How to scan large format film
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- Опубліковано 10 вер 2024
- Spencer Pullen explains how he scans his large format film. The Epson V800 is a versatile scanner as it will scan 35mm, 120 film, 4x5 and 8x10 large format film. He will also cover cropping, Camera RAW adjustments, adding contrast and sharpening.
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I've been scanning and wet printing my stuff for a good number of years (but not as many as you) I've learned new things watching this vid! It shows that everybody can teach somebody something..... Thank you Spencer :-)
That is what I love about the film community. We are all in this together. Glad it was helpful!
LOTS of good tips here, enjoyed watching! Going to check further into output sharpening, tiff files, and remember to sample all layers...
Glad it helped. Thanks for watching!
Great tutorial. A lot of things I can use of this video. Specially the sharpening routine was new to me . Again big Thank you for taking the time to produce this and sharing your knowledge! Always a pleasure watching!
Appreciate you taking the time to watch! Glad it helps. I know everyone has their way of doing things, however if one thing helped, then it was worth it. Thanks!
Thank you for this very informative video. Coming from 35mm film to digital to 120 film(Pentax67,Fuji690 and several Mamiya’s), I just added a 4x5 camera (Toyo45aII). Been scanning with Epson for a while (I do still use my traditional darkroom as well, but I can only print up to 6x9). I can highly recommend Affinity Photo!
Thanks for watching! Currently I don’t have room for a darkroom, so this is a good alternative. I’ve been thinking about getting something 6x7 as a “portable camera”. Thanks!
Enjoyed the video and learned a wee bit more about scanning 8x10 negs.
Thank you
Glad it helped and thanks for watching!
Excellent episode as always! Thanks a lot for sharing your workflow with the community. There were some aspects really new for me and I am using the same scanner (v800). I have several rolls of 120 film which need to be scanned so I give them a try using your workflow
Thanks for watching! Hope it helps. Everyone has their way of doing things. This has worked for me. For 120, I would scan at 6400dpi as that is the optical resolution of the scanner and downsize in your editor if needed. Thanks!
Thanks for your video very informative. Newton rings are from 2 gloss surfaces, if you use no reflective glass that helps. I’ve tried scanning directly onto the scan bed but the images are not really sharp. They need to be about 2mm above. I use no reflective glass with 4 Uk 2 pence coins at each corner. This rise seems to focus the neg perfectly. Pity you can’t get on with Silver Fast- I’ve done side by side comparison with Epson scan and the results are much much better and sharper. You may need to buy the pro version, really worth trying out. Thanks again. Regards.
Thanks for watching! Something that I have tried is using a rubber mat that was cut to the old 8x10 holder size. This raised the film 2mm above the glass. I didn't see a noticeable difference on my particular set up. Maybe they have patched Silverfast so it's more stable now. I read so many reviews where folks were having issues with it. I'm thinking about getting an Epson Expression 12000XL. This has auto and manual focus built in and the higher end of Silverfast. Thanks!
TIFF is a lossless image format. Compression causes no harm to your image. It's very different from JPEG.
I agree. When I used to work in commercial printing we used to use LZW compression on TIFF, we found that this would sometimes cause problems with the RIP. I found not using any kind of compression makes my workflow smoother. Thanks!
Thanks for a very interesting video.
Appreciate it. Thanks for watching!
I'm using a 27-inch iMac and it does start to chug a little. What are the specs on your 15-inch Macbook if you don't mind me asking?
Thanks for watching! My Macbook has 512Gig SSD, 2.5 GHz Intel Core i7, 16 gig RAM and NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M 2048 MB graphics card. I have all of my projects on external hard drives. Only the applications are on the computer. This has kept it pretty speedy. Thanks!
Newton rings only happen if you place your neg on another bit of glass and scan through that. Its the sensor looking through two pieces of glass that causes it. By placing your neg straight onto the scanner you are only scanning through one piece of glass, so, no Newton rings. Are your neg's sharp? Does the scanner focus ok on the 8x10 neg straight on it's own glass? (this would be good to know!) You can get newton free glass. Google it.
Good to know on the Newton rings. I was told if the film made contact with the glass it happens sometimes. Glad to know what the actual cause is. I would say my negatives are sharp. However, when I get ready to print, I do sharpen them a bit. Thanks for watching!
Thanks for the tour of PS elements, never knew it was a mini-PS which in many cases is fine. LIke the idea of pre-saving various print sizes sharpened for the ready, Good work. Printing next?
When I was in commercial printing we used PS. However, now that I'm just working on my own photos, I find I don't need all of the bells as whistles that PS has. Therefore PSE, fits the bill for me and I don't have to deal with the subscription. You are correct, I'll do a printing video as well. Thanks for watching!
why scan in 16 bit grayscale if Elements only works in 8 bit depths? I suppose you work a lot in CS5.
Great question. You are correct, CS5 will work in 16bit. However, I set my white point and black points in Adobe Camera RAW which works in 16bit in either program. With Elements, it will convert it to 8bit when it passes it to Elements. At this point, all I adjust is heal the dust and scratches. Adjust the contrast a bit and crop to the desired size. Hope this helps. Thanks for watching!
Spencer Pullen It was in ACR that I saw you working in 8 bit grey.
I have the epson V850 pro and the 120 and 4x5 film holders do not fit my film. Just so people know.
That is strange. I know many are using the holders from Better Scanning anyway.
Like the no-nonsense approach (as per usual). -- I tried Silverfast (because it came for "free" -- i.e. was included in the package price), and already their user interface was ridiculous (changing the size of your cursor and using a picture of an airplane to lead you through the process...). Plus as you said one can use other software for post processing.
Just a question though: Have you tried to stich scans of parts of a picture together (like scanning first a bit more of a half and then another one, to get a higher resolution), to work around the size limitations? I have tried this on my old Canon scanner, but then Lightroom refused to put it together, because of the size I guess...
I have not tried stitching scans together yet. I have done with paper, I would think it would work with negs too. Thanks!
Wow. thats a lot of scanner for 200 bucks! Nice.
It works great. Thanks for watching!