First scans with Plustek 8100

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This is an 1800ppi JPEG scan from an FP4 neg from 1983, which unlike some others has survived pretty well - probably because I developed it myself. Going through my old files and the store-processed negs from that period have a lot of cracalure, scratches and stress marks, compared to the ones I dev'd myself.

Caroline, Virginia Water, Nov 1983
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Very nice, good contrast and very fine detail. Well done.
 
I missed the hair above the rail on the left, but that's sorted now... Not bad for a (nearly) 40 year old shot...
 
I love the Plustek. I think it can give great results with a bit of playing about. Do you have any opinions on it now that you've used it?
 
Harlequin565 said:
I love the Plustek. I think it can give great results with a bit of playing about. Do you have any opinions on it now that you've used it?
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I think the hardware is excellent, but slightly let down by the software - I would like more control over the tonal range: the controls we have at present seem too coarse and don't have the finesse I'm used to when working on files in Lightroom...
I haven't yet tried scanning RAW files yet, so everything is by nature a compromise when using the presets, but I think it's good enough.

The biggest shock is how grainy my B&W stuff shot on 400iso film is... I don't remember the photos being that grainy! Spoiled by 20 years of digital capture, I guess...
 
Tried this one again with the multi-exposure feature on the Plustek 8100 and it worked a treat.
A previous single-pass scan didn't record enough detail in the highlight area on the bottom-left of the picture without sacrificing the shadow detail on the right.
The multi-exposure facility records two scans - one for highlights and one for shadows.
Post-work done in Adobe LR Classic allowed me to bring up both the shadow and highlight details...
This would have been a breeze using a modern DSLR, especially something like a Nikon D750 with its massive dynamic range...

Bit of motion-blur on the face, but the other frames were less animated and pretty yawnworthy.

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So, now that I've got to grips with Silverfast SE Plus 9, has anyone got tried using the Ai Studio 9 version...?
 
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