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PostPosted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 2:22 pm    Post subject: First 120 film Reply with quote
Well, somebody said to me a while ago that I'd be blown away when I see my first 6x6 Velvia slide. I'm blown away by my first B&W shots and I'm still waiting for the first slides to arrive!

I finally managed to get the film in the spiral late last night and this morning I did the developing. No problems there but I had a disaster when I managed to pull the film out of the clip before it was dry and it fell on the carpet, covering the sticky side with small fibres and other bits.

I also realised my old scanner is designed for 35mm film only - the light in the lid for transparencies is a strip only 35mm wide. Nevertheless I scanned some of the negs and this is the result, a 3:2 crop from the square image, probably only around 25% of the total area!

Yashica-Mat 124G with Ilford PanF+ (50ASA) Very dull and cold day at The Louvre


A new scanner is needed fast, any recommendations? I've been looking at the Epsons, maybe the V500 or the V700 if I can afford it.


PostPosted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 6:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I think it may have been myself or Orio that made the comment about Velvia 50 on 6x6.

It still stands..... Laughing

Nice image Peter - I like how you managed to retain some detail in the sky under such dull conditions.


PostPosted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 6:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Impressive sharpness. Now just imagine how much you could enlarge such a negative! You could easily produce posters.


PostPosted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 7:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
LucisPictor wrote:
Impressive sharpness. Now just imagine how much you could enlarge such a negative! You could easily produce posters.


I know. There's no sharpening to this picture at all, just a tweak of brightness/contrast. And this shot was hand-held!!! I can't believe the difference between this and 35mm.

Bob, thanks, I hate burnt out sky too. The 124G has a built-in meter but I'm not trusting it yet - there's a PX625 mercury battery in the camera, apparently working normally, but I guess it must be years old. I'll be replacing it soon, but for the time being I'm using the Weston meter with it. I took a couple of readings and balanced them out. Not surprisingly on a dull day with 50ASA film, the shots were a little under-exposed.


PostPosted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 7:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Peter wrote:
I can't believe the difference between this and 35mm.


Wait until you get those Velvia 50 slides back....

Seriously.... Cool


PostPosted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 5:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Certainly holds much promise until you can get a scanner for 120! If
you're not going beyond 120, the V500 has very impressive results,
even for 35mm:

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?p=665627#post665627

I was going to get the Plustek 7200 for 35mm, but I may just get this
instead (takes up less space having just the one scanner do both).

Great shot, Peter, looking forward to more!

Bill
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