Try scanning 6cm x 7cm colour negatives. The rich visual ambience is even
greater than with 35mm. Mind you, the TIFF files so generated are about
500mb large !
So far no one has commented as to whether what I am sensing about the rich
visual ambience of scanned film over digital is rational or otherwise.
jh
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From: "Chris Crawford" <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Friday, October 01, 2010 10:03 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] romance of film
>A good scanner makes a huge difference. I have the Coolscan 8000ED and I
> feel the same way John does. Look at the color photos here:
>
> http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com/fine_art/portfolio/road-to-indiana/index.p
> hp
>
> I have NEVER succeeded in getting this level of quality from any digital
> camera, ever. These were shot on Ektachrome E100GX in a Mamiya 645.
>
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> On 10/1/10 8:53 PM, "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Maybe I need a Coolscan 9000. My scanned film images elicit no
>> overwhelming desire to go back to film. :-)
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>>
>> On 10/1/2010 3:46 PM, John Hudson wrote:
>>> I am in need of a reality check !
>>>
>>> I have spent many hours this week using a Nikon 9000 Coolscan to scan
>>> numerous 35mm slides [K25 and K64] and colour negatives [Portra NC and
>>> VC]
>>> at high resolution with digital ICE set at normal and saving in TIFF
>>> format.
>>>
>>> All slides and negs were exposed using a Leica M or OM4T.
>>>
>>> Most, if not all, of the on-screen slide and neg scans seem to have a
>>> deeper
>>> and richer visual ambience than any digital images generated by my E3
>>> and
>>> 12-60 lens.
>>>
>>> Do I need to get my eyes checked or is what I am sensing quite rational
>>> and
>>> to be expected ?
>>>
>>> If the latter, I might be drawn back to film again.
>>>
>>> jh
>>>
>>>
>>>
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