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eku
My first dia film got scanned. And I'm quite disappointed about the quality of it.

Haven't done anything to these, straight from the cd. (Except rotated.)


Where is my blue sky? Why the sky is all grey and not blue at all? The clouds should be more visible!

Is this the best I can get? And who said that film beats digital?
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>> eku
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Is it normal to ISO100 film to look this grainy?

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>> Anonymous
>>30934

I was about to say that is how I would expect it to look but after looking at some of my own I'm no longer sure. One thing that did stand out was the ones with more blue in the sky tended to have a longer exposure like 1/200 or so vs 1/1200 (though this was taken more into the sun). The photo is probably metered so the castle and water are not underexposed, to help balance it out you could use a 50% graduated neutral density filter. This will darken the sky and help to bring out the detail and colour that is there.

Of course, you could always tweak it in photoshop and increase the blue curves but that will not bring back the cloud detail :D
>> Otherwise Anonymous !R09./old82
>>30934
>>30935
These scans are utter crap. But that's nothing unexpected from a mass consumer oriented lab machine. Your blue sky is on the dia, just compare the scan with the film (that's assuming you exposed properly, and it was well developed). So are details in shadows and highlights (lol Dmax). The grain is not natural at all, but a mass consumer wants his photos sharp, so the machine sharpens it by default - hence the result. Honestly, these are only good for previews. Not even for web, if you want a worthy representation of your work.

You want good scans, take the film to someone with a good dedicated 35mm scanner, who knows how to operate it (scanning dias properly is a bother). Have it scanned at 4000 dpi (the ones you posted are ~1000 dpi). You'll pay a tad bit more, but once you receive the scans, you'll know what you paid for.
>> Teus !QbSstcPD6U
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>>30935
check your slides, I think the photo is underexposed. scanning with compensation for that makes it grainy and noisy

>>Where is my blue sky? Why the sky is all grey and not blue at all? The clouds should be more visible!
extreme saturation only comes with the correct exposure. with Velvia (highest contrast and saturation available), this is one stop below EV.

attaching a photo made with Sensia: shitty consumer-grade slides, low contrast with only slighter saturation. for the regular consumer that just wants to use his photos in a dia projector
>> Teus !QbSstcPD6U
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PROTIP: bracketing
>> Teus !QbSstcPD6U
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no filters used. as you can see, you'll need a good ND filter or you'll totally underexpose the foreground.

sunsets are a different thing from photos like>>30934
but you'll figure out when you get the desired exposure
>> eku
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This his how the colors should be. I managed to take this with my digital camera, sot that's why the quality is more crappier. But the colors are the way they should be!

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>> Teus !QbSstcPD6U
>>And who said that film beats digital?
I said. film gives a much wider range of choice and tonality :)

what slide film did you use?
>> eku
>>30996

Fujichrome Sensia 100.
>> Teus !QbSstcPD6U
Forget about Sensia, get Provia for nature photography. I've seen another beginner buying "whoa, saturated slide film" while it was only Sensia. Get Velvia if you already have an extensive knowledge about exposure. Kodak makes similar films, the color balance is in general a bit warmer then the Fuji slides.

Together with Fuji Astia (the professional high-grade version), it's the lowest contrast slide film Fuji makes