Honest opinions here please?
I have an old Kodak film scanner (P460) That was somewhere about 100 bucks, when I bought it many years ago. It does 300 DPI scans, to a compressed JPG.
The neg I chose mostly randomly, had a gray card and color chart. It's Fuji film, not sure which, Guessing a 400 ISO from Ca, early 70s. The neg looks good, so I don't think it has deteriorated much?
Anyway this is the best I got from it, after tweaking some in Photoshop. A tiny file, as there is some significant compression.
I know it is by no means a "Pro" quality. But nearly all my 35mm shots from the past I want to scan. Or likely to shoot from now on with my Leica, will be 400 ISO, for many reasons. But, is it "OK" for web use? I know I should do a basket full, to be really fair, But if this one sucks I just may wait until I can get a "real one".
Honest opinions please? Thanks!
well.. if its just to toss things out to the web.. go for it, its already paid for... But the first time you see a few things you want to print.. you are going to WISH you had a better one.. YMMV.
ReplyDeleteWell I just processed a roll this evening. So, I will see what Leica glass and a fresh roll of film will do. Soon as it's dry and scanned, I will post something. :-)
ReplyDeleteIn my uneducated opinion the colors rendering is fine. It is just 300 dpi that do not deliver the sharpness you may be looking for. What print sizes do you have in mind?
ReplyDeleteAt present, I am primarily interred in web postings. Perhaps 1024x1024 for grid posting as well.
ReplyDeleteOf course, at some point, I may want to actually do a hard copy print as well, though not a big priority now. If I print, 8x10" or 11x14" would be likely.
300 DPI on a 24mmx36mm image makes what? a 300x350 jpg?
ReplyDeleteAbout right, But this gives 600 dpi and the size comes out to 1056x1632. And no choice, but .JPG which has a compression factor of about 2.5:1.
ReplyDeletei feel like.. of you scan a bunch of negs, you are gonna be sorely disappointed in the long run,,
ReplyDeleteGuess I put a scanner on my acquisitions list...
ReplyDeletenever tried to scan color negative. some years ago I bought a diaduplicator consisting of a base with flash (too bright for Iso 200 @ f22) and normal light and a holder to use my digicam for slides. It's waiting to be used to digitize b&w negatives now...
ReplyDeleteAt this point, I think a "slide copy" device stuck on my macro lens would do so much better! I just have not found one. Twenty years ago they were all over...
ReplyDeleteThey still are... eBay and Amazon
ReplyDeleteOshi Shikigami ebay may help or a flea market... got mine there > 10 years ago. few months ago I had a color negative film to develop and they scanned it at 2kpx only, the minimum for post card sized prints, not really good.
ReplyDeleteYes, I can get my negs scanned locally, but it is not great either. I think a dedicated film scanner best, but as a get by measure, one of these copier devices with my D7100, and macro lens would be greatly better than a low resolution JPG, that I get now.
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