Kodak Medalist I and some Adox 25

[Rick_van_Nooij]

<p>The two medalists in my collection don't get nearly enough exercise, so after reading another topic about them here I decided to respool some film and get on with it. Unfortunately I only had Adox 25 ART in the fridge. Seeing my prior luck with this film I was a little apprehensive.<br>

When I got the negatives back they were in quite a bad way. The lab hadn't bothered to cut the negative and simply put them in a long sleeve. rolled up the film and put it in a cardboard tube. WTH?! the sleeve tends to roll up pretty badly and puts hard creases and corners in a film that is already known for curling pretty badly.<br>

For 2 weeks I stuck them in the biggest book in my library to flatten them out. And after scanning them I wasn't pleased at all, so I never bothered to post the results<br>

Along comes Vuescan </p>

<p><img src="http://www.flibweb.nl/flibweb/cpg143/albums/userpics/10001/Scanc0007.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="420" /><br>

The small pleasure yacht habour near the lock at the end of the "Drongels kanaal". The sign reads: "Danger of falling and drowning, enter at your own risk"<br>

<img src="http://www.flibweb.nl/flibweb/cpg143/albums/userpics/10001/Scanc0008.jpg" alt="" /><br>

The Lock itself</p>

<p><img src="http://www.flibweb.nl/flibweb/cpg143/albums/userpics/10001/Scanc0009.jpg" alt="" /><br>

Duckpond </p>

<p><img src="http://www.flibweb.nl/flibweb/cpg143/albums/userpics/10001/Scanc0010.jpg" alt="" /><br>

Sheep grazing on the summer dyke along the kanaal</p>

<p>These two images I've posted before in the other topic on Medalists, both were taken at Fort Veldhuis<br>

<img src="http://www.flibweb.nl/flibweb/cpg143/albums/userpics/10001/Scanc0013.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p><img src="http://www.flibweb.nl/flibweb/cpg143/albums/userpics/10001/Scanc0014.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p>Gotta love that 100mm Ektar lens,</p>

<p>Rick</p>

[subbarayan_prasanna]

<p>As good as your Leica; and better still in some aspects of sharpness and tones. Regards, sp.</p>

[richard_]

<p>Rick, I'd say you and 'VueScan' are on a roll... I don't have it (nor 'SilverFast'), but may check it out now. Medalists are cool rigs; like the 'sheep grazing' shot. Thanks for the posts...</p>

[Rick_van_Nooij]

<p>Thanks guy,<br>

The sheep were grossly underexposed, hence the artifacts in the foreground. The HP-scanner software couldn't figure out what to make of this shot at all. Heck, I can't make out some of these details on the negative either! So Yeah, Vuescan has made my weekend :)</p>

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[rustys pics]

<p>Smooth tones...very reminiscent of the films of the 1940's. Vuescan is a must have if you do your own "Digital Darkroom" work. It will power just about any scanner made in the last 20 years too. Excellent results!</p>

[ralf_j.]

<p>Excellent Rick, enjoy vuescan, for photographers following the hybrid process, myself included, seems to be quite the catch. As I have mentioned in a previous post, I am a Silverfast user myself, which is also quite good in its own right.</p>

[Lou_Meluso]

<p>Wow. The quality of the lens really shines through in these. Love that sheep shot!</p>

[golden]

<p>Hi Rick, better late than never, awsome shots, that ektar lens Rocks! I have a medalist II that i havent really got to use yet other than a few snaps in the yard, these are great. Im looking forward to doing some more serious work with it. thanks for the post</p>