Fully agree with this statement Tareq, ensure you have a good scan to start with.
Tareq, again see these Flextight software tutorial video's. Although they are specific to the Hasselblad Imacon scanners, certainly many of the recommendations and workflow aspect discussed here, are applicable to other scanners too, so you may learn from this:
http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/ac/IT_tutorial_web_site/photography/photography_flexcolour.htm
Marco
In all cases, i am not asking my Epson to be the best scanner in the world, but it could be that i expect it to do much better, or it could be that i got used to H3DII-39 and scanning with Noritsu or even Drum scanner making me hate to see my Epson scanner results.
I do think there may be truth in this. You are a lucky guy with the equipment you have available. Still, with some tweaking the EPSON V750 should be able to give some acceptable result at resolutions up to about 2000-2400 ppi, according to all I read (I only have a Canon 9950F flatbed at home, totally unsuitable for film scanning except 4x5 at 1200 ppi max, and occasionally hire an Imacon at a lab I visit)
If I were you, go with the following:
- 4x5 wooden or metal viewcamera. 8x10 may be nice, but the camera equipment is almost to heavy to carry, and film is getting more and more difficult to get, not even talking about the size and difficulties to get an enlarger that can handle 8x10 negatives (unless you want to do 8x10 contactprints only, which I think is a loss for the beautiful negatives). 4x5 is still rather "regular", and can be found or bought through the internet with ease. A viewcamera like this with three lenses or so and a few holders, doesn't weigh much more than a professional digital reflex set with a couple of heavy zoomlenses, like a 70-200 F2.8 or so...
- Go for something like a Chamonix 4x5. I have the Tachihara 4x5, and although it is beautiful camera and I have used it happily, it is not as sturdy and elegant in use as the Chamonix. If you have more bucks to spare, than of course something like an all metal Canham DLC45 would be a nice option. Lots of movements, well build and compact.
- Buy a 150 mm lens. They are generally small and lightweight, even in the F5.6 versions, which are recommendable due to the relative weak light on the groundglass in a technical camera. It is my most used one, together with a 75mm lens I have. I also have a 210 that I use less (but I must admit I haven't yet done a lot of portraiture, for which it may be better suited). The 75 is also nice, especially for architecture, as it is probably the equivalent of a 25 mm or so wide angle in 35 mm fullframe DSLR photography. But many people seem to prefer 90 mm. I use my 75 mm without a special wide angle bellows, nor a deepened lens board, which restricts movements a bit, but it still leaves about 8-10 mm rise, which in my case is usually enough.
I will see in this workshop [today Saturday 15th first day] how it will make my mind or thinking about film/analog world, if i love it then believe me i may get 4-5 large format cameras [4x5, 5x7, 8x10, 11x14, 20x24], i get crazy always for what i love and i don't care if it is a right decision, but i am sure that 8x10 will be my last format i get.
Love your attitude, go for it!
Marco
Too bad, i attended the workshop and it seems the lecturer don't know much about large format and maybe he didn't use one, even when i show my medium format cameras it was like i am more knowledge about him as he was asking about it, so the workshop is about 35mm film and developing it ... i think i have to depend on myself and what i read on the net here and there about my decision for large format.
Good to hear you enjoyed it! Printing will be fun too
I wouldn't worry to much about the fact that you are only doing 35 mm. Except for the size of the film and some handling issues with inserting film in holders, there isn't really any difference in terms of developing and printing.
And like you say, I also simply depended on what I read on the internet to buy my LF kit, as I also didn't have any one I could ask for help... Even though my next camera is probably not going to be a Tachihara, I still love using it, so go for something, and make the best of it!
Marco
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