Hi John the negative was scanned at the maximum of 3200dpi/48bit the Canon 9900F has in theory. According to the German magazine CT no flatbed scanner ever reached more than 2000dpi in reality, everything claimed more for a flatbed scanner is marketing hype according to their tests. The Canon should have around 1700dpi net.
Of course you can handhold a mirror lens, but would usually use a minimum shutter speed of 1/500 or more. I carry it on a monopod which seems safer but did not use that for this quick tests hot. I have no further experience with mirror lenses yet, this is the first shot on film with it. I sharpened the raw scan once and once again after resizing it for the web. Maybe you look at some JPEG artifacts in the sky or grain from the aging scanner or I overdid it here ;-) greetings Markus >>-----Original Message----- >>From: John Bailey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 11:06 PM >>To: [email protected] >>Subject: Re: PESO:under the (good) influence of the PDML >> >> >>Markus, >> >>How much or type of sharpening and adjusting did you >>use for the flatbed scan of the 35mm neg? >>What dpi did you use? Do I see the film grain clumps >>in the sky? I'm just amazed that one can handhold a >>500mm tele-mirror. Is that normal for mirror lens? >> >>Thanks, >> >>John >> >>--- Markus Maurer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Hi Pentaxians >>> >>> under the influence of the PDML: >>> ------------------------------- >>> >>> I tried the "poor mans tele", the SP 500/8mm Tamron >>> mirror lens handheld on >>> the SFXn with 1/250 from a distance of about >>> 200 Meters to test it for the next challenge, the >>> birds shots ;-) The >>> picture is adjusted and sharpened on the computer to >>> compensate for the loss >>> of the flatbed negative scan. >>> >>> >>> under the influence of the wonderful industrial >>> photos of "Fotoralf": >>> >>--------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> I choosed an industrial subject in "Fahrweid" in the >>> State of Zurich >>> Switzerland too ;-) >>> >>> >>http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4256519&size=lg >>> (291KB) >>> >>> >>> I'm pretty sure now that I can use that mirror lens >>> to get some decent >>> photos as long as the lightning and background >>> conditions are good. >>> >>> enjoy and more test shots soon to be seen in this >>> theater... >>> greetings >>> Markus >>> >>> >>> >>
