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Photo Forum / Film Photography / Medium format / March 2005Fuji Frontier scans of E6
Well, having brought a few frames for scanning on a Frontier, here are a couple results (cropped down). The sunrise shot seems okay, but in the full scan it is blocked up a little here and there. The red leaf shot has lost a lot of detail in the leaves v. the slide. Make sure you view at 100% Velvia 100F, 500CM + 80mm f/2.8 http://www.aliasimages.com/images/MF/D1000003S.jpg Kodak E100VS, 500CM + 150mm f/4. http://www.aliasimages.com/images/MF/D1000001S.jpg (The scan service wiped out the detail in the reds, unfortunately). Comments? Cheers, Alan  Signature-- r.p.e.35mm user resource: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpe35mmur.htm -- r.p.d.slr-systems: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpdslrsysur.htm -- [SI] gallery & rulz: http://www.pbase.com/shootin -- e-meil: there's no such thing as a FreeLunch. > Well, having brought a few frames for scanning on a Frontier, here are a > couple results (cropped down). [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > http://www.aliasimages.com/images/MF/D1000001S.jpg > (The scan service wiped out the detail in the reds, unfortunately). So scanning services can suck. Why am I not surprised. If you want to control the process carefully, get an LS-9000 or a used LS-8000, and do it yourself. rafe b. http://www.terrapinphoto.com > If you want to control the process > carefully, get an LS-9000 or a used > LS-8000, and do it yourself. Duh. Signature-- r.p.e.35mm user resource: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpe35mmur.htm -- r.p.d.slr-systems: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpdslrsysur.htm -- [SI] gallery & rulz: http://www.pbase.com/shootin -- e-meil: there's no such thing as a FreeLunch. > The red leaf shot has lost a lot of detail in the leaves v. the slide. I've noticed some digital capture devices seem to have problems with saturated reds, turns into a solid mass of color. My nikon P&S digital does this and have had some scans look like that as well. Not sure what causes this? I tried some fuji scans hopeing for an easy workflow, I wasn't impressed but was shooting print film. Real weird color casts in the scans. SignatureStacey I have had the same problem with both slide and print film in this area. I don't think they spend the time to " tweak" the Frontier since they don't do many of the film scans anymore. It would be interesting to know if a "pro" lab has the same problems as I used to do mine at Costco. >> The red leaf shot has lost a lot of detail in the leaves v. the slide. > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > but > was shooting print film. Real weird color casts in the scans. > I have had the same problem with both slide and print film in this area. I > don't think they spend the time to " tweak" the Frontier since they don't > do many of the film scans anymore. It would be interesting to know if a > "pro" lab has the same problems as I used to do mine at Costco. Mine was a "pro" lab. While the scans looked bad, he prints looked OK although I never cared for that consumer fuji crystal archive though, WAY too contrasty. SignatureStacey Which lab did you use ? >> I have had the same problem with both slide and print film in this area. >> I [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > although I never cared for that consumer fuji crystal archive though, WAY > too contrasty. > Which lab did you use ? > > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > > > Stacey I went to one that served pros and was highly regarded. The guys at the counter didn't know diddly, but the guy at the machine was knowledgeable. When they finally let me speak to him, he didn't have too many kind words to say about the Frontier machine. I've not gotten any really good results from any Frontier lab. I've gotten better results overall by doing my own scanning and printing. >> Which lab did you use ? Showcase in Atlanta. I used to use them for all my printing until they went with the frontier machine, like I said that "consumer" fuji crystal archive paper is awful.. > I went to one that served pros and was highly regarded. The guys at the > counter [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > lab. I've gotten better results overall by doing my own scanning and > printing. I agree and even printing digital files they are bad. I compared them (and 3 other fuji machines) to another lab using an AGFA machine, no contest the AGFA prints were MUCH sharper and looked like I expected them to look. SignatureStacey |
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