Jose Viegas
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Re: Fun with the Sony A7 Series Cameras( all of them)
On the road side, A7RII + Batis 25mm
On the road side, A7RII + Batis 25mm
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Annna, funny as you say and a bit of a coincidence that we were both there around about the same timeHi Barry, that is funny. I remember it now. Are you sure it was the same as the one near the British Museum ? That sculptor was quite prolific..
I'm still experimenting with the use of the A7r2 as a scanner. I hoped that it would be faster than using my old film scanner (a Nikon Coolscan 4000 which is now obsolete and there are no more drivers for it). The use of the A7r2 isn't necessarily a benefit over the Canon 6D : the camera easily outresolves the film and the results seems less sharp than with the Canon. The problem of course is dealing with the orange mask. In LR or ACR, you can't move the color temperature slider as far as needed you are limited at 2000K and this creates problems. I have found a software (PS plugin) named ColorPerfect which has profiles for a lot of film and it does quite well with color. But its controls are quite different of what we are used to in the raw converters. So there is a learning curve. In my test with the trial version the colors came out very good.. So I paid for the license, but now that I have switched to another roll, the colors aren't necessarily better than what I was able to get with LR. Hopefully my skills will improve. But that said, you still need a lot of time, more than I hoped. The idea is to photograph all the negs, make a general correction on the whole roll, pick up the best and scan these on the Nikon Coolscan (or pass on that if the results are enough). I think the results would still be better with the Coolscan in terms of sharpness. What is sure is that the actual results are better than what I can get on the Epson Perfection flatbed scanner.Annna, funny as you say and a bit of a coincidence that we were both there around about the same time
I have flipped mine the right way round now (had the neg upside down - Ilford Delta 400 in one of my accutance developers to emphasize the grain).
Obviously mine is the same as yours...Almost certain ours is the same as Vivek's (They are also named the same) after a bit of research...Was aware of other variations by this sculptor but they are all very slightly different from one another either in size and shape.
The British Museum did move this one around within the grounds quite a bit over the years and it's no longer there now AFAIK.
I take my hat off to you with scanning/photographing with your A7RII your negatives...I tried and failed dismally.
I have loads more images of this sculpture taken at the same time but I would be straying OT as mine aren't related to the Sony A7 series cameras as yours are...nice one Annna.
Cheers Barry
Ha.. I was wondering whether I had shot all my negs in the wrong way.. Glad to hear I hadn't.Annna, funny as you say and a bit of a coincidence that we were both there around about the same time
I have flipped mine the right way round now (had the neg upside down - Ilford Delta 400 in one of my accutance developers to emphasize the grain). (..)
Cheers Barry
Annna, coincidence strikes again!...I dug out and dusted down my old Epson 3200 Photo Flatbed scanner to scan that neg of mine....not a great film scanner for 35mm as you say but that's all I have left nowadays and I won't be buying another one...It was better/OK for my larger 6x6/6x7/6x9cm and 5"x4" negs...Cheers BarryWhat is sure is that the actual results are better than what I can get on the Epson Perfection flatbed scanner.
Paul,When do those planetary items date from?
Thanks
Paul
Anna:I'm still experimenting with the use of the A7r2 as a scanner. I hoped that it would be faster than using my old film scanner (a Nikon Coolscan 4000 which is now obsolete and there are no more drivers for it). The use of the A7r2 isn't necessarily a benefit over the Canon 6D : the camera easily outresolves the film and the results seems less sharp than with the Canon. The problem of course is dealing with the orange mask. In LR or ACR, you can't move the color temperature slider as far as needed you are limited at 2000K and this creates problems. I have found a software (PS plugin) named ColorPerfect which has profiles for a lot of film and it does quite well with color. But its controls are quite different of what we are used to in the raw converters. So there is a learning curve. In my test with the trial version the colors came out very good.. So I paid for the license, but now that I have switched to another roll, the colors aren't necessarily better than what I was able to get with LR. Hopefully my skills will improve. But that said, you still need a lot of time, more than I hoped. The idea is to photograph all the negs, make a general correction on the whole roll, pick up the best and scan these on the Nikon Coolscan (or pass on that if the results are enough). I think the results would still be better with the Coolscan in terms of sharpness. What is sure is that the actual results are better than what I can get on the Epson Perfection flatbed scanner.
Anna: way off topic here: please go to this page on my web site:Anna:
I have a Nikon 8000 Coolscan, and it is wonderful for negs from 35mm up to 2 1/4"x3 1/4" using Vuescan. I think Vuescan also supports the Nikon 4000.
Dave
Wow. That is an amazing image.Monasterio de El Escorial, Madrid, Spain. A7RII + Batis 25mm @ f11 · ISO100 · 20s
Thank you!Wow. That is an amazing image.