Advice needed sharpness, lens haze or processing?
I'm not that satisfied with the clarity, sharpness, perhaps contrast of my film photographs. Could you please help me figuring out if this a skill issue during taking pictures or is it a post production process of scanning.
I recently got a film camera which has a haze residue apparently as a result of removing the mold, this doesn't show up unless I shine a light against the lens. It's a pretty nice Cannonet QL17 which I enjoy working with, coming from a more bulky SLR setups.
I've scanned this at 4800dpi with Silverfast into jpeg (8bit? 80% quality). Even though I match the film type in NegaFix the colors still seem to be needing adjustment. Scanning with "Automatic Cast Removal".
- Could you tell if that's a lens issue or scanning or skill or the image looks to you?
- What's the process and tools to get the best out of your negatives?
- How do you prep the film holders to get rid of all the dust?
- How do you get your negative tint fixed?
I've tried to include here a sample - original is downsized for reference, other zoom factors are true, not sure how reddit treats image uploads.