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Sectionate said:As Gandhi seems to have dropped off the face of the earth, shall I send them to the next person down?
Sounds like a plan!
Sectionate said:As Gandhi seems to have dropped off the face of the earth, shall I send them to the next person down?
As the next person on the list the answer is no, not been contacted about the negatives.
Mart
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ChrisR said:I've not read through this entire thread, so may have missed it. But if no-one's offered up a Plustek OpticFilm 7500i (or appropriate brethren), I'm happy (andf interested) to have a go. I have Silverfast SE, and some other posts may indicate that, despite scanning some 4,000 images so far, I'm not really an expert in using it!
I've been looking at buying this exact scanner so I'd be intetested in any scans/experiences/tests that others can share from the Plustek Opticfilm 7500i!
Marvin d martian said:Negs scanned and will go to the next on the list this weekend.
Mart
zeroeseight said:Would that be me, if so I need to PM you my address?
"With the scans being performed by different operators, this was always going to be a subjective comparison. Therefore there was no attempt to compare colour rendition, which is heavily influenced by the operator and the choice of scanner software. So long as consistent guidelines for the setting of black and white points were followed, however, it is possible to draw useful preliminary conclusions about a scanner's resolution, its ability to make out shadow detail, and its noise characteristics in the shadow areas."
Right, I can't seem to get hold of Mart and he has not logged in for some time. Does anyone have a way to contact him?
TheBigYin said:He's around occasionally...
He doesn't answer messages!
Could we not poke him with a very long stick?
Anyway, is this worth trying again?
Not very well thought out as there are too many variables...:shrug:
If you want something similar you pass the same neg around to each person for him/her to get the best result with his scanner with the same crop to show resolution etc and this neg would also have to be drum scanned to set the standard to judge by.
Well I offered one of my negs and with crops that I could get with a V750 (even then the lens was probably better than the scanner)...but no one was interested. :shrug:
ChrisR said:Looking back at the start, it looks like each person scanned to TIFF and sent these to menthel, and also scanned/post-processed to JPEG and ditto. Presumably the first is pretty much as close to "same settings" as possible.
I'd agree that a common crop to show resolution would be a good idea, but this could be done by menthel for a chosen area of one or more of the images. Getting a drum scan is also a good idea, though with a selection of different negatives and slides, probably not cheap.
So yes, there are still uncontrollable variables, but it still looks looks as if it was beginning to show interesting results!
Thanks Chris, I think some of us get what the aim was. If we ever see these negs again and someone wants to drum scan them then they are more than welcome. If someone wants to start a new thing then they can start it with their own requirements etc and we can see how it turns out.
Apologies if my abcence has caused any problems. Due to work, moving house etc I have not been available. As far as negatives go, they where posted out and returned as undeliverable twice. If anyone can give me a suitable adress I will post them again. Having logged on through my I pad breifly I have not had any PM notifications, and only recieved a e-mail from the Big Yin on saturday.
Again, apologies.
Mart
Have the negatives turned up yet?
I do have them back in my possession. Shame I don't have time to get all of this up and running again.
Just stick it on the back burner for a while if you don't have the time Jim. I'm sure it will resurface again at a later date.
And it seems by general consensus that the Epson and Canon flatbeds perform admirably and are good value for money and if you can afford the likes of the dedicated scanners like the Coolscans you won't go far wrong either.