ricardo_villagran Posted November 25, 2003 Share Posted November 25, 2003 I want to know what I am doing wrong here... I been working a lot with my 645Pro and my 4 lenses 45, 80 2.8, 80 macro and 150. But when I scan my film I see a LOT of grain on my images... I usually use Provia 100, Superia 100 and Kodak 100VS. Is it a system issue, wrong with technique or an scanner problem? thanks for any assistance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt_m__toronto_ Posted November 25, 2003 Share Posted November 25, 2003 i'm guessing a scanning problem. have the negs enlarged the old fashioned way at a lab and see what you get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dale_dickerson2 Posted November 25, 2003 Share Posted November 25, 2003 Superia 100 from a 6x6cm negative scanned in making a 85m file and printed 20x20 inch. has very little grain. At a view distance of a wall print of 3 to 5 feet, you do not see the grain. On a 16x20 print made using your Mamiya with Superia 100 should give the same kind of results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witold_grabiec Posted November 25, 2003 Share Posted November 25, 2003 Can you elaborate a bit more on your scanning techniques? How is it scanned and/or on what equipment? You should not be getting easily visible grain with these films. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m_. Posted November 25, 2003 Share Posted November 25, 2003 definitely not the camera equipment or the films you mentioned. must be on the scanning side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walterh Posted November 25, 2003 Share Posted November 25, 2003 neither the film that shows the pronounced grain nor the scanner do "know" which type of camera or lens you used to take the shot :-) so it must be either the film or the scanner, or the technique used for scanning. scan an image at the highest possible resolution of the scanner (physical resolution - not interpolated). then double-click on the magnifying glass in photoshop to image pixels of the image 1:1 with the monitor pixels. select an area with various light and color intensities about 20% of the monitor size , cut it and post it here. there will be many users of this web space familiar with the way a provia should look like at the given resolution. indicate all scanning details and i am sure you will quickly get valuable comments. cheers walter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricardo_villagran Posted November 26, 2003 Author Share Posted November 26, 2003 Thank you all for your responses. I am going to follow walter advice and I am going to post an image with the grain problem... I didn't mention that I made those scans with an Epson 3200, maybe that is the problem... regards, Ricardo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danny_spence Posted November 26, 2003 Share Posted November 26, 2003 Are you using the included Silverfast software for scanning on the 3200? I also have a 3200 and Silverfast initially defaults (until the setting is changed) to a high degree of sharpening when scanning. My first few scans of 120 film were "grainy" due to the high amount of sharpening that the software added. Turn the sharpening filter off to see if that solves the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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