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<p>Ouch, ouch, ouch: they do not give your negatives? You need to make some changes, likely the simplest would be to go digital.</p>

<p>With a 5DIII I have the Canon 35 (f2.0, orig) 50 (f1.4), 24-105, 24-70 (orig), 70-200 (f2.8, w/ IS) and 17-40. Of the lot I'd say the 17-40 is my most used lens.</p>

<p>Can you see grain, or hints of it? That would further enforce that the scan is decent, but your focus was off.</p>

<p>Al Kaplan comes to mind, pioneer selfie photographer, using a Leica with wide ange, out at arm's length.</p> <p>http://www.photo.net/leica-rangefinders-forum/00VN6Z</p>

<p>Keith, again: is there some particular camera you've got in mind?</p>

<p>Like Gil, I went with Minolta Scan Elite 5400 (first generation version). It's Grain Dissolver was very utile. It's not software; it's a mechanical filter you rotate into the light path, to (further) diffuse the light source.</p> <p>I've used this scanner with Vuescan as well, but for slides used the Minolta supplied software, in order to use ICE. Vuescan is able to use the infrared data for it's cleaning software, but it is <em>not</em> in the same league.</p> <p>One caveat with 5400: it's depth of focus is on the verge of making the scanner unusable: I had to remount slides in special tensioning mounts, and use very careful manual focus, to achieve <em>just</em> acceptable results.</p> <p>This Scan Elite 5400 is pretty much the ONLY scanner that can do decent job with Kodachrome. One other option is the Nikon Coolscan 9000, which has a more diffuse light source than it's V and 5000 brethren.</p>

<p>I've never used anything, never any problems. As far as potential lubricant: a bit of nose oil?</p>

<p>I always output 16 bit per channel r/g/b tiff format Vuescan raw file for initial output. This is regardless of the film being b/w, color negative or slide. The only variation is the r/g/b proportions for color negatives: by telling Vuescan your source is c/n it'll shift r/g/b balance for a rough adjustment of the orange mask.<br> I then clean and crop that file, and if it's b/w negative source I output a finished gamma jpeg in greyscale, via Vuescan's scan from file function.</p>

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<p>Newton ring issues?</p> <p>It <em>is</em> maddening: the simplest way to keep film flat is direct contact with glass, but often you then get these ring patterns.</p>

<p>^ What Joseph said: is this on full frame or crop body?</p> <p>Your question is really tough to answer. Assuming you get the 24-105 first, you'll still be craving the 70-200.</p> <p>FWIW, on full frame, I find the 24-105 is the lens I least turn to, with zooms. I tend to alternate between my 17-40 and 70-200. The 24-105 is a lens well suited to full frame, but, and I'm not sure why: it's my least used.</p>

<p>John, I think you're missing something. Not sure, please all, don't bite my head off, lol.</p> <p>I believe the scanner is regular flatbed, but with extra light source and holder mounting above the regular scanner glass, for use with transparencies. So, your description to lay the slides "on the glass" is not applicable. I think.</p> <p>Alan's trying to mount the glass slides in the transparency holder, some distance above the regular scanner glass.</p>

<p>Maybe Ken Rockwell, and Jochen, are being tongue in cheek? ;)</p> <p>And, this is something the younger kids have cottoned onto, Christmas mornings: when the toys are pushed aside, and the boxes are the centre of play.</p>

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<p>I thought temperatures were much more an issue with color film.</p> <p>I ordered Tri-X from B&H last time, a couple of years back now. Sad, I asked at my favourite local camera store; I think they actually had a few rolls of some sort of color film, no chance of Tri-X, or any b/w for that matter.</p>

<p>Maybe talk with the client a bit more. Make sure they didn't just toss out that 300 dpi (printed) number. Explain the ramifications. Ask questions, say how close viewers will be.</p>

<p>Is this your <em>first</em> film processing? If so, you've really jumped in at the deep end. ;)</p> <p>What Glen said: black and white is much friendlier. Labs, the few that are left, are set up to do color negative. Black and white through labs was always pushing rope up a hill, a better fit for the home processor. And at ambient temps.</p> <p>I guess if you've got the bit in your teeth, more power to you, but b/w has always seemed more reward, less grief, for me.</p>

<p>This site needs a "like" button. 'Nother vote for 17-40.</p><div></div>

<blockquote> <p>i agree with you 70-200 would be too big for the crop body.</p> </blockquote> <p>I really don't understand this. If you need these focal lengths, it'll work just fine. The esthetics of how a lens looks on a particular body are meaningless. My son just purchased a Canon Rebel SLi, together with Canon EFS 24mm (pancake). We went for an outing last week and he was using my 70-200 f2.8 more than anything. </p> <p>Here's a pic of his setup:</p><div></div>

<p>Maybe check out The Digital Picture site, a very good summary of all things Canon.</p> <p>http://www.the-digital-picture.com/</p>

<p>Pentax K1000 w/ 50mm f1.8, Tri-X in HC110:</p><div></div>

<p>One trait I notice with my 24-70 (first version) is it is quite prone to flare: a diffuse, contrast lowering type. This is comparing to 24-105, with or without lens hood, doesn't seem to make much difference. Also, it seems to impart a ruddy tone on some shots. And yes, the lack of IS can be frustrating.</p>

<p>I divided my 16 oz bottle of Kodak HC110 from one large plastic bottle to (4) four oz brown glass bottles, think that's gotta help. Stored in dark/windowless, most temp stable room in the house.</p>

<p>Think I better get scanning more, lol. And for sure stall on any upgrades. Thanks for the quick responses.</p>

<p>I'm running my (MK I) Scan Elite 5400, with both the Minolta software and Vuescan, on a 32 bit Windows 7 Pro system. I had no problems, no workarounds need, with either software. I'm actually a little surprised by this, from what I've read there have been problems.</p> <p>Anyway, any thoughts on Windows 10, will my scanner continue to lead a charmed life?</p>