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Try the Noct on a M3 with 1.25 magnifier, which is something like the best point of departure. Be prepared for 80% crap. Try to get the remaining 20% with any other lens. Then complain again.

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Michael, thanks, I'd be glad to see your suggestions

Well, may I ask for some constructive critcism? I mean, yeah, tastes are different but I didn't advertise the climax of photography. There was no specific meaning behind those pictures. I took them a while ago in pretty low light and I am more into details than the general view. Wanted to make a series of photos in a wine cellar of a friend of mine, but never really worked that out.

 

Browsing my archives I found those forgotten scans and liked them, so I posted them. If they are perceived as crap, so be it, I'm sorry. But give me a chance to get the point.

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On the positive side it seems to be quite robust. I forgot my Digisix in a shirt pocket (damn, that would never happen with my trusty old Sekonic 398) when I put a load of clothes into the washing machine.

 

It came out *really* clean. And dead. Turned out, after some drying and a battery change, that the only thing dead was the old battery but the Digisix worked like always.

here is the manual: <a href="http://www.gossen-photo.de/pdf/ba_digisix_gb.pdf">http://www.gossen-photo.de/pdf/ba_digisix_gb.pdf</a>

If you have SilverFast SE, you cannot scan more than one frame at once, but should be able to resize the scan frame to a single negative. If I remember correctly, you don't get 16bit output as well. SilverFast AI, the full version, does what you are looking for.

 

I'm using SF AI since the Epson 2450 up to the 4870, but know that I'm using only part of its abilities.

 

You could also try VueScan from www.hamrick.com, which might serve your needs for a lot less money than SilverFast. Apart from the clumsy user interface, VueScan seems to deliver excellent value for money.

 

Both products, VueScan and SF AI, are downloadable for trial with full functionality, but leave watermarks in the image.

I got my lensbaby today. Talk about sharpness and chromatic abberation ;-)

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Grain can be reduced by applying a noise reduction filter like NeatImage. See the attached quick and dirty example without any manual tweaking. If I had started from the captured raw file instead of the resized jpeg it would look a lot better. I started experimenting with my D100 at low light without flash, ISO 1250 to 1600 and a VR lens, denoising the image afterwards. Works great for most images. Of course, this procedure would apply to scanned film as well.<div></div>

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