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Richard_D
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 Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 4:57 pm Post subject: First results from the Nikon EL2 |
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Just got the first shots back from my new toy.
Nikon EL2 Nikkor 20mm 2.8 AIS
Kodak Gold 200 :
On the plus side the camera's metering and shutter works fine.
On the negative side the quality of the results (and I don't just mean the compositions  ) aren't great - I'm not sure how much is due to the film and how much the negative scanning.
I got blank looks when I asked for Ektar 25 - are there any slow colour print films available still?
Are these results typical of high street scanning? Any company recommendations?
Thanks
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The interesting bit:
Nikkors: 20mm f2.8 AIS, 24mm f2.8 AIS, 28mm f2.8 AIS, 35mm f2 AIS, 50mm f1.4 AI, 50mm f1.48AI, 50m f2 AI,
55mm f3.5 AI'd, 105mm f4 AI, 135mm f2.8 AI'd, 135mm f3.5 AI'd, 200mm f4 AI'd .
Nikon E Series: 100mm f2.8 .
Soviet Nikon Mount: Zenitar 16mm f2.8, Arsat/arax/photex 85mm T&S f2.8 .
Other: Asahi Super Takumar 55 mm f2 (M42) ,Tamron 300mm f5.6 SP, Tamron 500mm f8 SP.
DSLR: Nikon D700. 35mm SLRsNikon FE, Pentax S1a.
TLR: Rolliecord II.
Sub-Minature: Pentax Auto 110, 18mm f2.8, 24mm f2.8, 50mm f2.8.
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Orio
Joined: 24 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 5:44 pm Post subject: Re: First results from the Nikon EL2 |
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| Richard_D wrote: | | Just got the first shots back from my new toy. |
Very nice old building, I love these buildings, when I was in London I was always looking for this style of building to take photographs.
| Quote: | | On the negative side the quality of the results (and I don't just mean the compositions ) aren't great - I'm not sure how much is due to the film and how much the negative scanning. |
Kodak Gold is not my favourite film but other people likes it.
Your scans are too small for me to be able to tell something about the quality. What I can imagine, does not seem too bad however.
| Quote: | | I got blank looks when I asked for Ektar 25 - are there any slow colour print films available still? |
Oh I was in love too with the Ektar 25. I can't understand why Kodak has discontinued it. I don't know of negtive film because I rarely shoot it, there was the Agfa Ultra 50 that was also very good but it's also discontinued.
I really don't know today what could be a good slow film, I shoot mainly slides or B&W
| Quote: | | Are these results typical of high street scanning? Any company recommendations? |
Like I said, too small to tell. If you can provide a larger image I can be able to tell you my opinion.
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Richard_D
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| Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 7:21 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks Orio
The larger of the two links to the full size scan (bottom picture) _ lower resolution than I was expecting.
Extar 25 was always my print film of choice. There seems little choice in slow colour film slide or print now kodachrome 25 has bit the dust...
I've never (sorry if this controversial  ) been a Velvia fan - greens are way to fluorescent for me.
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Richard
The interesting bit:
Nikkors: 20mm f2.8 AIS, 24mm f2.8 AIS, 28mm f2.8 AIS, 35mm f2 AIS, 50mm f1.4 AI, 50mm f1.48AI, 50m f2 AI,
55mm f3.5 AI'd, 105mm f4 AI, 135mm f2.8 AI'd, 135mm f3.5 AI'd, 200mm f4 AI'd .
Nikon E Series: 100mm f2.8 .
Soviet Nikon Mount: Zenitar 16mm f2.8, Arsat/arax/photex 85mm T&S f2.8 .
Other: Asahi Super Takumar 55 mm f2 (M42) ,Tamron 300mm f5.6 SP, Tamron 500mm f8 SP.
DSLR: Nikon D700. 35mm SLRsNikon FE, Pentax S1a.
TLR: Rolliecord II.
Sub-Minature: Pentax Auto 110, 18mm f2.8, 24mm f2.8, 50mm f2.8.
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poilu
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| Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 8:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Richard wrote: | | On the negative side the quality of the results (and I don't just mean the compositions Wink ) aren't great |
Hi Richard
The artifacts are due to the anti-noise and sharpening of the minilab.
If you print the image it will look very nice so it's not a big deal.
Other minilab scan without to much processing, the scans of Cosmin look more natural.
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Orio
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| Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 9:14 pm Post subject: |
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I have seen the bigger enlargement, and I have to say that it does not look bad at all to me.
Of course, if your eye is trained on digital only for some years, the impact with film is a bit schocky.
Anyway I would rate this scan more than acceptable, especially for being a laboratory work (which means automated and all that).
Doing this with a home scanner and specific care will improve the result, but for a small print, I don't find anything wrong in this scan.
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Richard_D
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Thanks both - I probably had unrealistic expectations, and yes my eye has been very tuned into digital. I suspect 7x5's would be okay, I'm not sure how they'll look at A4. I'll have to experiment with different film and different labs. It's certainly a cheaper way of getting true wideangles than buying a D3 
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The interesting bit:
Nikkors: 20mm f2.8 AIS, 24mm f2.8 AIS, 28mm f2.8 AIS, 35mm f2 AIS, 50mm f1.4 AI, 50mm f1.48AI, 50m f2 AI,
55mm f3.5 AI'd, 105mm f4 AI, 135mm f2.8 AI'd, 135mm f3.5 AI'd, 200mm f4 AI'd .
Nikon E Series: 100mm f2.8 .
Soviet Nikon Mount: Zenitar 16mm f2.8, Arsat/arax/photex 85mm T&S f2.8 .
Other: Asahi Super Takumar 55 mm f2 (M42) ,Tamron 300mm f5.6 SP, Tamron 500mm f8 SP.
DSLR: Nikon D700. 35mm SLRsNikon FE, Pentax S1a.
TLR: Rolliecord II.
Sub-Minature: Pentax Auto 110, 18mm f2.8, 24mm f2.8, 50mm f2.8.
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