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Thread: Fomapan 100, Nikon 210 5.6, v700. What do you think?

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    Fomapan 100, Nikon 210 5.6, v700. What do you think?

    One of my of my first 4x5 shots. Shot on a 4x5, 210 nikkor w, and scanned with the epson v700. Sharpening in photoshop. I am not sure where does this fit in your technical image quality scale (Crap/Below Average/Average/Above Average/Outstanding)? Any comments?






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    Re: Fomapan 100, Nikon 210 5.6, v700. What do you think?

    Looks pretty good to me. There is still clearly more detail available in the negative than the V700 can get out. That's normal- not much you can do about that.

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    Re: Fomapan 100, Nikon 210 5.6, v700. What do you think?

    Could someone place a 6400ppi equivalent crop from a drum scan and/or imacon? I would love to see how much difference there is..

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    Re: Fomapan 100, Nikon 210 5.6, v700. What do you think?

    Looks good to me. I'm confused why the clouds are so grey compared to the white of the sails on the boat? Were you using some sort of filter? I'm not an expert either. But looks like a decent scan.

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    Re: Fomapan 100, Nikon 210 5.6, v700. What do you think?

    Quote Originally Posted by sully75 View Post
    Looks good to me. I'm confused why the clouds are so grey compared to the white of the sails on the boat? Were you using some sort of filter? I'm not an expert either. But looks like a decent scan.
    No filter. The clouds were actually like that on the day with multiple different layers of clouds. personally i am quite surprised how much quality there is in the image. Its nothing but cheap fomapan.. and the v700

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    Re: Fomapan 100, Nikon 210 5.6, v700. What do you think?

    That's pretty good. I'm starting to think that my cheap lenses are cheating me out of image quality. My angulon 90 doesn't have anywhere near that level of detail.
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    Re: Fomapan 100, Nikon 210 5.6, v700. What do you think?

    It looks ok to me. I noticed the crops are reversed to the full image, and the verticals seem to be leaning to the right, but that doesn't have anything to do with image quality.

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    Re: Fomapan 100, Nikon 210 5.6, v700. What do you think?

    Looks good, but the third crop seems to have some strange artifacts with lines going horizontally. The third picture could be scanned at 3200DPI without loosing any real detail. The only way to get a drum scan to compare to is to send your negative to scanning An easier option is to try the below comparison, they include a Epson V750:
    http://www.largeformatphotography.info/scan-comparison/

    Try adjusting the height of the 4x5 holder if you have not done that already, that improved performance of my V700. Scan the same section at all three heights and pick the sharpest.

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    Re: Fomapan 100, Nikon 210 5.6, v700. What do you think?

    I see several scratches in the image which certinly affect it ..

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    Cool Re: Fomapan 100, Nikon 210 5.6, v700. What do you think?

    Quote Originally Posted by l2oBiN View Post
    ... personally i am quite surprised how much quality there is in the image. Its nothing but cheap fomapan.. and the v700
    Smile when you say "cheap" Fomapan and Epson and lenses.

    Cheap Fomapan, cheap Fujinon-W lens, really cheap Epson scanner.



    I'm curious about the imperfections in the negative. Looks like scratches in the water and debris in the upper right corner. I'm not wild about the dark foliage, but that happens. Overall, the image seems dark. Personal taste I suppose, yours & mine. Cancel that. I was looking at the crops. Tell us all about exposure, development and scanning (software and tweaking pre-scanning). The 3 are interrelated and not always the same as you would do for wet printing.
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