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Lens recommendation for dia film reproduction?
On Friday, February 19, 2021 at 8:32:47 AM UTC-5, Alan Browne wrote:
On 2021-02-17 16:34, -hh wrote: Exactly, and I'm already on my second film scanner that's been grossly underutilized because my soul's already been crushed - twice - by the amount of time it eats up to "do it right". Two thoughts, 1) If you're scanning images from the past, then the workflow is important. Pre-scan, settings, scan. Tedious, but it will get you there. If you capture the full range of exposure over the widest range of bits, then you have all you need to do colour/tone etc. in Photoslop or whatever environment. Legacy stuff can depend a huge amount on condition which sucks up touch labor. I wrote about this a few years ago here ... the Pre-scan can include dry & wet cleaning steps, demounting to enable that, remounting to fit better in the digitizing device, etc. There's limited opportunity for labor saving through economies-of-scale batching. 2) If you're scanning 'current work' and your technical abilities with shooting film are decent, then the scanning work is far less due to consistency (same film types used often, proper exposure, etc.). Sure. Recent stuff is more amenable and the trade-off is deciding if to pay someone to do it (so that it actually gets done) versus burning the touch labor one's self. The crush here is less time for photography and that's mostly digital in any case... As well as competing against other priorities of non-photographic nature(s). FWIW, one thing that I have accomplished on photo interests this month has been to pull out and recharge my strobe batteries, to prevent them from dying from natural discharge from months & months of non-use. -hh |
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Lens recommendation for dia film reproduction?
On 2021-02-19 11:24, -hh wrote:
On Friday, February 19, 2021 at 8:32:47 AM UTC-5, Alan Browne wrote: On 2021-02-17 16:34, -hh wrote: Exactly, and I'm already on my second film scanner that's been grossly underutilized because my soul's already been crushed - twice - by the amount of time it eats up to "do it right". Two thoughts, 1) If you're scanning images from the past, then the workflow is important. Pre-scan, settings, scan. Tedious, but it will get you there. If you capture the full range of exposure over the widest range of bits, then you have all you need to do colour/tone etc. in Photoslop or whatever environment. Legacy stuff can depend a huge amount on condition which sucks up touch labor. I wrote about this a few years ago here ... the Pre-scan can include dry & wet cleaning steps, demounting to enable that, remounting to fit better in the digitizing device, etc. There's limited opportunity for labor saving through economies-of-scale batching. Most of my old stuff is well protected. But yes, some 'finds' do need work first. 2) If you're scanning 'current work' and your technical abilities with shooting film are decent, then the scanning work is far less due to consistency (same film types used often, proper exposure, etc.). Sure. Recent stuff is more amenable and the trade-off is deciding if to pay someone to do it (so that it actually gets done) versus burning the touch labor one's self. The crush here is less time for photography and that's mostly digital in any case... As well as competing against other priorities of non-photographic nature(s). FWIW, one thing that I have accomplished on photo interests this month has been to pull out and recharge my strobe batteries, to prevent them from dying from natural discharge from months & months of non-use. Did that a few months ago --- getting time to do it again. I did 'condition' my studio strobes last month... -- "...there are many humorous things in this world; among them the white man's notion that he is less savage than the other savages." -Samuel Clemens |
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Lens recommendation for dia film reproduction?
On Friday, February 19, 2021 at 1:47:22 PM UTC-5, Alan Browne wrote:
On 2021-02-19 11:24, -hh wrote: On Friday, February 19, 2021 at 8:32:47 AM UTC-5, Alan Browne wrote: On 2021-02-17 16:34, -hh wrote: Exactly, and I'm already on my second film scanner that's been grossly underutilized because my soul's already been crushed - twice - by the amount of time it eats up to "do it right". Two thoughts, 1) If you're scanning images from the past, then the workflow is important. Pre-scan, settings, scan. Tedious, but it will get you there. If you capture the full range of exposure over the widest range of bits, then you have all you need to do colour/tone etc. in Photoslop or whatever environment. Legacy stuff can depend a huge amount on condition which sucks up touch labor. I wrote about this a few years ago here ... the Pre-scan can include dry & wet cleaning steps, demounting to enable that, remounting to fit better in the digitizing device, etc. There's limited opportunity for labor saving through economies-of-scale batching. Most of my old stuff is well protected. But yes, some 'finds' do need work first. I'm cleaning out a family home, prepping for sale (anyone interested in DE Bay waterfront?); some of the finds have been a box of old Kodachrome 35mm slides which were stored in the semi-heated garage where Dad also did his woodworking. They're thick in pooge and need nothing short of a long wet soak cleaning to loosen up 3-4 decades, which will (of course) trash all of the cardboard mounts. Not a "2 minute cleanup" job by a long shot. Also found some 19C photo albums stuff in an "attic" closet - that should be an easy-by-comparison flatbed for high rez, but I'll probably do the quick "dSLR-on-tripod-pointing-down-at-table" grab before I trust my 'family historian' sibling to finally figure out how to work his scanner. 2) If you're scanning 'current work' and your technical abilities with shooting film are decent, then the scanning work is far less due to consistency (same film types used often, proper exposure, etc.). Sure. Recent stuff is more amenable and the trade-off is deciding if to pay someone to do it (so that it actually gets done) versus burning the touch labor one's self. The crush here is less time for photography and that's mostly digital in any case... As well as competing against other priorities of non-photographic nature(s). FWIW, one thing that I have accomplished on photo interests this month has been to pull out and recharge my strobe batteries, to prevent them from dying from natural discharge from months & months of non-use. Did that a few months ago --- getting time to do it again. I did 'condition' my studio strobes last month... I also have a handful of the standard camera batteries to do too (LP-E6's), but they're comparatively cheap, so not as much of a priority. -hh |
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Lens recommendation for dia film reproduction?
On 2021-02-19 23:43, RichA wrote:
On Friday, 19 February 2021 at 08:32:47 UTC-5, Alan Browne wrote: On 2021-02-17 16:34, -hh wrote: Exactly, and I'm already on my second film scanner that's been grossly underutilized because my soul's already been crushed - twice - by the amount of time it eats up to "do it right". Two thoughts, 1) If you're scanning images from the past, then the workflow is important. Pre-scan, settings, scan. Tedious, but it will get you there. If you capture the full range of exposure over the widest range of bits, then you have all you need to do colour/tone etc. in Photoslop or whatever environment. 2) If you're scanning 'current work' and your technical abilities with shooting film are decent, then the scanning work is far less due to consistency (same film types used often, proper exposure, etc.). The crush here is less time for photography and that's mostly digital in any case... -- "...there are many humorous things in this world; among them the white man's notion that he is less savage than the other savages." -Samuel Clemens Get a light table and magnifier or projector so you can vet the junk from the quality first. Avoiding scanning stuff not worth scanning is a good idea. I did forget to put that in. It's such a habit with me to not scan crud, that I assume everyone is the same. A pro photog I know has a program to very rapidly go through his digital take. He can 'reject' a 100 photos per minute - and that program completely erases them as if it never happened. -- "...there are many humorous things in this world; among them the white man's notion that he is less savage than the other savages." -Samuel Clemens |
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Lens recommendation for dia film reproduction?
On Saturday, February 20, 2021 at 10:02:58 AM UTC-5, Alan Browne wrote:
On 2021-02-19 23:43, RichA wrote: On Friday, 19 February 2021 at 08:32:47 UTC-5, Alan Browne wrote: On 2021-02-17 16:34, -hh wrote: ... Get a light table and magnifier or projector so you can vet the junk from the quality first. Avoiding scanning stuff not worth scanning is a good idea. I did forget to put that in. It's such a habit with me to not scan crud, that I assume everyone is the same. A fair enough statement. A light table requires the original to be a transparently of some sort, and while it can be used with really dirty slides/etc, it doesn’t eliminate the need to clean before proceeding. A pro photog I know has a program to very rapidly go through his digital take.. He can 'reject' a 100 photos per minute - and that program completely erases them as if it never happened. Working with legacy analog stuff hasn’t made it to digital yet ... plus it also has the dilemma that it’s originator had kept it for some reason, even if it’s not yet (if ever) known why. -hh |
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