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These were from our trip to the Hunter a couple of months ago. I still have about 20 rolls to develop.

These were scanned via the D200 and a 55 3.5 macro lens. Next time, I shall remember to clean all surfaces!

C&C appreciated



In the shot below, the use of the red filter appears ineffective on the scan. I realise, in retrospect, that I needed much more room at the bottom.

What film did you use? Just wondering because of the grain.

Also can you share the technique you used? I'm considering getting a V700 but hard to justify the cost since that's another weekend in a Euro city

Wayne, the film is Adoc CHS 50 developed in the current version of Rodinol. The grain may be a function of the digital process.

The scanning process is: D200 and 55 3.5 lens on a tripod; place film om light box; focus, meter and shoot; download and invert image in PS; adjust white and black points, curves and fix scratches.

I would much prefer a V700. There are so many potential problems with my technique such as non parallel planes between camera and film and keeping he neg flat.

I prefer the composition of the first and last, however the BW and the tone seem a bit off for lack of a better term. They appear to have a colour cast to them? is that just me?

With the first, i wanna see some dodging and burning then some more contrast added (and teh cast corrected), digital version would be fine, but as you probably can guess, i would be more impressed with darkroom generated print version

biggerry wrote:I prefer the composition of the first and last, however the BW and the tone seem a bit off for lack of a better term. They appear to have a colour cast to them? is that just me?

No - it's purple for me too - not evenly purple even - I think the darker areas have shifter more than the lighter perhaps?

I agree, there is definitely a cast and not sure why. The darkroom will fix this.

I agree about crop page in the second. Hopefully the darkroom can emphasize the dark sky via the red filter but the net suggests otherwise.

I have been interested to see what you were doing with the D200 "scanner" these look promising, but yes there are all the issues mentioned already...have you looked at using the BR2 + ES1 (not sure if it will work for neg strips though) combo?

EDIT: looks like you need mounted frames....so scratch that suggestion

Cameron, if I was to persist with the D200 as my scanner of choice, I would get the adaptor for my enlarger to facilitate scanning - it would hold the camera steady and ensure the relevant planes are parallel.

That said, I will simply save my euros for a V700 to expedite the process.

Looks to be reasonable dynamic range and a tricky exposure.