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More and more film fun with something other than a Leica M

Maggie O

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Maggie - I've been able to pull incredible highlight detail from the densest of negs, but on the Howtek drum scanner. Maybe you've run into a limitation of the Nikon there.
Oh, there's detail there, but it's just more of that wallpaper and really, I think the blown highlight adds a nice sort of halo effect to the image and works as a balance to the black of her sweater.

And hey, I'm like J.J. Abrahams- I like lens flare and blown highlights!
 

Maggie O

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From my Canonet, loaded with HP5:

Cedar Bowl, North Platte, NE, 1979

This is the parking lot next to the motel my high school band stayed at during a marching band trip to North Platte, NE.
 

Stuart Richardson

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Thanks Maggie -- I like that last one of yours -- it is such an American scene...I also like that the family fun center is right across from the adult book store.
 

Maggie O

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Thanks Maggie -- I like that last one of yours -- it is such an American scene...I also like that the family fun center is right across from the adult book store.
+1

Perfect scene.
Maggie, That is so Midwest. It is just wonderful. A slice of middle America that I love.
Thanks, y'all!!! I was so delighted to find that negative last night! Oh, and I used the Nikon scanning software, instead of Vuescan and wow, does it produce a nice file! (Especially with color negs and chromes, where you can use DigitalICE.)

It amused the hell out of me that not only was the liquor store and porno palace across from the "Family Fun Center," but that a busload of teenagers had been put in a motel next to it all! IIRC, the cowboy wakling towards the porno palace was our bus driver.

Nebraska has always been the place where the Midwest turns into the West and North Platte is probably one of the best example of that fuzzy boundary. It is, after all, the home town of William "Buffalo Bill" Cody!
 

Cindy Flood

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Thanks, y'all!!! I was so delighted to find that negative last night! Oh, and I used the Nikon scanning software, instead of Vuescan and wow, does it produce a nice file! (Especially with color negs and chromes, where you can use DigitalICE.)

It amused the hell out of me that not only was the liquor store and porno palace across from the "Family Fun Center," but that a busload of teenagers had been put in a motel next to it all! IIRC, the cowboy wakling towards the porno palace was our bus driver.

Nebraska has always been the place where the Midwest turns into the West and North Platte is probably one of the best example of that fuzzy boundary. It is, after all, the home town of William "Buffalo Bill" Cody!
I finally tried Nikon Scan last night, myself, Maggie. I really like it too. I like having the eyedroppers on the curves adjustment and there are more tools (at least more intuitive to me). I think that I will stick with it.
Here is one from last night.


Midwest County Fair M4-P, Canon 35 f/2.8 ltm and Ektar 100
 

Lloyd

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I finally tried Nikon Scan last night, myself, Maggie. I really like it too. I like having the eyedroppers on the curves adjustment and there are more tools (at least more intuitive to me). I think that I will stick with it.
Here is one from last night.


Midwest County Fair M4-P, Canon 35 f/2.8 ltm and Ektar 100
Love that shot, Cindy. Very nice, nostalgic for me, and wonderful color.:thumbup:
 

Maggie O

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I finally tried Nikon Scan last night, myself, Maggie. I really like it too. I like having the eyedroppers on the curves adjustment and there are more tools (at least more intuitive to me). I think that I will stick with it.
Here is one from last night.


Midwest County Fair M4-P, Canon 35 f/2.8 ltm and Ektar 100
That looks great and what a great frame- colors are WOWZA! (but not over-the-top) and the geometry and the moment are top-drawer, too.

How do you use the eyedropper on the Curves tool, Cindy? I haven't tried it yet.
 

Cindy Flood

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That looks great and what a great frame- colors are WOWZA! (but not over-the-top) and the geometry and the moment are top-drawer, too.

How do you use the eyedropper on the Curves tool, Cindy? I haven't tried it yet.
I use the eyedropper if the colors don't look right or if I want to set the black and white point. I try to get a pretty flat scan so that there is as much info as possible to work with in Photoshop. Photoshop is where I do most of the curves work.
I just figured the Nikon software probably wasn't that good, but I was very pleasantly surprised by it. I know that Vuescan has a lot of control, but it is just not as user-friendly (IMHO). I'd like to try Silverfast on my Nikon, but I"m not ready to spend money on it right now.

Thanks for your support, Maggie and Lloyd!
 

Maggie O

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Vuescan could also be called "Vexscan" because its UI is so vexing and opaque at times!!!

Say, does anyone know of something that works like DigitalICE, but on monochrome negatives? Nikon Scan did a wonderful job of cleaning up my chromes, but I spent hours with the healing brush, cleaning up my B&W scans.
 

monza

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Does anyone else use Vuescan in RAW mode? This is what I do, that way the vexing interface is avoided...do all the adjustments in Photoshop.
 

Maggie O

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More from the Canonet and the Nikon scanner...

Tri-X from 1978 this time.

Trish In Mr. Mashek's Classroom, Oakland, NE, 1978

I think those chairs were made during World War Two.

Denise And Kim, Oakland, NE, 1978


Trees and Gully, Craig, NE, 1978
 
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Lloyd

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More from the Canonet and the Nikon scanner...

Tri-X from 1978 this time.
Interesting shots, Maggie. I recall those chairs (sadly, they were a little newer when I was sitting on them. :D)

I particularly like that last one. I wonder how large that gully is now?
 
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