Analog film photography and cameras

Cool! Is that a scanner error?

scanner error?

..it's a "feature"!
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I have a dedicated 35mm scanner that you feed strips of six negs, sandwiched in a plastic, uh, thing.
It doesn't move to the next frame automatically but you have to "advance" it per hand; sometimes it doesn't really center well (there's some "wiggle room"), so I keep my hand on the plastic thing sticking out either end of the scanner and nudge it left/right a bit during the preview scan to align the negative better with the scanning unit (much easier than pulling the whole thing out, taking the "sandwich" apart and nudge the negative strip itself).
I do admit it took me years to realize this.

When you push it all the way to the next negative in row during the preview scan it looks like the image above.
This is just a screenshot of course - there's no way you could actually scan it like this in high resolution.

Tomorrow marks 2 since posting to FilmDev. I’ve moved from denial to acceptance. RIP those 2 rolls.

fuck

I've been dreading the day this happens to me for months, It'll probably be the day I switch to digital.

Aw man - I had this issue. Then they appeared after a couple of weeks. Did you add enough postage on em?

is there no labs where you can hand them in? always do it that way, and always one at a time, in case theres some problem with the chemicals or something

shot some delta3200 while in London, really looking forward to those, but focussing was really hard in that lighting conditions, hope it worked

Aw man - I had this issue. Then they appeared after a couple of weeks. Did you add enough postage on em?

10 days for a roll posted first class for me
@nefarious I wouldn't give up hope just yet as post has also been affected by snowmageddon. I'm waiting for my Zeiss Nettar ebay purchase to turn up, posted by the seller last Friday

Good things come to those who wait!
Just going through them now, I asked for Frontier scans as I researched the two and figured I preferred the look of them over the Noritsu. They actually scanned them with the Noritsu and sent them, shortly followed by an apology with a link to scans done on the Frontier. Perfect chance for a comparison.

Frontier have more contrast, are darker and seem sharper. Colours vary between the two.
First is Frontier, Noritsu second.

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And another

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Didn't realise they had an option. Always thought the colours were 'off' on the scans I got back.

Noritsu

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Digital scanning is fickle as fuck tbh - I've had such trouble scanning at home, that I just get lab scans now.
There appears to be a bit more detail in the shadows for the Noritsu, but the Frontier are more presentable.

Amazing, thanks for this! I was going to do the same with mine. Also sharpening on or off?

Did you ask if they had a different option? It's not a choice on the form, is it?

There is a new form on their website and it is a choice.

Oh, I've used the new one once but didn't notice. Cheers

Didn't state, FWIW, Noritsu seems unsharpened, Frontier does.

This is great.
Please post more comparisons, side-by-side if possible.

Closeup for comparison.

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Interesting, I prefer the Frontier images above. I also always have to bump contrast in Lightroom / Snapseed for my Noritsu scanned images I get back from Filmdev and AG Photographic too.

Tempted to try Frontier next time, although don't you get back lower res on equivalent scans vs Noritsu ?

Marginally lower res, 1972 x 2988 vs 2048 x 3091.
But as the closeup comparison shows, it looks like you're getting more detail (or clarity) on the frontier.

Also, I've found getting the colours right has been easier on the Noritsu scans. Frustrating really as they're noticeably less sharp.

Noritsu on top. On first glance when zoomed out, it looks like there's loads of detail lost in the highlights of the Frontier, but zoomed in you can see there is still detail - they're just brighter - and more importantly the Frontier is significantly sharper.

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