Thanks, John! the V600 does have medium format film capabilities, and I believe there is a backlight adjustment capability—course I don’t have any medium format negatives. And good to know about the “safety film” bit!
Cheers, Christine > On Feb 26, 2016, at 4:11 PM, John <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 2/26/2016 3:14 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: >> Hi Everyone! >> >> I’ve had my new Epson V600 scanner for a few months now, and >> ironically I’ve been using it more for document scanning than film. >> >> But today I’ve stole some time to try it out on some color film. >> This was taken with my Pentax MX, and along the film edge it says >> Kodak Safety Film 5035. Anyone have any idea what that means? If I >> once knew, I’ve long since forgotten. >> >> Of this series, this has always been my favorite. I did some dust >> removal, but I can see more work needs to be done. Also, does it >> look like theres a bit of a blue color cast to it? Or does it look >> ok to you guys? >> >> Scanning quality doesn’t look too shabby for a $200 scanner, though >> if the expertise of the list says otherwise, I’m willing to be >> schooled. >> >> Comments welcome. >> >> http://caguilaphotography.com/1stv600scan/content/hot_air_balloon_scan_large.html >> >> Cheers, Christine >> >> > > Kodak 5035 is Kodacolor II ASA 100. > > It was superseded by Kodacolor VR 100 and then Gold 100. "Safety Film" > just means it has an acetate base rather than nitrocellulose. > > http://www.taphilo.com/Photo/kodakfilmnumxref.shtml > > I don't see a color cast, and it looks just fine for a $200 scanner. You > only need a more expensive scanner if you have to scan medium or large > format negatives/transparencies. I don't know if the V600 has a back > light area large enough to handle them. > > If you do, there are work-arounds that will get the job done. > > It's a good image. There's a nice balance between the foreground and the > kind of triangular shape of the mass of balloons & the guy pulling on > the guide rope and one balloon already in the air. > > You might boost the saturation of the balloons just a touch, but you'd > want to mask it on an adjustment layer (Photoshop) or use an adjustment > brush (Lightroom) to confine the saturation boost to just the balloons. > > I won't say that it needs it, but it could make the image more pleasing > ... or maybe not. You'd have to try it to find out. > > -- > Science - Questions we may never find answers for. > Religion - Answers we must never question. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
