If you're happy with it. I clicked on it to enlarge, and there isn't enough detail for me to make a large print from it.
p.s. love the image.
I took in a different role from a different camera (Olympus OM-2n) and scans came back perfect so we can rule out scanning. I thought too maybe I was mounting these lenses wrong and watched a few YouTube videos to confirm I wasn't missing something. Thank you for your reply/help!Is there a possibility you've mounted the lenses incorrectly?
I would take 3 cameras (your 2 plus a 3rd that's "known good". Run one single roll through the 3 of them. Take at least 5 exposures with each camera (infinity, 25 ft focused, 25 ft measured, 10 ft focused, 10 feet measured). Use a good tripod, fast shutter, and wide aperture. Use an inanimate object as your subject. If all 3 sets are "off", it's most likely the scanning.
This is the first test I did after my first batch came back blurry and all was fine with focus at infinity! I think you're right about the focus being a tiny bit too close. Thank you for your reply/help!Set the lens to infinity and check the rangefinder for accuracy by looking at something in the distance (I check rangefinders by looking at a light post at the end of my street). If the double-image is off, adjust the rangefinder.
The screw next to the viewfinder on the front of the camera hides the rangefinder adjustment.
All of your photos look like they are focused perhaps a bit too close (which could be the result of moving after focusing). Otherwise, though, they seem about as sharp as they should be for the apertures selected.
I'm starting to wonder if all of this is just in my head or maybe MY EYES are getting blurry lol. Thank you for your reply/help!That metal chair in mid distance seems to be in focus. I checked by using the magnifier option on your image.
This is an insanely nice offer! I sent the lab a different roll shot on a different camera and the scans came back perfect. I think I can rule out scanning. Thank you for your reply/help!If you want you can mail me one of your negatives and I can scan it with my Z7 set up. Your V600 is not going to yield great scans, and perhaps your lab has become sloppy.
I took in a different role from a different camera (Olympus OM-2n) and scans came back perfect so we can rule out scanning.
Offer still holds. You need to get the images in question scanned again to rule out if it was those scans.I took in a different role from a different camera (Olympus OM-2n) and scans came back perfect so we can rule out scanning. I thought too maybe I was mounting these lenses wrong and watched a few YouTube videos to confirm I wasn't missing something. Thank you for your reply/help!
This is the first test I did after my first batch came back blurry and all was fine with focus at infinity! I think you're right about the focus being a tiny bit too close. Thank you for your reply/help!
I'm starting to wonder if all of this is just in my head or maybe MY EYES are getting blurry lol. Thank you for your reply/help!
This is an insanely nice offer! I sent the lab a different roll shot on a different camera and the scans came back perfect. I think I can rule out scanning. Thank you for your reply/help!
I really appreciate everyone's help in this thread! Starting to wonder if it's all just user error lol.
The largest prints I make from scans are 8x10 - in a calendar. All other prints I make are using an enlarger and this will print quite big.
Also, I'm looking at it on a 60" television and there's plenty of detail. What kind of detail do you want in prints? I make prints to view, not to examine.
I make 24x36 inch prints from 35mm
If you're happy with it. I clicked on it to enlarge, and there isn't enough detail for me to make a large print from it.
p.s. love the image.
i’ve seen the work from those Epson V series scanners which is why I don’t use them. They cannot resolve fine detail from 35mm film as your example has shown. It doesn’t matter what setting you use.If using a printer, it's fairly obvious you'd want a file size bigger than 300k for that - which is how big the scan is of the picture I posted. I think it's a 2400 dpi scan.
I did once get a 24x36 inch print printed from a 35mm scan (used the v600). That, in my opinion, exceeds the capability of that scanner. Yet the print looks pretty good.
At any rate, the point I was making is the v600 scanner is more than adequate for scanning negatives to be printed normally. Actually, it'd be fine for printing a billboard, too, since that gets printed at maybe 30 dpi....
Not sure what etching has to do with photography. I like to quilt. Some people like large quilts, some like small quilts. So…..How large is large? My friend the late Bob Conover made etchings at least a yard on the long side. Beautiful work, but I feel that etchings have a more intimate character, so mine were usually much smaller than 8x10 inches. Another friend owned an etching by Rembrandt that was about 2”x2”. Bigger is not always better. Of course, there are some subjects and themes that show better in a very large format.
TL;DR - Tested 2 Canon P bodies, tested 2 Canon 50mm lenses, photo scans come back blurry/out-of-focus.
i’ve seen the work from those Epson V series scanners which is why I don’t use them. They cannot resolve fine detail from 35mm film as your example has shown. It doesn’t matter what setting you use.
but don’t take it from me
The Epson Perfection V600 Photo is a flatbed scanner, intended mainly for scanning paper originals. The ability to scan photographic prints, slides and negatives should be considered a mere add-on feature for occasionally scanning the one or other item. The image quality is completely adequate for scanning documents. As for scanning photographic prints, it is to be considered rather modest, and for digitizing slides and negatives, it's simply insufficient.
Why use a good camera? why use decent lenses? Why take care developing film? None of that is going to make a photo a better photo.Ultra sharpening minute detail isn't going to make a photo a better photo - it will just make it sharper.
Why use a good camera? why use decent lenses? Why take care developing film? None of that is going to make a photo a better photo.
A good camera can be trusted to expose the film the way you want it to be exposed. Taking care developing film can ensure it is developed to the proper density and not overdeveloped. Both of those definitely will make a photo better.
You told the original poster that his scanner could be responsible for incorrect focus (where things at a certain distance were in focus but not what he wanted to be in focus). That was plainly incorrect. The scanner he used - the scanner the lab used - a cell phone photo of the negative over a piece of wax paper on a window, for that matter - will all show what's in focus. Minute detail will differ - that is a separate issue.
Pretty rookie question, but when I'm focusing at infinity f/1.4 should I have my lens indicator pointing at the infinity symbol or at 1.4?
At the infinity symbol, if you want to have the best focus at infinity.
If you wanted to maximize the range of distances where the focus is acceptable, you could put the infinity symbol at 1.4, which would mean the lens is set to the f/1.4 hyperfocal distance, but that doesn't give you anything of any meaningful benefit.
If you are working at a smaller aperture - say f/16 - setting the infinity at the f/16 mark, means that the lens is focused at the hyperfocal distance for f/16, and the range of distances where the focus is acceptable is much more useful.
The key here (I think) is “adjusted the rangefinder.” Do you mean you turned the focus ring on the lens? Or made an mechanical internal adjustment to the rangefinder itself? If the sharp image on the tape and the rangefinder patch were not in perfect agreement then the rangefinder adjustment is off and should be adjusted or repaired.I used the digital microscope to view the image on the piece of tape and got it so sharp. I then looked through the viewfinder and adjusted the rangefinder until the images lined up. Took the camera outside to test infinity and it was wayyyyyyy off.
Adjusted the horizontal and vertical rangefinder screws.The key here (I think) is “adjusted the rangefinder.” Do you mean you turned the focus ring on the lens? Or made an mechanical internal adjustment to the rangefinder itself? If the sharp image on the tape and the rangefinder patch were not in perfect agreement then the rangefinder adjustment is off and should be adjusted or repaired.
I then looked through the viewfinder and adjusted the rangefinder until the images lined up. Took the camera outside to test infinity and it was wayyyyyyy off. HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE?!
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