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Wolverine Titan Film to Digital Converter- problem with graining images


6 years 3 weeks ago #575155 by C.C.
We have scanned a good 3 dozen negatives and uploaded them into my computer and noticed that these are heavily pixelated and not looking very good.  I'm wondering what we could have done wrong or are we supposed to process each in post to reduce noise?  

Now we did try scanning a few more to see if there were settings we had wrong.  No change.

I could really use some help here.   
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6 years 3 weeks ago #575203 by KENT MELTON
What condition are the negatives you are feeding it?
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6 years 3 weeks ago #575233 by Richard Taylor
I have no issues with my Titan.  As pointed out, if the negatives are beat up, that might create the added noise.  Not sure.  No issues, so might not be of any help to you.  
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6 years 3 weeks ago #575249 by Conner
Is your head clean?  Might be mucked up.  Or as already mentioned, the condition of your film might be the root of your problems.  These systems work by taking photos of each frame.  So if your film is messed up, your image will be as well.  
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6 years 3 weeks ago #575251 by wolverine
Hi Conner,

The output is very much dependent on the film type, how old and camera used. As an example, Ectachrome film or 110 film will produce the worst output because there isn't enough details in the film the machine sensor can pickup. Kodachrome was the best film and lived the most. The camera also played a big roll. Film taken with an SLR camera will produce a much better scan than point and shoot camera! You can always utilize editing software to enhance the images.
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6 years 3 weeks ago #575259 by Francis
OP- please excuse the question.  I don't mean to hijack your thread!

So can you indicate what the photo file type will be other than JPEG?  

Will it save as TIFF or PNG? 
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6 years 3 weeks ago #575261 by wolverine
The output is only JPEG.
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6 years 3 weeks ago #575264 by Conner
Hey Francis, why would you want anything other than JPEG files? 

Just curious 
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6 years 3 weeks ago #575283 by garyrhook

Conner wrote: Hey Francis, why would you want anything other than JPEG files? 

Just curious 


Because RAW, unprocessed, uncompressed data is always preferable. That's why we don't shoot JPGs for anything serious.

Unless that device can output a 92% or better JPG, meh. OTOH, film is "meh" anyways, so perhaps it doesn't matter.

Sounds to me like the device isn't set to a reasonable resolution?
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6 years 3 weeks ago #575436 by Sandy Smith Photos
Can't comment on that one.   My husband bought me this one:  www.argraph.com/PanaVuePanaScanAPA135.html#top2  
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6 years 3 weeks ago #575442 by Conner

garyrhook wrote:

Conner wrote: Hey Francis, why would you want anything other than JPEG files? 

Just curious 


Because RAW, unprocessed, uncompressed data is always preferable. That's why we don't shoot JPGs for anything serious.

Unless that device can output a 92% or better JPG, meh. OTOH, film is "meh" anyways, so perhaps it doesn't matter.

Sounds to me like the device isn't set to a reasonable resolution?



Gotcha, but do any of these film to digital converters give you RAW files with out having to spend a grip?  RAW would be cool, but I'm just thrilled to have these saved to digital.  JPEG is fine for me, but in my DSLR camera that I take photos with, RAW all the way.  
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6 years 3 weeks ago #575444 by icepics
Why would film be 'meh' anyway? Old negatives, depending on film size and camera used (SLR or p&s or Instamatic etc.), may not be the best quality and could've been affected by how they were stored. Fresh film produces good quality negatives and photos.

I agree, it sounds like it could be resolution. I wonder if the negatives would be better scanned at higher res like 600? I've had some done as
TIFFs which produces a file that's not always as usable (takes long to
load) but could be saved as JPEGs.

Why would Ektachrome not scan well? I can see why 110 may not produce the best scans, those negatives are so small that they can't be enlarged much (and those little Instamatics with plastic lenses don't exactly produce the sharpest images). What is meant by Kodachrome lived the most?
Sharon
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6 years 3 weeks ago #575471 by garyrhook

icepics wrote: Why would film be 'meh' anyway? Old negatives, depending on film size and camera used (SLR or p&s or Instamatic etc.), may not be the best quality and could've been affected by how they were stored. Fresh film produces good quality negatives and photos.


To quote Edna Mode in “The Incredibles”: “I never look back, dahling; it distracts from the now.”
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6 years 3 weeks ago #575580 by wolverine
Echtachrome film did not have enough resolution per say and for some reason started loosing its colors after 10 years of storage.
Kodachrome film retained its colors the most and had enough resolution that the digital sensor was able to scan them nicely and produce superb digital images.
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6 years 2 weeks ago #575586 by Adam S
My wife was just looking at one of these film to digital converters a couple weeks ago.  She was asking if we would be able to blow up photos to the same size that I do with my DSLR photos.  I can't recall what machine she was looking at.  However let's talk in general here.  Even with the best camera, you have limited information that is available when you factor in how small of a spot that camera is working with.  Right?
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