Jack the boatman
22-Jul-2011, 07:42
Hello,
I am planning to run an experiment to find the optimum film speed for my equipment and developer.
The film will be Adox ISO 50, developed in Neofin Blue made up from the raw chemicals and scanned using a Canoscan 8800F (This scanner only scans up to 6cm width) I will therefore select the same portion of each negative. I will run a series of negatives taken of a grey card and perhaps a focussing chart at various speeds from 2 stops below nominal up to 2 stops above nominal.
I plan to assess the outcomes firstly by inspection of the negatives and then by the results of the scans i.e. visual appearance and histograms.
I will use Nikon NX2 software and/or Adobe elements 9.
My question is: Although I can standardise all of the manual operations I make, will this be undone by the scanner trying to optimise each result, even if I have put everything to manual? Ansell Adam's zone system is brilliantly simple, but he used densitometers to measure the negative, what is the best way to update his system for a semi digital process?
Thanks
Jack
I am planning to run an experiment to find the optimum film speed for my equipment and developer.
The film will be Adox ISO 50, developed in Neofin Blue made up from the raw chemicals and scanned using a Canoscan 8800F (This scanner only scans up to 6cm width) I will therefore select the same portion of each negative. I will run a series of negatives taken of a grey card and perhaps a focussing chart at various speeds from 2 stops below nominal up to 2 stops above nominal.
I plan to assess the outcomes firstly by inspection of the negatives and then by the results of the scans i.e. visual appearance and histograms.
I will use Nikon NX2 software and/or Adobe elements 9.
My question is: Although I can standardise all of the manual operations I make, will this be undone by the scanner trying to optimise each result, even if I have put everything to manual? Ansell Adam's zone system is brilliantly simple, but he used densitometers to measure the negative, what is the best way to update his system for a semi digital process?
Thanks
Jack