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 Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 1:13 am Post subject: Refurbed an Oly 35RC |
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Katastrofo wrote:
A lady friend talked me into replacing the lightseals, battery, etc, to
bring the little cam back to working condition. After cleaning it inside
and out, replacing the battery, and installing new lightseals I ran a roll
of expired Kodak 200 color film through it. A local drug store only charged me a dollar
for processing as they didn't have a price for it! These are scanned on my Epson 2450,
no special holder, using stock Epson software at 2400 dpi:
All shots were made in "auto exposure mode" to make sure the metering
was OK.
Bill
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Orio
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| Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 1:20 am Post subject: |
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Orio wrote:
One word: W O W !
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Katastrofo
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| Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 1:27 am Post subject: |
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Katastrofo wrote:
Thanks, Orio, but I should add that the Boxter Porsche and Softail
Harley are not mine, but a friend's, who owns several vehicles and 2-3
more motorcycles. They make nice subjects, but I'm not envious, well,
a little for the Boxter, maybe! 
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Orio
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| Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 1:44 am Post subject: |
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Orio wrote:
Handy man, eh? 
Hm... a lady friend... offering to repair her camera.... shooting expensive cars as a test film... am I the only one to see a pattern there?
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Katastrofo
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| Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 3:10 am Post subject: |
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Katastrofo wrote:
| Orio wrote: |
Handy man, eh?
Hm... a lady friend... offering to repair her camera.... shooting expensive cars as a test film... am I the only one to see a pattern there? |
Now, Orio, everything was on the up and up, no hanky panky, I'm a
married man! 
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Jesito
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| Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 4:46 am Post subject: |
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Jesito wrote:
Well done, Bill!
I'm doing the same process with the little Konica C35V.
(I received yesterday the sealing kit from Jon Goodman).
BTW, you scanned the prints, didn't you?.
Which size were them?.
Thanks!
Best regards,
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Katastrofo
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Katastrofo wrote:
Jesito,
I scanned the negatives, I didn't have prints made. I'm thinking a
dedicated film scanner of course would have done a much better
job, but these were serviceable enough to tell me if there were light
leaks, meter problems, etc.
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Jesito
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Jesito wrote:
| Katastrofo wrote: |
Jesito,
I scanned the negatives, I didn't have prints made. I'm thinking a
dedicated film scanner of course would have done a much better
job, but these were serviceable enough to tell me if there were light
leaks, meter problems, etc.
Bill |
Thanks, Bill!
I was trying to scan some prints, but the quality was really poor.
So now I'll be scanning the negatives. So I understand (maybe I'm wrong) you shot slides and scanned them. Or maybe you scanned negative film and did some processing to "reveal" it?.
Best regards,
Jes.
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Zooms Sigma 70-300, Tamron 35-135 and 70-210 short, 70-210 long, 28-70 CF Macro, 35-70, 35-80, Vivitar 70-210 KA, Tamron 70-250.
Fixed Industar-50, , Tamron 24mm, Tamron 135mm, Sands Hunter 135mm, Pancolar 50mm, Volna-3, many Exakta lenses
DSLR SIGMA SD9 & SD14, EOS 5D, Sony A700 and NEXF3, Oly E-330, E-400, E-450, E-1
TLR/6x6/645 YashicaMat, Petri 6x45, Nettar, Franka Solida, Brilliant
SLR Minolta X300, Fuji STX II, Praktica VLC3, Pentax P30t, EXA500, EXA 1A, Spotmatic(2), Chinon CM-4S, Ricoh, Contax, Konica TC-X , Minolta 5000, 7000i, 3Sxi, EOS 500 and CX
Rangefinders Chinon 35EE, Konica C35 auto, Canonet 28, Yashica Lynx, FED-2, Yashica electro 35, Argus C3 & C4, Regula Cita III, Voigtlander Vitoret (many), Welta Welti-I, Kodak Signette 35, Zorki-4, Bessa-R & L, Minolta Weathermatic, olympus XA2
Compact Film Konica C35V, Voigtlander Vitorets, Canon Prima Super 105, Olympus XA2 and XA3
Compact Digital Olympus C-5050, Aiptek Slim 3000, Canon Powershot A540, Nikon 5200, SIGMA DP1s, Polaroid X530, IXUS55, Kodak 6490, Powershot G9 and G10
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Orio
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| Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 8:01 am Post subject: |
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Orio wrote:
| Jesito wrote: |
I was trying to scan some prints, but the quality was really poor.
So now I'll be scanning the negatives. So I understand (maybe I'm wrong) you shot slides and scanned them. Or maybe you scanned negative film and did some processing to "reveal" it?.
Best regards,
Jes. |
Jes, Epson scanners come with proprietary software that has the options for different types of film. You do not have to reveal anything, the scanning software converts from the correct film types (unless you set it wrong on purpose, of course. Which could also be a creative option).
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Jesito
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| Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 9:16 am Post subject: |
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Jesito wrote:
| Orio wrote: |
| Jesito wrote: |
I was trying to scan some prints, but the quality was really poor.
So now I'll be scanning the negatives. So I understand (maybe I'm wrong) you shot slides and scanned them. Or maybe you scanned negative film and did some processing to "reveal" it?.
Best regards,
Jes. |
Jes, Epson scanners come with proprietary software that has the options for different types of film. You do not have to reveal anything, the scanning software converts from the correct film types (unless you set it wrong on purpose, of course. Which could also be a creative option). |
Ok. My scanner (an HP scanjet2400) has no film options. I've talked to my daughter that owns another HP one but with film scan options (there is a tray in the cover) and she will lend it to me for a couple of month (she's going to the US to learn "american english" and won't need it for that time).
Impressed for the quality of the pictures...
Best regards,
Jes.
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Zooms Sigma 70-300, Tamron 35-135 and 70-210 short, 70-210 long, 28-70 CF Macro, 35-70, 35-80, Vivitar 70-210 KA, Tamron 70-250.
Fixed Industar-50, , Tamron 24mm, Tamron 135mm, Sands Hunter 135mm, Pancolar 50mm, Volna-3, many Exakta lenses
DSLR SIGMA SD9 & SD14, EOS 5D, Sony A700 and NEXF3, Oly E-330, E-400, E-450, E-1
TLR/6x6/645 YashicaMat, Petri 6x45, Nettar, Franka Solida, Brilliant
SLR Minolta X300, Fuji STX II, Praktica VLC3, Pentax P30t, EXA500, EXA 1A, Spotmatic(2), Chinon CM-4S, Ricoh, Contax, Konica TC-X , Minolta 5000, 7000i, 3Sxi, EOS 500 and CX
Rangefinders Chinon 35EE, Konica C35 auto, Canonet 28, Yashica Lynx, FED-2, Yashica electro 35, Argus C3 & C4, Regula Cita III, Voigtlander Vitoret (many), Welta Welti-I, Kodak Signette 35, Zorki-4, Bessa-R & L, Minolta Weathermatic, olympus XA2
Compact Film Konica C35V, Voigtlander Vitorets, Canon Prima Super 105, Olympus XA2 and XA3
Compact Digital Olympus C-5050, Aiptek Slim 3000, Canon Powershot A540, Nikon 5200, SIGMA DP1s, Polaroid X530, IXUS55, Kodak 6490, Powershot G9 and G10
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montecarlo
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montecarlo wrote:
Hello,
A WOW! from me too.
The quality of the images is good. Better then those which I made at the local photolab. Could you please, post some small 100% crop from the most noisiest areas. I would like to make a comparison with my scans. I use the same Kodak 200.
Jesito: I think here you cand find a driver for your daughter's HP scanner if you don't have one (or it doesn't came on CD) : http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/static_software_select?lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&
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Katastrofo
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| Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 1:32 pm Post subject: |
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Katastrofo wrote:
Here's a 100% crop of the upper right corner in the first pic:
No sharpening was applied after crop.
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Katastrofo
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| Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 9:36 pm Post subject: |
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Katastrofo wrote:
Tried scanning the first image like the guy on RFF described:
1. Placed directly on glass held down by coins
2. Emulsion side down
3. Scanned at 4800dpi
4. Flipped image horizontally in CS3
This is full image including (faintly) the sprocket holes of the film.
Can't say that the sharpness is any better. ?
Bill
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poilu
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| Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 10:55 pm Post subject: |
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poilu wrote:
wow nice scan ! |
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Katastrofo
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| Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 12:34 am Post subject: |
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Katastrofo wrote:
| poilu wrote: |
| wow nice scan ! |
Thank you for your comment, poilu. I'm undecided whether I like it or
not, will be doing some more experimenting.
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peterqd
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| Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 2:06 pm Post subject: |
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peterqd wrote:
Another WOW from me Bill! I think you did a great job with the camera as well as the scanning. The sharpness is fantastic when you consider the image has been through both camera and scanner lenses. I'm not sure I'm a fan of the high contrast though, particularly the bike pic, but maybe that's due to either the old film or the scanner software.
@Jes:
If you don't have software that corrects the cast on colour negs, I posted a technique recently you can use with PS, which works really well:
http://forum.mflenses.com/viewtopic.php?t=2184&start=0 |
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Katastrofo
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| Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 5:12 pm Post subject: |
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Katastrofo wrote:
Peter, thanks for your comments. The bike picture is simply not a good
capture, expired film issues aside. I think I was a little overzealous with
curves and brightness/contrast adjustments in CS3.
I'm loading one of my own Oly 35RC's for this weekend.
Regards,
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peterqd
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| Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 5:20 pm Post subject: |
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peterqd wrote:
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I think I was a little overzealous with
curves and brightness/contrast adjustments in CS3. |
Yes, it's so easy to overdo adjustments isn't it? I think maybe it's because one's eye becomes accustomed to changes as you're working. I like to save changes and then look at them again later, maybe even next day, to compare with the original before committing. |
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Katastrofo
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| Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 5:26 pm Post subject: |
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Katastrofo wrote:
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| Yes, it's so easy to overdo adjustments isn't it? I think maybe it's because one's eye becomes accustomed to changes as you're working. I like to save changes and then look at them again later, maybe even next day, to compare with the original before committing. |
I probably should've let it "marinate" a little before finally posting, good
advice, Peter.
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Orio
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| Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 6:08 pm Post subject: |
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Orio wrote:
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I probably should've let it "marinate" a little |
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