December 2013 Portraits

[Bernice Loui]

Rebecca, From a local "Meet-Up" get together.

360mm Imagon @ H7.7
13x18cm Agfa APX100, Kodak H110

*Just got an Epson 4990 scanner. These are the first scans done at 1200 dpi, there appears to be scanning/digitizing artifacts and I'm pretty sure
I'm not setting up the scanner properly. The negative is placed flat on the glass. Expectations for the scan results are low, just need to be OK enough
to preview and catalog.

-Help....





Bernice

[Bernice Loui]

New Shop owner...

110mm Schneider Symmar XL @ f16.
13x18cm Agfa APX100, Kodak HC110.

Another image scanned using the Epson 4990 at 1200 dpi with similar scanner/digitizing artifacts..





Bernice

[RHITMrB]

Rebecca, From a local "Meet-Up" get together.

360mm Imagon @ H7.7
13x18cm Agfa APX100, Kodak H110

*Just got an Epson 4990 scanner. These are the first scans done at 1200 dpi, there appears to be scanning/digitizing artifacts and I'm pretty sure
I'm not setting up the scanner properly. The negative is placed flat on the glass. Expectations for the scan results are low, just need to be OK enough
to preview and catalog.

-Help....





Bernice

Are you talking about the posterization and blockiness in the background? It looks like JPEG compression. Increase the quality of your output JPEG (decrease compression) - Photoshop's "Save for Web" applies much too much compression by default. Also, I would scan to TIFF with the highest available bit depth. That's 16 bits per color channel on my V700. Using 8 bits per channel can lead to posterization in subtle gradients.

[Scott --]

Got a couple new lenses today - this is using a Thompson (likely Darlot) 6" Petzval, about f/2.8.


img190 by Scott --, on Flickr

4x5 Arista.EDU in HC-110 dil H.

[Scott --]

One more...

img191 by Scott --, on Flickr

[David Lobato]

Rebecca, From a local "Meet-Up" get together.

360mm Imagon @ H7.7
13x18cm Agfa APX100, Kodak H110

*Just got an Epson 4990 scanner. These are the first scans done at 1200 dpi, there appears to be scanning/digitizing artifacts and I'm pretty sure
I'm not setting up the scanner properly. The negative is placed flat on the glass. Expectations for the scan results are low, just need to be OK enough
to preview and catalog.

-Help....





Bernice

Nicely done.

[Ari]

Got a couple new lenses today - this is using a Thompson (likely Darlot) 6" Petzval, about f/2.8.


img190 by Scott --, on Flickr

4x5 Arista.EDU in HC-110 dil H.

One more...

img191 by Scott --, on Flickr

Scott, lovely photos; you manage to find some great lenses, too.

[Bernice Loui]

Yes, made another scan saved as TIFF. Works better. Much to learn about scanning and etc..
Tried some scans of 8x10 film. the files in TIFF ended up HUGE..



Thanks,
Bernice

Are you talking about the posterization and blockiness in the background? It looks like JPEG compression. Increase the quality of your output JPEG (decrease compression) - Photoshop's "Save for Web" applies much too much compression by default. Also, I would scan to TIFF with the highest available bit depth. That's 16 bits per color channel on my V700. Using 8 bits per channel can lead to posterization in subtle gradients.

[Bernice Loui]

Thanks David


Bernice

Nicely done.

[GSX4]

Here is one I did last Saturday... 6x8 wet plate collodion shot with Deardorff Commercial View and 16" Wollensak Vitax lens.