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13-Apr-2010, 08:43
Hey all,
Long time i didn't post here because i didn't join that large format club yet, and i hope i can join as soon as possible, just i am still learning on medium format [film not digital], and it takes time for me to understand and learn new things day by day due to my situations.
I don't know if i can post here, but at the moment i am shooting with medium format film and i use scanner V750 for scanning, now my question is: What i should do to get the best or better results out of this scanner? Optimum settings/adjustments to have nice results?
I did few tests and i get the color fine even i can't judge if the colors are correct or accurate, but all what i can see about the colors is that i get it very good and i don't have any complaining about the colors, just my issue is the sharpness and focus, i was thinking that my manual focus could be bad or not spot on, then yesterday i saw my friends works who was using my film camera [i have 2 film cameras] and the colors and the sharpness is out of the world, i feel happy that my camera can perform that quality, and he told me that all those shots are handheld, i don't know if he lie or not but all my test shots i did before were handheld and none of them were as sharp as those i saw on my friend computer, the color will not say that big difference, but how i can get those results then? He said that the lab which he uses and i use as well to develop our film scanned for him, and he said they scanned them normally and not with their Imacon, i am not sure if normal scanning without drum scanner can get those results, i can't imagine what will a drum scanner can do then, i will go today [by the time i post this thread] to the lab and get 2 films i sent for developing and scan and see the result and i will try to scan by myself at home and compare, i will ask them which scanner they used if they will tell me, but if they used a drum scanner then no doubt it will be top notch, but if they didn't use a drum scanner [or even not a film dedicated scanner] then i will die to learn how to get those results with my scanner then, so i ask you here, what do you recommend or suggest to do with this scanner[V750] to have better results?
Note: I have BetterScanning 120 holder + ANR, and i don't know how to use it though, also i read here and many websites about fluid[wet] mounting, what is that and how it will help to get better results as well?
Long time i didn't post here because i didn't join that large format club yet, and i hope i can join as soon as possible, just i am still learning on medium format [film not digital], and it takes time for me to understand and learn new things day by day due to my situations.
I don't know if i can post here, but at the moment i am shooting with medium format film and i use scanner V750 for scanning, now my question is: What i should do to get the best or better results out of this scanner? Optimum settings/adjustments to have nice results?
I did few tests and i get the color fine even i can't judge if the colors are correct or accurate, but all what i can see about the colors is that i get it very good and i don't have any complaining about the colors, just my issue is the sharpness and focus, i was thinking that my manual focus could be bad or not spot on, then yesterday i saw my friends works who was using my film camera [i have 2 film cameras] and the colors and the sharpness is out of the world, i feel happy that my camera can perform that quality, and he told me that all those shots are handheld, i don't know if he lie or not but all my test shots i did before were handheld and none of them were as sharp as those i saw on my friend computer, the color will not say that big difference, but how i can get those results then? He said that the lab which he uses and i use as well to develop our film scanned for him, and he said they scanned them normally and not with their Imacon, i am not sure if normal scanning without drum scanner can get those results, i can't imagine what will a drum scanner can do then, i will go today [by the time i post this thread] to the lab and get 2 films i sent for developing and scan and see the result and i will try to scan by myself at home and compare, i will ask them which scanner they used if they will tell me, but if they used a drum scanner then no doubt it will be top notch, but if they didn't use a drum scanner [or even not a film dedicated scanner] then i will die to learn how to get those results with my scanner then, so i ask you here, what do you recommend or suggest to do with this scanner[V750] to have better results?
Note: I have BetterScanning 120 holder + ANR, and i don't know how to use it though, also i read here and many websites about fluid[wet] mounting, what is that and how it will help to get better results as well?