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jdrpc said:
After having used several F series Nikons I got an F5! Soon I changed it for a F100 I still have which was much better in several points! One of them, not a minor 1, the F100 has the brightest finder EVER of ANY Nikon SLR!
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I have both too and that's barely noticeable, not to the point that I would give the F100 the advantage. I only think the AF points are better lit and more visible.
jdrpc said:
I still use mine for film, together with my Digital Nikons...
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So do I, regularly. more than my D200.
jdrpc said:
And it's much lighter than the F5!
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That's not necesseraly an advantage, purely a matter of choice and personal taste.
jdrpc said:
Only Minus, cannot change viewfinders....
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right...

Don't get me wrong, I too think that, for convenience, my favorite is the F100 but the F5 is the better camera, a true workhorse workhorse of speed, precision and reliability. oh, and did I mention it's also beautiful? :P
 
revaaron said:
Sounds stolen
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No, i am sure it was not stolen. The young man said it was/is his sister's. I believe him because he was only about 17 years old or so, and this camera is from around 1997, so it makes sence that his OLDER sister did buy it back then, which now she doesn't live there anymore, either married living somewhere else or who knows what, i didn't ask him. And "IF" the camera was stolen, he would have displayed a different attitude in the way he performed this sale, and i am SURE he would have asked for more than $40 dollars.
 
revaaron said:
Sounds stolen
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By whom, the buyer or the seller? ;) I would have paid $150 for just the flash and lens and turned right around an sold them on eBay for $250. The F5 will fetch around $150 on eBay even if it's listed as not working. So, yeah, I'm with you in thinking the kid wanted some fast dope money.

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Ha, ha, ha! You are funny :)

Allthough now that i think about it, the dude did talk kind of funny, as if he was out of it. Teenagers now adays :(
 
Now THAT's a freezer ! :)
 
Jule said:
mistermejia said:
I have a question folks. After scanning the film and putting it on a CD, wheather that is performed by me or the store, once i have the CD, what format is in the CD??

I mean, will i be able to edit the photos in RAW or jpeg or both?? How does this work?
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Labs will most likely deliver jpeg, often fairly low quality - good enough for web and small prints (perhaps), no more.
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Wrong. Labs will scan to .TIFF file (which is a non-destructible file format, unlike compressed .JPEG), and will typically be very high quality of 50mb and upwards. The files will be color and contrast corrected.

The photo lab exists for one reason only - to do what you can't do for yourself. Why would they provide their customers with low quality scans, and in worthless .JPEG format, to boot?
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If I have to find this one ... I give up, stay better with this small scan battered copy (F5+60micro) than looking for it hours, days, months, ever? :)



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Fave Photog said:
Jule said:
mistermejia said:
I have a question folks. After scanning the film and putting it on a CD, wheather that is performed by me or the store, once i have the CD, what format is in the CD??

I mean, will i be able to edit the photos in RAW or jpeg or both?? How does this work?
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Labs will most likely deliver jpeg, often fairly low quality - good enough for web and small prints (perhaps), no more.
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Wrong. Labs will scan to .TIFF file (which is a non-destructible file format, unlike compressed .JPEG), and will typically be very high quality of 50mb and upwards. The files will be color and contrast corrected.

The photo lab exists for one reason only - to do what you can't do for yourself. Why would they provide their customers with low quality scans, and in worthless .JPEG format, to boot?
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Yes why would they indeed. But some do as the only option. If you find a lab that will do Tiff or Raw scans, price will reflect this. And price matters for the Thread Starter.

Kind Regards
 
I'm with the people who have said go the flatbed route. I will also assume that some do their own printing at home, too. With a decent flatbed and inkjet (plus calibrated monitor and profiles for your paper) you will be all set. Although there will be some time spend scanning and correcting your negs. I usually watch TV or some other task while my scanner is humming away.

Also the recommendation to go back to school and use a local college's darkroom is a good suggestion. Then you can take classes and learn to do your own development and optical printing for b/w or even color. Or if you just want to scan you may also find a gem setup. For example, there is a community college near me with a Flextight X5 for student use. That's a pretty amazing piece of kit.

For color lab development, you don't have to send off to an expensive shop. You can go the negs only development route for $1.59 at costco. I do a quick low res scan with my flat bed, pic the negs I like and scan larger from there. I will correct the color as needed--so if the lab screws the pooch on color its not a huge deal for me.

For b/w development you can easily do it at home. I don't know what the price per roll is but it's pretty dang cheap doing it this way.

Cheers and enjoy the F5.
 
+1

Let me add that one major time robber handling negs on scanner is dust. Get yourself a handblower (not canned air) + buy some of those cloths for your glas (cant remember the names/trade marks right now), and use them gently. Work in as dustfree enviroment as possible. Get some cheep +3 or +4 glasses to scrutinize the negs and the scanner surface (if flatbed). That said the Epson scanner software has a decent dust remover function.

This one area where you regulary gets screwed by the labs.

Kind Regards
 
It's built like a tank. It lasts forever. I have two F5 bodies I use and they are incredible. Huge view finder. Lightening fast AF. High frame rate. Simply awesome. And yes....film processing is still easily found. And for B&W, it's dirt easy to do it yourself.
 
Nice work. Odd about the Portra 160. I find it's grain to be almost as good as Ektar 100. 11x14 prints from it are awesome. I rate at 100 iso. My other fave is Fuji 400H....which I rate at 200. Beautiful creamy skin tones....fine grain, extremely large dynamic range.
 
Fave Photog said:
Jule said:
mistermejia said:
I have a question folks. After scanning the film and putting it on a CD, wheather that is performed by me or the store, once i have the CD, what format is in the CD??

I mean, will i be able to edit the photos in RAW or jpeg or both?? How does this work?
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Labs will most likely deliver jpeg, often fairly low quality - good enough for web and small prints (perhaps), no more.
Click to expand...
Wrong. Labs will scan to .TIFF file (which is a non-destructible file format, unlike compressed .JPEG), and will typically be very high quality of 50mb and upwards. The files will be color and contrast corrected.

The photo lab exists for one reason only - to do what you can't do for yourself. Why would they provide their customers with low quality scans, and in worthless .JPEG format, to boot?
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Not all labs scan to tif. In fact, some of the best labs in the US scan to a high quality JPG. You can specify tif....but for many cases, a JPG can produce large, high quality prints. I know....as I do it all the time.
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Proper Planning Prevents Poor Performance!
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the silver wrapper in the top row.

I got a bunch of polaroids for my back on my contex 645, but polaroid is such a waste unless you use it on 6x9. Right now, I'm saving it until I get a mamiya press camera with a polaroid back (6x9) or a mamiya rz67 pro ii with a polaroid back.
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I had the epson v500, I would get the epson v700 or v750.
My problem with the v500 is that it scanner b/w terribly.
I ended up getting a cool scan 9000 ed since I needed MF/35mm
here was a difference scan between the two. v500 on top, cool scan on the bottom



the v700/v750 I believe will also auto-focus which is great.

That said, I've printed out a 24"x36" of this shot



1951 rolleichord (6x6) + epson v500 scan.

on development, you think that schools still have darkrooms? ahahaha. I believe my college dumped all the darkrooms for digital darkrooms around the time that the D70 was popular. Your best bet now for anything like that are artist communities that have classes.

as for developing b/w at home. Shipping of the solutions is what kills you. Well that and it took me 6 months to get a reels container from adorama.
I followed this
http://chromogenic.net/develop
and used the tube that my little one bathed in before he got big.
once you buy that, developing b/w is about $1-2 per roll if you do 2 at a time.

The person that said under $2 for dev only... I went the $2 route for 1 roll and the results were HORRIBLE and for the most part unusable. don't do it.
When I need stuff developed, I go to a local shop.
$7-9/roll develop only for b/w and slide film.
$4-5/roll develop only for normal color negatives.

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Congrats! I am waiting for impossible project or some other outfit to make this film again. Yeah, I'm not really waiting, just wishing. I dont find Polaroid a waste as I shoot a franken 195 (fixed with 250 parts). A highly portable camera that delivers an instant 4x3 negative can be a pretty amazing thing. The tonal range of this film is just great too. Well, the type 55 was good enough for Ansel so I guess it was ok. lol
 
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