Scanning Test January 1
I’m diving into this film-scanning stuff. I haven’t yet done the high-end film scanning, but that will come. Here we have, five different options (click for full size image):
A through D were done on my Canon 8400F scanner, which is a pretty decent flatbed with a film tray:
A & B: 1200dpi scans, B has an unsharp mask applied. Both have dust removal at “medium”, total time is about 2 minutes per frame.
C & D: 3200dpi scans, D has unsharp mask applied. Dust removal as above, total time 8 minutes per frame.
E: Costco 2000dpi scan on the Noritsu Koki — This is about $2.50 for the scan & CD above processing. I was glad to see that the pointilism in the blurred sections is not on the film, but is some artifact of their scanning process.
The one thing I will say about the Costco scans is that their color correction and curves are quite good. They do not dust the scans at all, and the pointilism thing is just annoying. For what it’s worth, I can do low res scans (600dpi) on the Canon scanner, including the unsharp mask for preview images at less than 45 seconds per frame. See here for an example.
So it is looking like I can do pretty much anything for web-use on the Canon scanner, reserving film scanner time for things I want prints of, or really need to work on. The rest of the gallery is here, with lots more images & test parameters.