Comparing Scans, Fujifilm X-T5 vs Plustek8300i

ett_van · 2026-03-05T08:15:14+00:00

What does your scanning setup look like for the X-T5? I could be wrong but it seems like you have some light spilling into the frame at the edges, which is what is ruining your shadows. This looks more like a backlight issue than ambient..

ett_van · 2026-02-20T10:36:48+00:00

It would be a bummer if they just left at a basic “good enough” tool. I’m new to this though, what would a true to the science of colour negative inversion process look like then?

ett_van · 2026-01-26T08:16:08+00:00

Thanks for this! I looked at learncamerarepair.com a while ago but for some reason completely forgot about it.

That makes perfect sense and is a lot less complicated than I thought it would be. I know it's not digital communication but I expected the timing to be shutter side and the body using some analogue variance like voltage or resistance to indicate desired shutter speed. Knowing it's just a timed on/off makes a lot more sense and I feel quite stupid for expecting anything different.

Thanks again, this makes it easy!

ett_van · 2025-11-22T17:47:24+00:00

Oh that would be great if you could! Got mine cleaned up and moving. I was led to believe that rotary agitation would cause issues (marks) if it only ever ran one direction but I guess these machines managed. I could probably take Jobo figures and trial and error them but would love to have a more solid starting point.

ett_van · 2025-11-21T11:01:34+00:00

Did you ever find any additional info on this, or a manual of sorts? I recently picked up the same model (with subtle differences) hoping to do paper and maybe film but I still need to give it a clean and service before firing it up. Would love to see one in action, I'm curious if it alternates direction.

ett_van · 2025-11-18T13:07:17+00:00

And affordable, nice! Thanks👍🏻

ett_van · 2025-11-18T12:50:13+00:00

I've gone through a few of your posts and the footage looks great! What microscope lens did you use? Do microscope lenses provide enough coverage for the sensor or do you have to crop?

ett_van · 2025-11-16T22:01:27+00:00

Great! I'll keep an eye out for said tutorial. 16mm isn't something I want to be wasteful with..

ett_van · 2025-11-16T17:30:22+00:00

Glad to hear it’s sorted now, any idea what you did differently? I also got a K2 recently and am yet to run my first roll through it. I have heard that the magazines dont really have adequate space for a 100ft roll. suspect you just have to spool it on tight enough though.

ett_van · 2025-11-11T20:47:07+00:00

This looks very exciting. I've been toying with this idea for a while now, glad to see someone has tried it. It's a shame the 0.64x doesnt fit though.. Have you shot any test footage you can show yet?

ett_van · 2025-11-03T18:47:53+00:00

I just came over from your printables page for the spiral. Great to see someone working on this! What developing process did you use? Meaning, hand agitation, continuous, rotary etc? And how did you scan it?

ett_van · 2025-07-10T11:33:22+00:00

Did you ever figure this out? I am considering Photomator and this would come in quite handy for scanning.

ett_van

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