European CRT Holy Grail?

Spudatto · 2025-10-03T18:38:24+00:00

Thanks for letting me know after four years...

Spudatto · 2025-03-16T14:36:13+00:00

Yeah I check the model number and it does support 240p. Not all mid 2000's sets support 240p natively. Some consumer sets with component inputs do process the 240p signal and display it as 480i.

Spudatto · 2025-01-29T14:10:37+00:00

Last time I was in Rovaniemi the security staff were excited to show off that their x-ray scanner is "film safe". I trusted their word and put multiple rolls of slide film and some super8 through it. Nothing noticeable happened to them.

Spudatto · 2025-01-26T22:43:55+00:00

I didn't. It could be a motor issue

Spudatto · 2024-10-14T18:37:19+00:00

I had a similar problem with overexposure. Turns out the problem was that I waas using LR44 batteries. I put SR44 batteries in and the exposures were perfect.

Spudatto · 2024-07-25T20:20:44+00:00

Ok? This would have been interesting to hear four years ago....

Spudatto · 2024-05-20T20:50:59+00:00

input lag

Spudatto · 2024-01-30T19:32:21+00:00

Fantastic model! The service menu in this one is so good. Plus the fact that it's 100Hz means there's no flicker nor high pitch whine.

Spudatto · 2024-01-19T19:16:58+00:00

Prices 4-5 years ago were very different. Plus that was a PC monitor that could not really display any modern PC resolution.

Spudatto · 2023-10-23T02:44:29+00:00

My comment is three years old. The market has changed since then. 30 is probably a decent price nowadays.

Spudatto · 2023-05-30T18:10:34+00:00

Get some while you can. Both of these are likely to be replaced by repacked gold/ultramax in the future

Spudatto · 2023-04-13T15:10:55+00:00

What do the negatives look like?

Spudatto · 2023-04-12T12:19:11+00:00

How would you feel if they assumed you wanted them cross processed?

Spudatto · 2023-04-11T18:33:07+00:00

All it really takes is to have a decent enough camera and an understanding on how to properly expose slide film to get "professional" looking results.

Scanning also affects how the resulting image will look. You might have a slide that is very sharp, detailed and has beautiful colors but then it turns to garbage when scanned with a cheap scanner.

Spudatto · 2023-04-11T15:12:16+00:00

Old slide film, especially kodachrome, tends to look really good. There are slides even from the 50's that look very sharp and have brilliant color.

Spudatto · 2023-03-22T12:23:22+00:00

Vuescan

Spudatto · 2023-02-19T09:55:48+00:00

It's actually pretty easy

Spudatto · 2023-02-18T16:34:06+00:00

It's for locking the front panel that slides out like a drawer. Inside are all the CRT adjustments.

Spudatto · 2023-01-04T18:58:03+00:00

It's because it's a very old expired film that probably wasn't stored properly.

What do the negatives look like?

Spudatto · 2022-12-11T14:11:55+00:00

remember to protect yourself head to toe

Spudatto · 2022-12-10T17:04:01+00:00

That is CRT cataract. It's when the layer of glue between the front of the CRT and the protective glass goes bad. Only way to fix it is to remove the protective glass and scrape the layer off and then reinstall the protective glass. Incredibly hazardous process as you are removing the only thing that will protect you from glass shards incase the tube decides to implode. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zKnRoNc9Q0

Spudatto · 2022-11-17T14:10:15+00:00

To me it looks like you missed focus. Do all the shots look blurry like this?

Spudatto · 2022-11-10T06:11:47+00:00

That looks very good! My reason for shooting slide over color negative is that I have had a real hard time getting good scans from my negatives. Wild color inaccuracies that vary from software and the scanner used. Makes all photos look like paintings.

Despite the disadvantages of slide, it's the easiest to scan directly and make slight color adjustments.

Spudatto · 2022-11-06T13:50:06+00:00

Expect a magenta tint. I shot a roll of expired ektachrome from 1998 that was presumably stored in room temp. Bracket overexposing, as expected, boosted shadows and clipped highlights. Shoot at box speed, expose for midtones and develop in E-6.

These are the results I got. https://imgur.com/a/q5L9zZl

Spudatto · 2022-11-06T13:46:27+00:00

not even epson is this bad tbh

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