The details from the E-510 image is amazing! I just sold the 40D to prepare
for the 5D MKII, at the mean time I may purchase a E-510 kit as the price
for a used one is only around $320. Although my actual target is the Exx but
just can't wait.
C.H.Ling
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wayne Harridge" <wayneharridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Thanks for all your observations and comments on this one.
>
> Most of you got it right, group-a was shot with the E-510, group-b with
> the
> RB-67. By the way the E-510 shot was with the cheap kit 14-42 not the
> 14-54
> ! Now a bit more info on the RB/50 shot, I checked the neg on the light
> box
> and it's not as sharp as I normally get with this combination but I
> normally
> have it on a tripod, I suspect it's not a DOF problem as it doesn't seem
> to
> be sharp anywhere in the frame so I guess it must be slight camera
> movement.
> I believe also that the V700 never produces a critically sharp scan anyhow
> with the supplied film holders (the 120/220 negs tend to sag under their
> own
> weight), wet mounting would probably fix that but life's too short. In
> post
> processing I bumped up the saturation and contrast of the film scan to get
> closer to the E-510 image, the original scan had a lot more shadow detail
> than the E-510, I presume that's due to the toe in the film
> characteristics.
> The film colour balance isn't right, I didn't spend any time on this, just
> selected a spot I thought should be grey for Paintshop Pro to do the
> colour
> balance, I'm not sure how much work would be required to get it closer to
> the E-510 result.
>
> ...Wayne
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