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[Aiko Bartels]

These are indeed beautiful images! I just the other day was talking about how I want to get into tree photography, which always seemed difficult to me even though I love trees. I also want to learn/practice some in black and white.
These photos and your comments are great inspiration.

We see color, we live with it everyday.Color can almost make you smell the subject, can almost make you feel the heat or cold, color is an extra tool that without, will limit anyones expression. A picture that works on the principle of tone is a whole lot easier than color. That is why Bresson said that photography is just an instant drawing. And that is what BW photgraphy is..an instant pencil drawing done by the camera. Painters use color but molst of them actually work in tone like BW, very few painters like Bonnard for example can actually master color, not tone.

Hello Ibraar
Just stunned from your breathtaking pictures. I like tree shots as well. The more I look them over I started rethinking whether to get myself a 64.5 film camera again. The pictures from the Fuji are so crisp and sharp. Simply astonishing. What kind of scanner you use?

You can then try his Black and White Photography masterclass, and his Mastering Black and White Photography.
I also recommend buying and looking at Don McCullins books, he is BW photographer par excellence!

Vuescan is only good in batch processing when you have a dedicated 35mm film scanner!
With my Epson V700 i used Silverfast as it gives me easier control then i could get with the Epson software. Too bad you need to buy the software for every scanner and i do have a Nikon Coolscan 8000 also. And now with MacOSX 10.7 you need to buy the new version of Silverfast, where Vuescan gives you free updates with the Pro version!

BTW, your black and white photos are what I hope someday I can produce. I really like the tones in the first image and the first Epping forest image. I use an orange filter in PP conversion to come close to what you do.

Al you made me giggle with that post man! Cheers!
Thanks for the encouraging comments regarding the BW work.
I use a Yellow filter on the lens all the time (unless wishing or requiring the use of a Red)

Still been shooting film with a little digital thrown in but yes, I love my Leica MP ? After a few days with it I can say that it is the nicest rangefinder I have shot with in regards to feel and use. Beautiful. I have also been surprised at the amount of email I have been getting telling me to keep shooting and talking about film! I guess these days most sites only concentrate on the ever changing world of digital but I have found that there are quite a few of you out there who either love shooting film or at least want to try it out.

The V700 is a very nice upgrade from the V500 and comes with Epson Scan software as well as Silverfast SE, which I prefer in a HUGE way. If you want to go whole hog and get the best flatbed package you can get then Epson offers the V750 Pro which has coatings on the glass to help improve the quality AND it comes with the upgraded Silverfast AI which is great software and better than the SE version included with the V700. The V750 is $650 right now which is also a deal! I wish these prices were in effect two weeks ago as i would have bought the V750 instead just for the software.

The V700 is what I have though and I have to say that it is one hell of a scanner for the money. At $472, you will not find a better film scanner NEW. Using silverfast I have been getting GREAT results. One thing though is that while these scanners advertise 6400DPI I would not recommend scanning at 6400. I have spent the last two weeks scanning at all resolutions and experimenting with all of the settings. I have found that scanning at 2400 is the best bet with the V700. Anything higher and you just get bloated files that will not bring you better results. The image will get softer at higher DPI.

Get professional quality results from virtually any photographic original with the Epson Perfection V700 Photo Scanner. With groundbreaking 6400 dpi resolution, this powerful scanner consistently delivers precision color and detail, whether scanning slides, negatives, or medium format film.

With its Digital ICE Technologies, you can easily remove dust and scratches from film, and many types of surface defects from prints, minimizing costly retouching. The convenient included film holders let you batch scan multiple slides and negatives to increase productivity. Epson also includes the popular Adobe Photoshop Elements software.

The Epson Perfection V700 Photo scanner remove dust and scratches from film and many types of surface defects from prints minimizing costly and time consuming retouching thanks to the included Digital ICE Technologies

Hi. I have an epson V700 and it worked beautifully until now. The last b&w films that I scanned have a really really bad quality, and I think the configurations are correct. I have been scanning with 600dpi because if I scan with a higher dpi the quality is even more crappy.

The Nikon dedicated scanners are quicker, Auto focus, better Dmax and a true 3800 res, the Epsons do a good job, are slower, not as sharp, lower Dmax and do not have true 2400 res, I own both, if the Nikon broke down then the Epson scanners will not disappoint because you have nothing to compare to.

Hello Steve
I own a V500 and scan all my negs with it. I use the Epson software and have been very satsified with it. Yesterday I thought I would try out Silverfast SE on my scanner. From your video you clearly got better results with SE on your V700. Would it work on my V500? I tried it out yesterday and it seems that I get better results with my Epson software. The Silverfast results seem to be softer than the Epson results. What experience did you have with your V500? The results you get with a V700 and Silverfast doesnt seem to apply on the V500.

I certainly got worse results with Silver Fast on my CoolScan 5000 than I did with Nikon scan which I continue to use and it did all my scans on my shots that I have online. Including all the prints that I sold in exhibitions and the two that made it to the semi finals of the worlds richest photo comp.

Thank you, Richard. I appreciate your information. If I scan the Ilford XP2 using monochrome rather than RBG I cannot edit with Capture NX. Do you know if scanning in monochrome would be a problem with Lightroom 3?
Great photo! I like the color cast.

Film is actually not time consuming at all. I used to have all kinds of digital cameras, Nikon D200, then upgraded to Nikon D300 and I got a Nikon D3. I recently sold my D3 after having my film cameras for about 6 months or so.

Donald, yes you are correct. You can spend very little to buy what you need and you can develop film like Tri-X, Neopan, Ilford Delta, and other right in your bathroom. There is an article on this site by Max spelling it all out step by step, even with what to buy.

But for personal shooting and family stuff I would take them to the drug store no problem. Much cheaper and the results can be very very good and close to the pro lab for doing just negatives. Im not talking scanning though. A pro lab scan will be much better than a drug store scan.

Thank you very much for the review. I love your site in general (the way you do your reviews, the modern yet transparent design, everything). I assume, your site will become one of the must-see sites about photography, like dpreview, luminous-landscape, the-digital-picture, kenrockwell (NOT ?

hey steve. awesome write-up again. while you still got the v500, can you do a scan with silverfast on the v500 and compare it to the epson software on v500? cause i got the v500 and am wondering how much better the silverfast software would go on a v500.

To print huge with 35mm film you need a super high res pro scan done. Even then, you need some slow film to compete if you want a sharper file than an M9 will give you. But again, most images are not all about sharpness anyway. Sharpness is overrated though the dif I get between the Epson software and Silverfast cant be ignored ?

Can anyone tell me would I get better result if I develop color film by myself or drug store? Would the result be very different? Anyone have some info about this, links? I know scanning makes a lot of difference but not sure about developing. Thanks !

This morning, the V700 was $599 with a $100 instant rebate, but which strangely yields a price (in the shopping cart) of $524. Bad math?? Then this afternoon, the price became $599 with a $75 instant rebate instead, but which yields a price of $532? More bad math?

I finally decided that I was both: a photographer and a gearhead. I love cameras, have always loved cameras, and probably always will love cameras. (Especially film cameras.) I love trying different ones, and seeing how each delivers a slightly different perspective. That said, I am also trying to create my artistic vision, whatever the hell that might turn out to be, in my spare time. Nothing wrong with both being fascinated by gear, and taking beautiful photographs. The two are not mutually contradictory.

Even if you were a gear head, you can love tech too. I love tech (computers, TVs, Consoles, Phones AND cameras). Cameras are tech too, analog or digital. You can love the device and the photos it creates. Lets not let gear head become a dirty word. You can be a gear head and a photographer.

I can only imagine how hard it must be to try and provide fresh photos with each camera you review as well as shoot for fun and recreation. It is never easy to perform on demand and that is what you have to do with each review camera. And you put it up here for us to analyze! You are very brave Steve.

Thanks a lot for doing this. I think the reason that people love learning about film is because some of us know everything about digital photography, making us feel too sheepish to ask about film things. I have always wondered about scanning as my local photo shop scans em for me. They do it well but I may want to look into investing in a scanner if I get an M6.

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