[pure-silver] Re: Film Having A "Resurgence" and a scanning question.
- From: Dennis Purdy <dlp4777@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2010 10:35:57 -0700
I am curious from those of you who are into film scanning; how well does black
and white film that has been processed in pyrocat scan? I don't do film
scanning but I do film processing for a few photographers that are film
scanners. I have been processing my own film in pyro lately and it gives not
only the wonderful brown color but also causes some actual 3D relief affect on
the emulsion. Does the color cause problems and does the texture of the neg
cause problems?
Thanks if anyone knows the answer to those questions.
Dennis Purdy
On Oct 1, 2010, at 08:20, Robert Randall wrote:
> I have two Isomet 405 drum scanners, they are quite possibly the finest drum
> scanners ever made. Having worked with Hell, Heidelberg, Screen and a few
> others over a 35 year career, I feel I know what I’m talking about.
>
> A few years ago, Jeff Schewe told me the Imacon 848 was as good as any drum
> scanner he ever encountered, so naturally I was curious to see the machine in
> action. He invited the Imacon regional sales rep along with their main
> engineer into my studio for a demonstration, the results were just abysmal.
> It turned out that the Imacon was nothing more than a retro fit Leaf 45 tower
> scanner from 1993 or so, and it couldn’t find shadow detail with a map. Their
> pronouncement was that the Imacon would best the Isomet, and in 6 hours of
> embarrassing tests, their engineer couldn’t come remotely close to the detail
> and range of an Isomet scan.
>
> The reason for my rant is to point out the current sad state of affairs for
> film reproduction. No one is supporting drum scanners any longer, and soon
> there won’t be any left to make quality scans with. Leaving everyone to
> believe that an Imacon is the best there ever was, when in fact it isn’t much
> more than a glorified paper weight.
>
> Lastly, the Isomet is a piece of cake to operate, I could have anyone of you
> making quality scans in one 20 minute session.
>
> Bob Randall
>
>
>
>
> On 10/1/10 12:55 AM, "Jim Brick" <jim@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Imacon is still available from Hasselblad and there are plenty of Imacon
>> scanners available on eBay. Many of the commercial labs moved from the very
>> expensive and difficult to operate drum scanner to the Imacon (virtual drum
>> scanner). It is a great scanner.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>>
>> On Sep 30, 2010, at 9:45 PM, Eric Nelson wrote:
>>
>>> Yes the pro-sumer variety like the 9000.
>>> I assume by big iron you mean drums. Drums are within the reach of us mere
>>> mortals since their value has dropped which works for me!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> From: Dana Myers <dana.myers@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Sent: Thu, September 30, 2010 1:37:55 PM
>>> Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Film Having A "Resurgence"
>>>
>>> On 9/30/2010 9:47 AM, Eric Nelson wrote:
>>>> Now if they can bring back the high end film scanners they've been
>>>> eliminating...
>>>>
>>> Are you referring to prosumer scanners like the Nikon LS9000,
>>> or to commercial-grade big iron scanners?
>>>
>>> It's not like the industry is going back to wet-process for prints.
>>> I am, however, quite happy that I invested in an LS9000 when I
>>> did.
>>>
>>> Dana
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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