randall_pukalo Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 A beautiful film indeed, but it scans with color casts on my Minolta 5400 scanner. However, when scanned by Target, the colors look much better. I bet they are hooked into Kodaks Film Term software upgrades that have color profiles for negative films. Below are some sample scans. Skin tones look good (suprisingly, for a landscape type film), resolution is very high, and grain non-existant. All in all, a fantastic film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randall_pukalo Posted November 17, 2008 Author Share Posted November 17, 2008 another one<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randall_pukalo Posted November 17, 2008 Author Share Posted November 17, 2008 skin tones with flash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randall_pukalo Posted November 17, 2008 Author Share Posted November 17, 2008 skin tones, no flash, a cold day (reddish cheeks) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randall_pukalo Posted November 17, 2008 Author Share Posted November 17, 2008 overcast day outside - pics up a bit of a cast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig_sander Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 Wow. The skin tones are so natural looking its almost like this film was designed for just that purpose. Great shots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve m smith Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 Yes the skin tones do look natural whilst it is still quite saturated where the colour is strong. I want some! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roger_smith4 Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 There is no reason you can't use this with a 5400. Did you try using a grey card or anything neutral to help you set the overall color balance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edomazlicky Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 Lock film base color in Vuescan is probably the best way to get rid of color casts (unless they actually exist on the film). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joseph_wisniewski Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 Randall, are you using the <del>stinking pile of doo</del> software that came with the Minolta?<br> <br> Eric mentioned Vuescan. My Minolta was essentially useless until I found that program. Buy or borrow a Macbeth ColorChecker. A ColorChecker shot will help you tweak VueScan for the new emulsion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arjun_mehra Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 I'm ashamed saying I've had some Ektar 100 for many days now, and haven't yet exposed one frame of it. Little time and crappy weather make Jack a non-photographing boy. I hope to get out with my camera some time this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverscape Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Great pictures! I really like the picture of the mill and the kid in the car. Even on an overcast day, the colors still look nice. I just shot a roll of Ektar and dropped it off to get developed. I'm picking up my pictures tomorrow :) My scanner sucks, and I don't have a film scanner. But if I get any particularly interesting pictures, I'll try to scan and post them. From all the pictures I've seen people post on Photo.net lately, I have really high hopes...well, assuming I exposed it right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoan_tran2 Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 Ektar 100 produces beautiful colors. Does anyone know when Kodak is going to make this film in 120 & 220 formats? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arjun_mehra Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 Kodak hasn't announced any plans to release it in a non-35mm format. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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