Jump to content

Welcome to NikonForums.com
Register now to gain access to all of our features. Once registered and logged in, you will be able to create topics, post replies to existing threads, give reputation to your fellow members, get your own private messenger, post status updates, manage your profile and so much more. If you already have an account, login here - otherwise create an account for free today!
Photo

Blankenberge on Tri-X


  • Please log in to reply
6 replies to this topic

#1
Bart

Bart

    Nikonian

  • Forum Member
  • PipPipPipPipPipPipPipPip
  • 1,391 posts
  • Country Flag
Blankenberge is a little town on our coast.
These are from a visit earlier this year, first sunny day of Spring.
The scans are from the lab. I'm still in dubio whether to invest in a scanner myself or not (yet)  :)
I did some tweaking on the scans though so, this isn't Tri-X in its "natural state".
 
1.
p1930726027-5.jpg
 
 
2.
p1991270741-5.jpg
 
 
3.
p2092677115-5.jpg
 
 
4.
p1976829912-5.jpg
 
 
5.
p1897854096-5.jpg
 
 
6.
p2096709490-5.jpg
 
 
7.
p2031441198-5.jpg
 
 
Behind the dunes, there are some woodlands and there I notices this:
 
p2032338375-6.jpg
 
:)
 


#2
Merco_61

Merco_61

    Nikonian

  • Premium Member
  • PipPipPipPipPipPipPipPip
  • 10,589 posts
  • Country Flag
  • LocationUppsala, Sweden

Site Supporter

Nice series. Did you use a filter on the lens for any of them? In my experience, you have to be a bit heavy-handed with the filtration to get nice scans straight from the scanner compared to projection-copying on good paper. Otherwise you will have to tweak the tonecurve a bit to compensate.

 

What equipment do the lab use? If it is a Frontier 340 with the SLP-1000SE scanning unit, you won't get the full DR from your Tri-X negs. If it is a 370 with the SP-2000 getting a tabletop scanner makes less sense.

If you will only shoot with silver occasionally, getting a used 55/2.8 MicroNikkor, a PK-13 and an ES-1 is often the most cost-efficient way to get really good results. This works well for reproducing slides and traditional B/W, not so much for C-41 as the orange mask gives strange results.



#3
Thumper

Thumper

    Nikonian

  • Forum Member
  • PipPipPipPipPipPipPipPip
  • 2,289 posts
  • Country Flag
  • LocationTexas

Site Supporter

Very nice series, Bart.

 

What are we seeing in image 1?   Image 2 and 6 look like some sort of a public park area, and maybe a skateboard area?  



#4
Bart

Bart

    Nikonian

  • Forum Member
  • PipPipPipPipPipPipPipPip
  • 1,391 posts
  • Country Flag

Thanks Peter and Thumper! Appreciated!

 

Peter,

On the website of the lab, I found they are scanning with "Frontier" at 300 dpi, shortest side 20cm

That's 7 EUR for a film.

There is also an option "Imacon Flextight" that gets 300 dpi, shortest side 50cm.

 

I didn't use  any filters but I did tweak the scans in DxO (tone curve, contrast & toning).

Interesting suggestion about the micro lens. Difficult part is to find a stable light source, I guess.

I also plan to scan a selection from all my old slides but that probably will have to wait until I'm retired anyway  :)

 

Thumper,

In #1, we see a kind of boardwalk along the beach, leading up to those areas in #2 & 6 - indeed with a skateboard area.

The cabins on the beach are just that: beach cabins.

 

 

Nice series. Did you use a filter on the lens for any of them? In my experience, you have to be a bit heavy-handed with the filtration to get nice scans straight from the scanner compared to projection-copying on good paper. Otherwise you will have to tweak the tonecurve a bit to compensate.

 

What equipment do the lab use? If it is a Frontier 340 with the SLP-1000SE scanning unit, you won't get the full DR from your Tri-X negs. If it is a 370 with the SP-2000 getting a tabletop scanner makes less sense.

If you will only shoot with silver occasionally, getting a used 55/2.8 MicroNikkor, a PK-13 and an ES-1 is often the most cost-efficient way to get really good results. This works well for reproducing slides and traditional B/W, not so much for C-41 as the orange mask gives strange results.

 

 

Very nice series, Bart.

 

What are we seeing in image 1?   Image 2 and 6 look like some sort of a public park area, and maybe a skateboard area?  

 



#5
Merco_61

Merco_61

    Nikonian

  • Premium Member
  • PipPipPipPipPipPipPipPip
  • 10,589 posts
  • Country Flag
  • LocationUppsala, Sweden

Site Supporter

That sounds like the compact frontier 340 rather than the 350 or 370 that scan with higher both DR and resolution. If they offer Imacon scans at an affordable price, pick one of your favourites and have it rescanned on the Imacon. I think the result will astound you if the operator knows what he/she is doing.

 

Finding a stable light source is easy, I use a SB-910 set at the 35 mm reflector setting about 10 cm from behind a coffee filter glued to a cutout in a piece of black posterboard. I connect the flash to the PC socket and run it in manual with the camera tethered to computer so I can shoot, inverse and check exposure.



#6
Kenafein

Kenafein

    Forum Veteran

  • Forum Member
  • PipPipPipPipPipPipPip
  • 425 posts
  • Country Flag

I just looked up what those shacks are, Interesting. We just have open shower stalls in the USA to rinse.  We don't take full showers at the beach.  Is it true that Belgians sit facing inland, instead of towards the water, when they go to the beach?  It was an observation off an Australian's blog.



#7
Bart

Bart

    Nikonian

  • Forum Member
  • PipPipPipPipPipPipPipPip
  • 1,391 posts
  • Country Flag

Thanks for these tips, Peter!

Something to look into. 

 

That sounds like the compact frontier 340 rather than the 350 or 370 that scan with higher both DR and resolution. If they offer Imacon scans at an affordable price, pick one of your favourites and have it rescanned on the Imacon. I think the result will astound you if the operator knows what he/she is doing.

 

Finding a stable light source is easy, I use a SB-910 set at the 35 mm reflector setting about 10 cm from behind a coffee filter glued to a cutout in a piece of black posterboard. I connect the flash to the PC socket and run it in manual with the camera tethered to computer so I can shoot, inverse and check exposure.


The cabins don't contain showers, Ken.

They are used by people to store their stuf for the beach in. Usually for those that have an apartment further away from the beach.

 

People don't sit facing inland over here. Some might follow the sun though and in the morning, that comes from overland.

The coastline is about North-South over here with the sea in the West and the land in the East.

 

 

I just looked up what those shacks are, Interesting. We just have open shower stalls in the USA to rinse.  We don't take full showers at the beach.  Is it true that Belgians sit facing inland, instead of towards the water, when they go to the beach?  It was an observation off an Australian's blog.