I still like to shoot film when I know I will be able to find the time to develop it, scan it, archive it and then enjoy it. I was with our Boy Scout troop in Charleston during October and finally found the time to develop and scan. All of…
I wrote an article about Post Processing Errors with a Nikon Coolscan 5000. This update gives us a the results of two different options that can be used to scan color negatives or slide film with the Coolscan. One option is clearly superior to the other. NOTE: The images are…
Ok, so I have been using a Nikon Super Coolscan 5000 for well over a year with no problems. Most of my scans are black and white film, saved as TIFF’s using the greyscale scanning. I have also used the slide feeder and the long film strip scanner with no…
This is part of my Scanning Images Workflow and the settings used on my negative to digital image scanner. Film Grain and GEM Film grain is similar to noise present in a digital image from a CCD. Film grain isn’t as noticeable in slower speed films and small print sizes….
In our Part I Post on Scanning Negatives – Hardware Considerations we discussed the properties of light, film and glass (lenses) in making the perfect photograph. We then showed that these same properties are used to scan the negatives or slides when turning them into digital images. Here we discuss…
Let’s start with a little theory. I propose that the same considerations taken into account in creating a perfect photograph also need taken into account when determining a scanner to convert film to digital negatives. To prove this, let’s start with a brief discussion on the photography. A great photograph,…
This is part of my Image Conversion Workflow. This is the point in our workflow where we convert from film or slide to digital. For any photographers, myself included, that still enjoy the quality of a good negative and the absolute perfection of pressing a shutter and immediately getting the…
There are still many film photographers, myself included. Film continues to have an edge over digital in quality of image, especially as it relates to cost. More importantly, the response time of a film camera is instant whereas we still have some delays in digital cameras. Even as they decrease,…
Digital camera folks have it easy when it comes to taking a picture and then using it. Those of us who still use film have more work to do. While I’m not going to prove today that film still surpasses computer chips and CCD’s in detail and tonal recording, I…