Recent content by Mesabound

Print looks great. I know they’re basically interchangeable but I prefer working with Tri-X myself — it’s simply the best imo. Cheers

[/USER] I echo these sentiments exactly. Also, OP, I understand your intent is not ill, and that at the end of the day this is the internet and the photographer put it out there, but I do not think it is really useful (or perhaps I mean kind) practice to take a photo that is literally titled...

I've pushed Portra 400 by 2 and 3 stops respectively and agree w/ Helge that it is unlikely to yield desirable astro results (I *do* like it for some portraiture), though I'm very keen to see the results of your testing. In my experience, the grain increase is noticeable and color skews browner.

Perhaps. But there were also 2-3 old scanners that you just as easily could have stood in line for ;) I was heartened to see several film-specific signs around highlighting the material's vulnerability to the CT machine, including a hand written sign taped to the machine that said "Remove...

Last month I was flying out of Colorado Springs (a very small airport) and was surprised to see that of their three or four scanners, one was a new CT model, despite not having found any announcement of the device's use online or in the paper. Only somewhat surprising, I guess, but a good...

awesome

Denver does not have them, went through last week. If TSA is making people remove their laptops, they are NOT using the new scanners.

Thanks Paul, that's useful info

Is this a camera that I could feasibly slap a 6x9 back on and shoot handheld on the street? Asking because I'm on the verge of sinking some money into a Fuji GW690 which, while obviously more portable, would have much more limited use for me (probably strictly a travel cam), whereas I'm also in...

I also like Fomapan quite a bit. Here is 100 at 5x7 in Pyrocat HD

Were these lab processed/scanned or? Immediate reaction is that they look underexposed (except the motorcycle shot which looks fine aside from the blue spot in the bottom left (processing error?)).

+1

Assuming you are somewhat adept with editing software, I doubt you'd be able to tell the difference between a touched up V850 scan and the Flextight without doing side-by-side comparisons, at least with the 4x5. If you have a surfeit of images that will absolutely require max quality at some...

Yeah that's not bad; I would maybe play around with the "dehaze" functionality on that frame. Re: levels/curves, I can't post it right now but the YouTube channel "PiXimperfect" has a video on learning about curves in PS (translatable to LR) that is extremely helpful in this regard.

Yes, I believe the 700, 750, 800, and 850 all interchange. And by all accounts the provided 850 holders do a good job (though I've read the MF holder can be a little uncooperative). That said, the big advantages of the Betterscanning models from what I can tell is 1) height adjustment is a...