Adrianna Tan
I scanned the same photo 3 different ways.
1. Fuji Frontier
2. Nikon Coolscan 8000 ED with VueScan + NLP
3. Nikon Coolscan 8000 ED with VueScan color inversion for Kodak Portra setting
Pros and cons to each type of scanning.
Once I get NikonScan working, I will compare that as well.
Right now my 2 main fave ways to scan are with Fuji Frontier (I rent it at a darkroom) or with my CoolScan with VueScan and NLP.
Adrianna Tan
@middleclasstool yeah the frontier is the best. That’s what labs use
Pastor of Muppets
@skinnylatte First is my favorite there, but they all look good to me
Adrianna Tan
@middleclasstool yeah the default settings are quite off for Vuescan for out of the box inversion. It’s an easy fix, but it’s also work
Pastor of Muppets
@skinnylatte The color inversion one is bright but it feels like the wrong kind of bright, if that makes sense
Adrianna Tan
@sepdroid the Fuji is always the best out of the box. It’s the machine that photo labs use when you get them to scan. The other 2 are home scanners so anything even vaguely close to the Fuji makes me happy. Comes down to diff workflows
Sepideh
@skinnylatte Which one do you think turned out the best?
We attempted to scan a glossy photo on a home scanner, and the colors were weirdly oversaturated. I ended up carefully taking a photo of the other photo, and hopefully it is good enough.
Adrianna Tan
@sepdroid for scanning a printed photo try Google PhotoScan. I use it to keep a record of childhood pics when I visit my parents
Adrianna Tan
@CavedaleRhones there’s no true in color photography, everything is about preference
I like colors that pop so I like the Fuji but some people prefer flatter color images. It’s all an interpretation, just like our cameras and even our eyes are an interpretation of the world
Cavedale Rhônes
@skinnylatte Interesting. lots of color differences. I notice the blue/purple area under the counter holding the straws the most. The first is really blue while the others trend towards lavender. Which one is truer to the original? The Fuji?
Stacey Campbell
@skinnylatte "Yes" to Singapore breakfast choices!
Adrianna Tan
@stacey_campbell love tekka
Adrianna Tan
@chad thanks! I like 1 and 2, 2 is something I feel I have more control over as I’m tweaking it a lot to look like what I remember so that’s my interpretation, but the Fuji is an interpretation of the machine I used to scan it
Out with the Chad, in with the
@skinnylatte I like 2 the best. Feels most like I’m there seeing it with my eyes, but maybe that’s not the point of every photo
Adrianna Tan
@mattblaze I don’t like flatbeds as much but may go that way soon for 4x5. I think they’re fine if you have good holders. I’ve had mostly crappy ones so far.
Matt Blaze
@skinnylatte Thanks for posting this! Out of curiosity, have you had much luck scanning negatives on a flatbed scanner? I recall that working at least as well as a dedidcated (home) film scanner for B&W work (mostly Polaroid 55) the last time I was scanning lots of negatives.
Adrianna Tan
@Champagne I love these machines. Try to use one whenever I can (I can rent them hourly)
Champagne
@skinnylatte My family business was a photo lab. The Fuji Fronteir was a workhorse - we had two of those machines.
The digital photo printer on the Frontier was also great.
I miss those days.
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