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sir pball

(4,742 posts)
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 04:54 PM Apr 2020

Now's a good time as any to scan film

I had my grandfather's original 1972 Nikkormat EL cleaned/lubricated/adjusted a couple of years ago and picked up a couple of lenses to round out the large set he left me; been playing around with it lately, mostly heavily pushing expired films with the crappy old glass I have - basically a very difficult and expensive way to replicate Instagram filters

Anyhoo, I scanned some as soon as I got them, but still had a few rolls that never got run, so here ya go. All shots were done on a high-end calibrated flatbed; the only digital adjustments have been removing color casts if necessary and sharpening. These aren't crap lens images, they were shot with either my Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 or Micro-Nikkor 55mm f/3.5 (incidentally the best lens I've ever owned, it's so sharp and flat that Smart Sharpen and Lens Correction make no visible difference).

The mandatory abandoned-bike photo. Long-expired (2006) Fuji Provia 100 pushed to 800:


Sunset over the Hudson. Expired (2011) Fuji Velvia 100F:


Tree at last light. New Kodak Portra 400 pushed to 1600:

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