I'm dipping back into film photography again, scanning my own negatives, and having real problems.
I'm using Vuescan and an Epson V600, but try as I might, it all looks like shit. Noisy red blotches in the shadows, huge amounts of grain (even when using iso100 film), doesnt matter if it's 120 or 35mm, it all looks awful.
I've followed every guide I can find, tried locking film base colour, exposure, adjusting histograms. Re-installed drivers, cleaned the calibration area. Nope. Still get noisy, bad scans.
Also tried Epson Scan, and Silverlight, no better. A lot of what I shoot is backlit, so often I underexpose but looking at the negatives I can see detail and there is more than enough to scan.
Not sure what to suggest without seeing the images but I can run a strip of 35mm through my scanner for you if you want to rule out the negatives as the issue?
I'm dipping back into film photography again, scanning my own negatives, and having real problems.
I'm using Vuescan and an Epson V600, but try as I might, it all looks like shit. Noisy red blotches in the shadows, huge amounts of grain (even when using iso100 film), doesnt matter if it's 120 or 35mm, it all looks awful.
I've followed every guide I can find, tried locking film base colour, exposure, adjusting histograms. Re-installed drivers, cleaned the calibration area. Nope. Still get noisy, bad scans.
Also tried Epson Scan, and Silverlight, no better. A lot of what I shoot is backlit, so often I underexpose but looking at the negatives I can see detail and there is more than enough to scan.
WTF am I doing wrong?!