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Vtec44 · Dec 7, 2017

SoulfulRecover said:
Do they do any of the editing or color adjustments? I typically shoot B&W but have a few boxes of Portra Id like to shoot but I am terrible at color adjustments. Just trying to figure out if there is a typical workflow for color negative scans to get the right colors/WB (that classic Portra look) or if I need to out source.

As far as I know they don't. You can have them to but you have to pay extra. These are straight scans and I add a bit of contrast adjustment to them.

webestang64 · Dec 7, 2017

Vtec44 said:
As far as I know they don't. You can have them to but you have to pay extra.

Bummer.

Vtec44 · Dec 7, 2017

webestang64 said:
Vtec44 said:

As far as I know they don't. You can have them to but you have to pay extra.

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Bummer.

That's actually better for me. Since I do my own editing, I prefer the scans to be neutral so I can do my own color correction if necessary. Most of the time with film I rarely have to unless I'm getting crazy color casting.

SoulfulRecover · Dec 8, 2017

Interesting. The lab here uses an Epson V800 and everything I get back is under exposed a bit and the colors are all over the place. Even my B&W stuff generally comes back dark and not B&W. You can see that its slightly blue so I always make sure to run a B&W layer first thing. I don't know if its the lab, the flatbed scanner or maybe my shutter speeds are inaccurate (I do meter with my phone though)

smithdan · Dec 8, 2017

Minolta Hi Matic G2. FP4. D76 1:1

At the Threepoint Creek Ford

SoulfulRecover · Dec 8, 2017

got some real scans finally:

jcdeboever · Dec 9, 2017

SoulfulRecover said:
Interesting. The lab here uses an Epson V800 and everything I get back is under exposed a bit and the colors are all over the place. Even my B&W stuff generally comes back dark and not B&W. You can see that its slightly blue so I always make sure to run a B&W layer first thing. I don't know if its the lab, the flatbed scanner or maybe my shutter speeds are inaccurate (I do meter with my phone though)

Send your stuff to darkroom, they have a normal, enhanced, and super scan. I have been happy with their enhanced scan of 135 film. I can only imagine it being better on a bigger negative. I send them my color film, I can't figure out how to get Portra to look right with my scanner, everything is to blue. I sent them my last 2 rolls and the negatives looked the same as mine so I figured my processing is ok. Just easier to send to them, they do something right compared to what I get.

Vtec44 · Dec 10, 2017

SoulfulRecover said:
Interesting. The lab here uses an Epson V800 and everything I get back is under exposed a bit and the colors are all over the place. Even my B&W stuff generally comes back dark and not B&W. You can see that its slightly blue so I always make sure to run a B&W layer first thing. I don't know if its the lab, the flatbed scanner or maybe my shutter speeds are inaccurate (I do meter with my phone though)

I'm not sure what's going on behind the scene at the labs

I use The Find Lab almost exclusively, and they have both Frontier and Noritsu scanners. For color negative film, I tend to over expose Portra 400 about 1-2 stops when metering to get the skin tone to where I want it. Fuji 400h can handle over exposure a bit better without color casting compare to Portra 400. I don't know much about B/W film but I heard some people do push it in development for a more contrasty looks.

jcdeboever · Dec 10, 2017

Minolta Maxxum 9, 35-70 mini beercan, TriX

From Detroit

SoulfulRecover · Dec 12, 2017

Vtec44 said:
SoulfulRecover said:

Interesting. The lab here uses an Epson V800 and everything I get back is under exposed a bit and the colors are all over the place. Even my B&W stuff generally comes back dark and not B&W. You can see that its slightly blue so I always make sure to run a B&W layer first thing. I don't know if its the lab, the flatbed scanner or maybe my shutter speeds are inaccurate (I do meter with my phone though)

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I'm not sure what's going on behind the scene at the labs I use The Find Lab almost exclusively, and they have both Frontier and Noritsu scanners. For color negative film, I tend to over expose Portra 400 about 1-2 stops when metering to get the skin tone to where I want it. Fuji 400h can handle over exposure a bit better without color casting compare to Portra 400. I don't know much about B/W film but I heard some people do push it in development for a more contrasty looks.

I typically shoot portra 160 and shoot one stop over what was metered. I think I just need to find a new lab

jcdeboever · Dec 12, 2017

SoulfulRecover said:
Vtec44 said:

SoulfulRecover said:

Interesting. The lab here uses an Epson V800 and everything I get back is under exposed a bit and the colors are all over the place. Even my B&W stuff generally comes back dark and not B&W. You can see that its slightly blue so I always make sure to run a B&W layer first thing. I don't know if its the lab, the flatbed scanner or maybe my shutter speeds are inaccurate (I do meter with my phone though)

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I'm not sure what's going on behind the scene at the labs I use The Find Lab almost exclusively, and they have both Frontier and Noritsu scanners. For color negative film, I tend to over expose Portra 400 about 1-2 stops when metering to get the skin tone to where I want it. Fuji 400h can handle over exposure a bit better without color casting compare to Portra 400. I don't know much about B/W film but I heard some people do push it in development for a more contrasty looks.

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I typically shoot portra 160 and shoot one stop over what was metered. I think I just need to find a new lab

The Darkroom is pretty awesome from my experience. I don't use them much but when I do, their scans are clean, and nice.

Vtec44 · Dec 12, 2017

SoulfulRecover said:
I typically shoot portra 160 and shoot one stop over what was metered. I think I just need to find a new lab

Cool! I generally I push Portra 160 for a slight more contrasty looks (more or less a personal preference). I also shoot and push Portra 800 from time to time.