ianbarber

Yes and has even wrote a letter by hand and posted it to PO Box 163 North Andover, MA 01845, U.S.A. I am beginning to wonder if his account migrated successfully when Photo.net did the upgrade

I am writing on behalf of a friend. He has been a member since 2005 and has lost his log in details. He has tried on several occasions to recover but it just fails. He is desperate to get back on Photo,net but is at a loss at what to do next. He has sent several emails with no reply and was wondering if there is a phone number he can ring to get back into his account. Ian

<p>Thanks</p>

<p>If I scan some black and white negatives and save them as a Tif in Gray Gamma 2.2 from the scanner, then import them into my Lightroom catalog and perform further edits on the images, are they still in the Gray Gamma 2.2 color space or does Lightroom convert them ?</p>

<p>Thanks for that, it puts my mind at rest more.</p>

<p>I have now reinstalled Vuescan and performed another test.</p> <p>All settings on vuescan were zeroed out apart from the focus slider which I placed at 1 because I am scanning with film holder.<br /> This was scanned at 3200ppi with a Better Scanning Holder.</p> <p>The image looks flat (low contrast) which is what I would expect from a straight scan with no scanner settings applied.<br> From memory, I focused on the Ben Shaw text.<br> <br /> <a href="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/18940456/drinkandremote-3200ppi.jpg">https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/18940456/drinkandremote-3200ppi.jpg</a></p>

<blockquote> <p>The roll was underexposed and under developed, on a very flat lighting day.</p> </blockquote> <p>If you could redevelop that film knowing what you know now, what would you do different ?</p>

<blockquote> <p>Those are not even close to what I get from my V700, with the OEM holders and ANR glass.</p> </blockquote> <p>Do they look as though its a developing issue to you les ?</p>

<p>I have attached 2 scans straight from the scanner.<br> On this occasion I have used Vuescan Professional but I am getting similar results from Silverfast AI. I also use the Better scanning Holder with ANR glass.<br> These were scanned at 3200ppi 16 bit grey scale and all other default settings.<br> I have put both images on DropBox<br> <strong>Image #1 - Buttercup</strong> - <a href="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/18940456/butter-cup.jpg">https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/18940456/butter-cup.jpg</a></p> <p><strong>Image #2 - Country House</strong> - <a href="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/18940456/country-house.jpg">https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/18940456/country-house.jpg</a></p>

<p>I currently own an Epson V800 but having seen scans from my negatives on a friends Nikon 9000 ED, it clearly shows the Epson just is not delivering the results I would like from 120 roll film.<br> This maybe because it can scan at 4000ppi and has auto focus.<br> The Nikon 9000 ED would be my choice but they are currently out of my budget range. The few I have seen are listed around £2000.<br> Does anyone know of an alternative scanner to the Nikon 9000ED which will auto focus. Plustek is one I was reading about but have no first hand information on it.</p>

<p>I think I am going to remove the program and reinstall it back to its default settings</p>

<p>I am using the latest version of Vuescan 9.5.48 with Mac OsX<br> The frames seem o be all over the place. Has anyone else experienced issues.</p>

<p>I have seen a Mamiya 50mm C shift Lens for sale which has got me interested for my 645 Pro.<br> <br> Currently, I only have the 80mm lens for the camera and sometimes I am finding it a little to long which got me thinking about something a little wider.<br> <br> I do have a 24mm PCE lens for my digital setup and I do enjoy using the shift function especially for correcting verticals on buildings which is why I suddenly became interested when noticing the Mamiya 50mm C shift Lens for sale.<br> <br> <strong>Thought Process.</strong><br> Without applying any shift movement, this would give me a wider lens than my current 80mm al-biet not as fast but I use a tripod 99% of the time but at the same time would give me shift for when I need to correct verticals. (Win Win on both accounts, I am thinking.</p> <p>Would be interested to hear any comments regarding my thought process and also any user experiences with this lens please.<br> </p>

<p>I appreciate that the method of developing film can and probably does differ from one individual to another.</p> <p>Having said that, I was wondering if there is a different approach required for using a scanning workflow?.</p> <p>Do we need to think more about <strong>not</strong> increasing contrast to much in the negatives especially as scanners such as the consumer brands such as Epson may not be able to bring back as much detail in the highlights than that of a darkroom print process.</p> <p>Just a thought as I am doing more reading on this subject.</p>

<p>Thanks Ray for the explanation, this is most useful and I will keep reading it over until it sinks in</p>