On Mon, Dec 16, 2019 at 9:13 AM Scott Loveless  wrote:
> 
>> Fantasstic idea!
>> 
>> On Mon, Dec 16, 2019 at 8:51 AM mike wilson 
>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
 On 16 December 2019 at 13:36 Mark Roberts 
>> wrote:
 
 
 Larry Colen wrote:
 
> I’m tempted to work on a theme next year photographing derrières, it
>> would of course be named 2020 hindsight.
 
 Well, as long as you don't mind being the butt of everyone's jokes...
 
>>> They need to be good looking, as well.  You wouldn't want an annus
>> horribilis.
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Re: Photo Theme idea

2019-12-16 Thread David J Brooks
I think we have officially bottomed out

Dave

On Mon, Dec 16, 2019 at 9:13 AM Scott Loveless  wrote:

> Fantasstic idea!
>
> On Mon, Dec 16, 2019 at 8:51 AM mike wilson 
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > > On 16 December 2019 at 13:36 Mark Roberts 
> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Larry Colen wrote:
> > >
> > > >I’m tempted to work on a theme next year photographing derrières, it
> would of course be named 2020 hindsight.
> > >
> > > Well, as long as you don't mind being the butt of everyone's jokes...
> > >
> > They need to be good looking, as well.  You wouldn't want an annus
> horribilis.
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Re: Photo Theme idea

2019-12-16 Thread Scott Loveless
Fantasstic idea!

On Mon, Dec 16, 2019 at 8:51 AM mike wilson  wrote:
>
>
> > On 16 December 2019 at 13:36 Mark Roberts  
> > wrote:
> >
> >
> > Larry Colen wrote:
> >
> > >I’m tempted to work on a theme next year photographing derrières, it would 
> > >of course be named 2020 hindsight.
> >
> > Well, as long as you don't mind being the butt of everyone's jokes...
> >
> They need to be good looking, as well.  You wouldn't want an annus horribilis.
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Re: Photo Theme idea

2019-12-16 Thread mike wilson

> On 16 December 2019 at 13:36 Mark Roberts  wrote:
> 
> 
> Larry Colen wrote:
> 
> >I’m tempted to work on a theme next year photographing derrières, it would 
> >of course be named 2020 hindsight.
> 
> Well, as long as you don't mind being the butt of everyone's jokes...
>  
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Re: Photo Theme idea

2019-12-16 Thread Mark Roberts
Larry Colen wrote:

>I’m tempted to work on a theme next year photographing derrières, it would of 
>course be named 2020 hindsight.

Well, as long as you don't mind being the butt of everyone's jokes...
 
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Re: spotmatics and unexposed film and gfm, oh my

2019-12-16 Thread Scott Loveless
Some long-obsolete Epson model was my first choice way back when, but
everyone was out of stock so I bought the 8400f.  Wow, was that a big
mistake.  So far, the VueScan software is far superior to the Canon
software.  I'd still rather have something else, but for $90 I can
nurse it along for another year or two.

On Sat, Dec 14, 2019 at 7:07 AM Paul Stenquist  wrote:
>
> The Epson software is far superior to Vuescan on Epson flatbeds. The V500 
> does a good job. The V850 Is superb
>
> Paul
>
> > On Dec 13, 2019, at 9:01 PM, jco...@iinet.net.au wrote:
> >
> > I have the Epson V500: when my mother reached her 100th. birthday in 2018, 
> > my brother and I scanned all of her negatives, ranging in size from 
> > 1.5inches square to 6x9cm and going back in time to the 1900's.  We were 
> > unable to scan the 110 size negs as the scanner's holders can't really hold 
> > them flat enough.  The scanner did an excellent job (I have to confess we 
> > used the Epson software for this job!) overall, even with some really flat 
> > and mushy originals: makes me think some early cheap cameras really did 
> > have bottle-bottoms for a lens.
> >
> >
> > John in Brisbane
> >
> >
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: PDML  On Behalf Of P. J. Alling
> > Sent: Saturday, 14 December 2019 9:03 AM
> > To: pdml@pdml.net
> > Subject: Re: spotmatics and unexposed film and gfm, oh my
> >
> > I'm a little late to this but the Epson Perfection V550 is supposed to be 
> > pretty much the same engine as the V500.  I keep looking at one but I 
> > haven't fired up my film scanner in such a long time...
> >
> > On 12/10/2019 1:03 AM, Bulent Celasun wrote:
> >>> Flatbeds are ok, preferably with 35mm and 120 holders.
> >> I have Epson V500 with those adapters (no longer on the shelves).
> >> And I am a happy user of VueScan.
> >> It is simply too good for a business model from the customer's point of 
> >> view.
> >>
> >> I also have a Nikon Coolscan V ED, a dedicated film scanner which is
> >> no longer supported.
> >> It does a better scanning of 135 but it can not take 120.
> >>
> >> Bulent
> >>
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> >>
> >> Scott Loveless , 10 Ara 2019 Sal, 02:46
> >> tarihinde şunu yazdı:
> >>> It's me again, Margaret.
> >>>
> >>> My basement is full.  Not "there's some stuff on the shelves we don't
> >>> need and I'd like to clean them off to make room for the new
> >>> Christmas decorations" full, but "tiny, narrow paths that don't quite
> >>> get me to where I need to be, and if I don't come out in fifteen
> >>> minutes call the paramedics and hope they have the jaws of life"
> >>> full.  If you'd asked me about my SP500 I'd have responded in the
> >>> affirmative, but without a clue which box it was actually inside.
> >>> Nevertheless, I found it the other day, along with a 135/3.5 Super
> >>> Takumar and a
> >>> 55/1.8 SMC Takumar.  (I do like the feel of a Super Takumar lens.)
> >>> The battery was surprisingly not dead and the operation of the
> >>> mechanical parts smooth and effortless.  The knurled bit on the end
> >>> of the film advance lever is possibly one of my favorite features to
> >>> be found on any camera.  Which leads me to film.  I need some.
> >>>
> >>> Voilà!  The very next box I opened was full of film.  Some of it was
> >>> exposed, but the vast majority was unexposed 35mm.  Lots of slide
> >>> film and not an insignificant amount of b  And another unexposed
> >>> roll of Kodachrome.  (Sigh.  I find one of these every once in a
> >>> while, crammed into a coat pocket, or a shoe box.)  It's all past its
> >>> best by date, but I think we're in business.
> >>>
> >>> A certain person, who shall remain anonymous, but who's name rhymes
> >>> with Spark McRoberts, suggested I drag the black and white lab to GFM
> >>> one more time.  (Some of you may recall that I protested the photo
> >>> competition's switch to digital by souping and then scanning my own
> >>> film on-site.)  Plans are to be there this year with enough chemicals
> >>> to make your average state trooper call for SORT backup.
> >>>
> >>> Which leads me to film scanners.  I need one.  The Canon
> >>> 8400turdbucket is no longer supported.  They say the previous drivers
> >>> should work with DOS10, but they don't.  Flatbeds are ok, preferably
> >>> with 35mm and 120 holders.  I'm open to suggestion.
> >>>
> >>> See you in May/June.  Don't say you weren't warned.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Scott Loveless
> >>> Camp Hill, PA  USA
> >>> http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/
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Re: Photo Theme idea

2019-12-16 Thread Alan C

Well at least you won't get Busted!

Alan C

On 16-Dec-19 07:49 AM, Larry Colen wrote:

I’m tempted to work on a theme next year photographing derrières, it would of 
course be named 2020 hindsight.
  
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