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Anonymous
Hi /p/- so upon scrutinizing some of my recently scanned negatives- I've noticed a certain loss of sharpness, and I know that im focusing correctly, because all the images have this sort of ... softness, even at higher shutter speeds, or when working with a strobe- Included is a 2400 dpi scan (reduced to jpeg and for posting)- just wondering what you guys think the culprit is, could it be camera shake from the mirror, or perhaps lens issues?

I shot with a mamiya rb67 pro-s with the 90mm 3.8 lens
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>> eku !8cibvLQ11s
Try increasin f/number?
>> Anonymous
Is this a new occurrence or have the images always come out the same?
>> Anonymous
>>92458
f16 :(
>> Anonymous
>>92459
its a newer occurance
>> Anonymous
ITT we waste money on medium format film.
>> Anonymous
>>92461

Are you sure it isn't the scanner that is losing you the detail?
>> Anonymous
>>92463
im pretty sure, tried with a nikon coolscan, and the epson flatbed, the flatbed grabs everylast grain of detail in my 4x5s and 5x7s so im not sure why this format has such an issue
>> Anonymous
>>92464

Other obvious questions that must be asked to eliminate other problems: Have you changed your set up, equipment and developing in any way? Can you hold one negative and say it came out noticeably better despite being taken in the same way as another?
>> Anonymous
>>92465
i dont do my c41 myself, but i do have the same prolab do it, I havent changed the setup noticeably- all the negatives taken after a certain point have this issue, so all the shots from this series have that issue, but some from earlier works dont
>> Anonymous
this is a second shot, with a much longer exposure, despite the long exposure if you look at the items that should be still and sharp, you still see a slight softness
>> Anonymous
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>>92469

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>> Anonymous
>>92470

I know it's not helpful, but its a lovely quality and composition to the image.
>> Anonymous
>>92466

Any chance you can do the old mechanic's favourite way of testing for faults? Swap the parts around until you find what is causing the problem, maybe? If it is doing the same thing with different lenses then you know it's not the lens and so on.
>> des
Also, give vistascan a try if you're using epson's software. My scanner didn't come alive until I switched to it.
>>its a newer occurance
Have you switched films recently? Some films don't scan very well.
>> Anonymous
>>92473
thanks, these are for a show coming up, thats why i was concerned in the first place haha
>> Anonymous
>>92475
ive heard about that, currently, ive been using silver fast, and it seems to be fine with other negs-
I haven't switched brands, but I did move to 160 speed over the normal 400 I usually shot (fuji -H)
>> ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA
>>92478
Obvious advice would be to run another roll of 400 through it and see if the problem goes away. Another possibility is that f/16 might be *too* far, so you might be getting hit with diffraction issues. Unlikely--especially since it's medium format--but still a possibility.

That being said, I don't think these look too terribly soft for film shots. Also: both shots, especially the second, are quite good.