safe haven for tiny formats

[Ramiro Elena]

The way I see it, anyone who comes up with a reliable software to properly scan color negatives would get all the market and even free blow jobs.
I've tried ColorPerfect but still don't get good results.

You're not the only one. I have trouble too. I think the light source in my Coolscan 9000ED is also a source of problems doing color. Try as I may, I get purple in my blacks. I've pretty much given up and use digital for color. You know if Kodak wants to still produce film, they should get in the business of making good film scanners at a mid-range price and provide film profiles for their products. It seems to me anything they can do to help out people using film and making it easier the better it would be for them too.

[Leszek Vogt]

You're not the only one. I have trouble too. I think the light source in my Coolscan 9000ED is also a source of problems doing color. Try as I may, I get purple in my blacks. I've pretty much given up and use digital for color. You know if Kodak wants to still produce film, they should get in the business of making good film scanners at a mid-range price and provide film profiles for their products. It seems to me anything they can do to help out people using film and making it easier the better it would be for them too.

Although I wholeheartedly agree with you....dealing with orangy negatives (mot. pic film, I think it's 5247) can easily reduce my life by 10 yrs....well, I'm quite convinced of this...even if it's an exaggeration. I should add, that I don't even have a decent scanner....and the theory alone makes one sleepless in Seattle. The "new"/old Epson (800 series) don't appear to be stepping up to the plate either. OK, end of my 'itchin.

Les

[Ken Lee]

Ogunquit Maine, 2004
Canon Point and Shoot

[rakkir]

some 110 snapshots taken with a spykids 110 toy camera on Lomography Color Tiger 200
scanned with a smartphone, that is where the strange distortion comes from (i can't figure out how to hold the tiny negatives in the proper scanner)

[jp]

I swear scanning color negatives is driving me crazy. I really don't see a solution that will allow to me to scan without having to spend hours tweaking colors.
I just went all the way with this one, Epson Scan > Photoshop > Lightroom > VSCO presets...

Nikon F4 Nikkor 50mm f1.4
Agfa Vista100

Sandy by rabato, on Flickr

Colors look good there. That one would be easy to manually adjust since there are large white areas to get the color balance right. Check my description in the MF Color thread for another way of scanning. It's loosely based on autowhite balance algorithms, without the math.

[Scott Schroeder]

Roots and berries
5D 50/1.8

[Scott Schroeder]

Dead limb and grass

[AtlantaTerry]

A publicity photograph I created for the upcoming feature film "Doin' Time" which takes place on a cotton plantation in rural Georgia USA in 1848.


Actress Victoria Hall as the slave "Mary"
© 2014 Terry Thomas Photos / Atlanta, Georgia USA

camera: Nikon D3s
lens: manual focus Vivitar 400mm f/5.6 MC
tripod: Gitzo with a Gitzo "joystick" ball head
exposure: 1/200 f/11 or f/16 (I didn't have time to write it down because I was chasing the sunset)
ISO: 200
software: 64 bit Photoshop CS5 Extended
cropping: absolutely none
location: a 2,000 acre cotton farm owned by Mr. David Cox of Unadilla, Georgia USA

[Jeicob]

[tuco]

A prior picture that I rescanned to upgrade it to a 16bit workflow.
500C/M, CB 60/3.5, NDX400, 100ACR

Beach Tree by yo_tuco, on Flickr