michael_tellings

Good/Bad Bokeh ?

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Noctilux @f1.0

Hi,

I'm a beginner who has just bought a CanonFS40000 scanner. I'm using

it with Vuescan software. It is not clear to me weather I should do

the image manipulation(contrast, color correction)in Vuescan or in

the Photoshop programme which I use as viewer. Does it make any

difference ? Thanks in advance for your views.

I was contemplating to buy the Canon 4000US film scanner. I

understand though that the FARE scratch/removal program doesn't work

for B&W !? Is this true ? Any suggestion for an alternative scanner

which has this capability ?

OK here is the problem. I�m a beginning photographer and recently

bought an M7 and a Noctilux. First pictures (which were B&W

developed/printed as color) came out nicely.

My second set of 4 rolls of B&W film taken during my holiday were

messed up by the lab.(these were proper B&W films which were wrongly

developed by the �cornershop�) As a result the prints are very low

in contrast. After this experience I can see the following options

for the future:

-A) Develop my own B&W films and go digital. I have no space in my

apartment for doing any �wet� printing. In this case I have to buy a

scanner and printer.

-B) Take B&W pictures but have them developed and printed in

color processing equipment.

-C) Have the B&W work done in a professional lab.

-D) Only take color pictures and have them done in the cornershop

My aim is to learn to take good pictures of any kind (sorry not to be

more specific)

Anybody who has been confronted with the same problem ?

Any advice ?

Perhaps a naive question. Are there any SLR's on which Leica M

lenses can be mounted (with or without adapter) ?

I have noted that most sellers in the US charge well over $2000 for

the Leica 50mm F1 lens. Cambridge Camera in NYC advertise them on

their site for $1748 ?! What's the difference ?

(apart from the price of course) Is it the warranty ? Different

quality ?