First roll

So, a few things of note.. I was (and still am) besotted by the ZI. So much so that I decided to sell the R-D1s. I assumed that I wouldn't be using it now that I have the ZI. That and the feeling that the value of the R-D1s would deprecate rapidly over the next couple of years. I went as far as putting an ad up on RFF and fielding a few questions before realising that I was making a mistake. I changed my mind when I started going through some of the shots I'd taken, in particular with the 40mm Nokton Classic. I realise that I've overlooked the quality of this lens (which I've not really given much of a chance in the couple of months that I've owned it) and was so impressed by the image quality of some of the shots that getting rid of this combo seemed like a mistake. One particular image (below) stood out for me. What if the R-D1s does become outdated in the next year or so (say, with the arrival of a digital Zeiss RF), it will always be capable of producing outstanding images.





Anyway, onto the ZI. The scanner arrived today which means I can actually start posting some sample images. I have one roll done (samples below) and three more rolls of film to plough through. This could be a long evening! I've run a different film type through the ZI each time thus far so it'll be interesting to see how they compare.

Roll 1: Ilford Delta 400













I'm pretty happy with the results from this first roll. The contrast and dynamic range of film is clearly superior to digital (in my experience) and I'm looking forward to seeing the rest of the neg's scanned. A quick word about the Plustek scanner too; it's not too bad at all, certainly a lot nicer to use than the Minolta neg scanner I had a few years back. The supplied software is painful though - luckily my Vuescan license is still valid.

Finally, if anyone thinks the images I'm uploading are too small then please let me know. I think blogger.com have a limit on data uploads but I'll try to link through to Picassa or something.