I'd love to get an Epson V750 or the V700 but I've had my eye on an FX wide angle for my D700 - the 14-24mm - to replace the DX that I'm still using since I upgraded from the D200. Even in the sales I'm talking at least £1200 for the lens.
The scanner I can get for less than £500. I want both and can't really afford either :(
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My dilemma is more that I need a decent wide angle for weddings and the DX crops too much out on the FX camera. A wide angle I can potentially make back on the investment, a scanner is nice for the hobby of using the xpan but won't make me money. Ad astra per aspera
I kind of wonder if the Nikon 35mm film scanners might provide enough overlap of standard frames so one might at least be able to stitch several together in Photoshop.
I don't believe my Nikon 5000 film scanner has frame breaks on the film holder, but I'm not certain how much length it is capable of taking in on a single full magnification scan frame. I think it scans an entire 6 frame segment of 35mm at once during preview mode. I'll have to do some experimenting and let you know. I can swear there ain't no heaven but I pray there ain't no hell. _ Blood Sweat & Tears
This one measured 37.75mm in length by 25.05mm in width.
I think the scanner preview process just runs each segment in turn over the optics/sensor. It runs the low res scans so fast that it appears to scan the entire film strip at once. Maybe Colman can figure out something.
I do know that I can scan an 12 frames of 35mm without segmenting on my old Epson 3200 flat bed. I suspect the V700/750, as well as the V500, can do the same with better resolution. I can swear there ain't no heaven but I pray there ain't no hell. _ Blood Sweat & Tears
My impression is that the V500, a much less expensive alternative to the V700 line, might suit you. It also scans up to 6500 dpi I believe. Of course if you're looking for totally professional results, an Hasselblad Flextight Drum or other high-end scanner is the only true solution; and unless you do large volumes it's probably not worth the cost. I can swear there ain't no heaven but I pray there ain't no hell. _ Blood Sweat & Tears
Scanning three test slides I shot with my Voigtlander Bessa 3A on slide film - because slide was a better test of the meter.
6400dpi on the 750, multi-exposure. This takes a while ... might only scan one tonight, actually, since I just realised I had scanned the first two to JPG, which sort of defeats the purpose, doesn't it? Silly Vuescan and/or silly Colman.
ls-50, crop of about 50% of frame:
ls-50, 100% crop
Whether any of this matters is another matter, though there's not much point paying big money for lenses and then losing all their contrast and sharpness in the scanner.
So I think I'd better sign up for the challenge too.
5/12/2009
Then a shampoo crisis (the world will end if she has to use mine) on the part of my teenager drove me into the city centre.
It was, again, raining.
And cold.
And wet. Did I mention wet?
And almost nobody else was stupid enough to be there.
So...our Guildhall. It isn't a real guildhall, being a mere three hundred or so years old. It is, and always was, a folly, built by local residents to celebrate the restoration of the monarchy after the English Civil War. This had been a staunchly Parliamentarian town, which is likely to have inspired such a public show of loyalty to the new king:
At the dark end of Bridge Street, the Christmas lights are reflected in the windows of a still unlet Woolworths.
And did I mention it was raining?
I was at Birmingham's Frankfurt market yesterday. I had a monopod, but it was crowded, pouring with rain, I had the kids with me...etc...etc...all I managed to do was shoot off a few quick frames at different shutter speeds and mostly got out-of-focus pictures of people's heads and umbrellas where they stepped into the shot.
Enough of excuses. This is probably the best of a very bad lot:
What are the experts' tips for photographing Christmas lights?
What was it like ? keep to the Fen Causeway
Oh, and there were some beer stalls too... :)
I lost the lens cap on my 50mm and it has been enough to keep me from using the camera everyday since my other lenses are just that too big to have in the bag when I have other stuff to carry too. Plus the weather is uninspiring...
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I haven't had a chance to have a good look at the...cough...180 pictures from this afternoon. But when I saw this on the way home, I felt like I had to pull over:
