benjamin_kim1

<p>I use the school equipment which is Hasselblad scanner, the most expansive scanner. I don't get the right color from its own program so I start thinking and editing scanned files in photoshop without any color correction.</p>

<p>I usually scan films with color corrections. But I found out that if I just scan film negatives itself, it's much easier and better to do photoshop. Should I scan film negatives itself and then do photoshop for color correction?</p>

<p>I bought this $400 in LN condition. 55-100 is around $400 also.</p>

<p>I have Pentax 67 45mm f/4 lens and I'm thinking to trade this lens to 55-105mm f/4.5 zoom lens. You know that standard zoom lens is really comfortable for trip and travel. I know that it's a huge lens but I prefer having less lenses to carry for shooting. Where can I trade my lens for this zoom lens?</p>

<p>Well as you can see, I'm really preparing many things for this trip. Lack of money is still a problem but I have no choice until June 8th. Even I can buy 5 rolls of film, it's ok but I still want 50 rolls lol.<br> I'm not sure the weather in Korea but mostly will be really hot around 80~100 degree. Is it ok to carry films in this temperature?<br> And any other cautions except for X-ray scanner?</p>

<p>It's hard to believe that I'm going to visit Korea in this June!! Well I never been there for 8 years because of my school and life. Since I never been there for 8 years, it will be a hard trip but I'll explore within my ability. I'm gonna bring Pentax 67 and 5d mark 2 for this trip. I know that I have to carry too much of stuffs but my passion of photography won't stop me. Is there any places that I should visit??</p>

<p>Well I'm still a photography student but I'm curious and want to know everything for studio portrait photography. What skills and techniques should I have? Any other things to know in order to be a studio photographer? Tell me everything in number order.</p>

<p>Well luckily, I got 5D Mark II sets from my school for 4month renting. It was so lucky. Well I was using 5D Mark III that school has but they approved only 5d Mark II, 70-200mm f/2.8 II, and 24-105mm F/4. I really loved Mark III because of the noise quality, more AF points, AF accuracy, and etc. 5D Mark II is still a good body to use for pro uses such as studio shooting. However, it will be the greatest challenge to handle this inferior performance since I always rented Mark III.</p> <p>The image quality is just fine. Noise quality is also fine around 5000. But I really hate the AF points and accuracy that reminds my Pentax K-5. Less AF points is really making me mad to shoot. The AF accuracy is really bad that I can not control the depth of field while I'm using 70-200mm lens. I'm a Pentaxian but I really sensitive with the AF accuracy so much. That's why I hate Pentax even now. I massed up my studio shooting when I used Pentax K-3 that I rented before. Anyway, AF accuracy and points are the most hard things to control to get best pics.</p> <p>So, is there any way to enhance AF performance?</p> <p> </p>

<p>Btw, what about developed films? Will these films get any effect from the scanner?</p>

<p>E.Short/ Wow! the greatest solution to me. Thanks a lot!</p>

<p>It's impossible to purchase films in Korea especially for color films. They rarely sell them and it's too expansive. Also I don't have enough budget to process films while I stay in Korea. </p>

<p>I have a big problem of using films while I travel in Korea for a month. I know that I have to pass X-ray scanner but it WILL ruin my films. It happened to few students who came from other countries with films. I saw their printed negatives and it was so horrible. How can I prevent this happening? Is there any way to carry films without scanned by x-ray?</p>

<p>Hi I'm curious about using Mamiya RZ67 pro II film camera with the recent digital back. What do you think of using Mamiya 67 + recent digital back for commercial and studio uses? I know that Mamiya RZ67 can use the digital back but I don't know if this camera can use the most recent digital back. </p>

<p>I do editing a lot because of assignments. The problem is that my eyes seem to be bad at color checking. I can't do balancing the white balance. I have check several times for 2 days. Even I think I did right, people always argue about the white balance. I did the monitor calibration but still... I think my eyes are really strange that I can not do color and white balance. How should I overcome this problem? </p>

<p>I'm going to shoot band member's headshot and group shot with Profoto b1. I can use one or two b1 with soft boxes. Well it is my first time shooting at outside with strobes for any people. Btw, I rent equipments from my college. First, I'm going to play with B1 in order to know better before I use it. </p> <p>For the setting for headshot, I'm thinking to put one b1 with big soft box on left side of band members. The sun location will be different. 9~12 or 3~6pm is fine I guess.<br> For the group shot, I'm going to use one or two b1 with no head. Group of band members will stand in different location. </p> <p>So what do you think about my small plan for headshot and group shot for band members?</p>

<p>I'm little bit worry about expired films for purchasing. I'm looking for 220 prove 100f and there are only expired films in eBay. </p> <p>I'm not sure about those expired films at all. </p> <p>Is it ok to use expired films? And is there any conditions to check before I buy expired films?</p>

<p>I have two 620 films that I bought from eBay. Idk if I can use it or not. Is it ok to use 620 in Pentax 67?</p>

<p>Hey I have one problem with scanning because of dusts.</p> <p>I have Kintronics Static Vac film cleaner. I bought it in cheap price. Well, I thought this one will clean my film negatives perfectly but when I scanned films with imacon X5, I see lots of tiny dusts and few big dusts...</p> <p>I really feel bad about this issue. Removing dusts by photoshop take too much of times. I'm sure that static vac cleaner is working but idk why dusts are still remain on the film negative. </p>

<p>I usually use Hasselblad X5 for scanning and do retouch with photoshop. But problem is that I can not get the right color at all. If I correct the color of skin tones, the background color become magenta or else. Correcting yellowish scanned film is fine and easy but any other colors are really difficult and I have no idea how to do it. I tried to search for film color correcting in google but found nothing. Pro labs are great with color correcting but they NEVER told me how to do it. I asked some questions in here but nothing helped me at all. </p> <p>I really seek the information of how to correct the scanned film. I can not just try to discover how to do cause it takes too much times. </p> <p>Please tell me what to do and how to do.</p>

<p>Well my college have a great darkroom. They also have printing area for films. So, I'm thinking to develop 4x5 film with try at the darkroom. It is total dark area. But I'm not sure that the safe light is safe for developing 4x5 film...</p>

<p>Hello, I have one trouble with few pics. I shot portrait in the studio but some hairs were overexposed that I can't recover any details. (I put one strobe behind her head.) Is there any way to retouch this issue? Someone said to use the stamp tool but it looks weird.</p>

<p>Hi I got the color checker passport for free from sekonic since I bought the recent light meter before.</p> <p>I never used it before but I wanna try for the film color.<br> I'm not sure that the color card can help me to correct the color tone, temperature, and white balance quickly. \<br> How am I going to use this for film shooting?</p>

<p>Hi where can I find Fuji pro 400h profile for Imacone X5 scanner? My school does not have that profile at all. </p>

<p>Hi I'm really need help for building Tumblr portfolio site in order to post my works.</p> <p>I'm thinking to make several categories such as portrait, landscape, and B&W. Idk how to make this at all. All I want to do is how to make categories to put my pics and organize well. </p>

<p>I use epson scan program and hasselblad scan program</p>