I've had a revelation

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Drizzt321

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I have had a revelation, and seen the light. Suddenly I can see in all colors of the rainbow. Vivid greens and blues. Beautiful browns and purple that pops. Yellows that are like looking into the sun, and everything just the way it should be.

In short, I just got back my first 2 rolls of positive (slide) film. Shot a roll of Provia and one of Velvia. Wow. That's all I can say, and on 120 everything is so amazing. The Provia is of a vinyard and wine production facility from Carmel Valley, and the Velvia I shot on my way back down the cost towards LA. So traveling through Big Sur and further down the central coast. Oh. My. <DEITY>. So gorgeous. I'll have to get busy scanning, hopefully I'll be able to do them justice in the scan.
 
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Drizzt321 said:
I have had a revelation, and seen the light. Suddenly I can see in all colors of the rainbow. Vivid greens and blues. Beautiful browns and purple that pops. Yellows that are like looking into the sun, and everything just the way it should be.

In short, I just got back my first 2 rolls of positive (slide) film. Shot a roll of Provia and one of Velvia. Wow. That's all I can say, and on 120 everything is so amazing. The Provia is of a vinyard and wine production facility from Carmel Valley, and the Velvia I shot on my way back down the cost towards LA. So traveling through Big Sur and further down the central coast. Oh. My. <DEITY>. So gorgeous. I'll have to get busy scanning, hopefully I'll be able to do them justice in the scan.
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I hope your scans can do them justice too, but I doubt it. I've never seen a scan on a computer that could equal the vividness of a color transparency projected, or even on the light table with a loupe. If I could find a way to put that on a computer screen, I'd go back and do some film again.
 
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I know what you're speaking of. When I look at slides from my 6x9 or 4x5 with my loupe, i can hardly believe it, it's amazing. once scanned though, at least by me and my crappy scanner, it's not so hot, but the slides themselves, WOW!
 
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I shot a couple of rolls of Velvia 35mm in Yosemite National Park last year and I agree completely with all previous comments... the slides look stunning on the light table. Velvia detail resolution is pretty much on par with a couple of shots that I took with the 5d3/24-70f/2.8 combo that I tried at the same park as part of a canon promotion.

if you can find a reputable print shop, you can come close to the quality of viewing the slides with a loupe and then a lot of credit will go to the print shop for the end result.

currently I am "scanning" the slides with my 7d and 100mm macro lens but I am having a very hard time reproducing the colors with DPP
 
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Yea, we'll see how I can do. It's the Epson v600, so decent enough. I am seriously considering getting the Plustek 120 in 6 months or so, assuming I'm still regularly shooting film. From what I've seen that's going to get me much better quality scans, but I'm in no rush right now.

I'm actually trying to look for a Mamiya Six (Not the newer Mamiya-6), although I do have a Perkeo 1 which is in good shape and shoots nice shots. I'm finding I want to do the focusing with the coupled rangefinder style, unlike the Perkeo.
 
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J.R. said:
Drizzt321 said:
Ok, got my scans done and a few bits of editing, mostly just removing dust and specks from the scan. Here ya go whoever wants to see them https://plus.google.com/photos/102378497314145496618/albums/5876055902888292097
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Nice images ... I would guess the slides would be even more impressive.
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Definitely. I tried to match the slides pretty closely, but I think I'd need to spend a lot more time tweaking the scan process to get closer, and even then I probably won't quite match it.
 
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