Bad image quality on my Hassy 500cm. Please help!

[desaturated]

Hi gurus,

I realize there is a "similar" thread, but i decided to open another one since the samples in that thread are no longer available.

The are all scanned by my friend using canonscan 9000f. I am using a hasselblad 500cm with the a 80mm 2.5 planar. I also did some testing on tripod, the images are patchy, full of noise and some even worst than the quality of holga. The colour is completely off and very reddish. The light leaking is highly possible caused by the filmback i assume.

Can someone please enlighten me? Could it be the scanner or the lens?

Thanks

 

[azzurri]

the first and third shots look underexposed which probably explains the grains. how did you meter the shot?

the light leak in the first shot appear to be from the dark slide slot; just need to avoid pointing that side to direct sun (without the slide) and you should be fine.

the second shot, the colour is due to the scanner. some cs-ers use vuescan and it does seem to help. the streaks seem like water marks but i maybe wrong there

 

[desaturated]

the first and third shots look underexposed which probably explains the grains. how did you meter the shot?

the light leak in the first shot appear to be from the dark slide slot; just need to avoid pointing that side to direct sun (without the slide) and you should be fine.

the second shot, the colour is due to the scanner. some cs-ers use vuescan and it does seem to help. the streaks seem like water marks but i maybe wrong there

Hi azzurri thanks! All the shot are metered using the PM5 Prism. I realized all photos were underexposed after i uses that too. Could it be faulty?

 

[azzurri]

not sure if it's faulty but you can easily check it against an external light meter or with another camera of equal focal length. once you know the difference, you can easily compensate for future shots

 

[excelsius]

Looks like a scanning issue. Check the negatives for the same marks, if they arent there, then it's the scanning.

 

[clipper79]

You might want to replace the light seals on your a12. Also I have had these pictures before,... similar quality and underexposure. Is your film expired? Does the lab that you sent to does cross processing? If yes, you might probably get some of these problems repeating itself again.

 

[desaturated]

Hi guys thanks for the tips. I will take note of them and solve it one by one.. Thanks! I just hope the problem is not the lens or any major parts.

 

[sprewell]

something tells me it's the expired film and its quality. I shoot with this china film and the results are exactly the same..

 

[ghoonk]

imo, i'm not seeing a light leak here. Edges appear fine, and no fogging. I'm seeing underexposure (meter accuracy?) as well as some weird lines that I can't explain.

That said, I'm a Hassy newbie (though not that new to photography), so I'd like to hear from more experienced Hassy users

 

[hondasleeper]

I think this might have been mentioned before but here are my $0.02

First, the images are underexposed. Since you know that the images are underexposed using the meter in the prism. Check your readings with an hand held light meter to see how far off your prism is reading. If that is the problem, you might want to have it sent in to get it checked.

Next, the film, did you actually look at the film or the scans before deciding that after looking at the scans, that you concluded that the film was no good or there was something wrong with your equipment. From experience, it looks to me like the scans are not very good. But then again I might be wrong. Look at the film with a loupe. On a closer look, it seems like when the scans were done the protective sleeve was not removed, hence the strange lines.

Other than your metering and scanning issues, I don't think there is anything else wrong with your equipment.

Just a suggestion you might want to check on the lens to make sure that the leaf shutter is functioning properly and not sticking, since the lenses are leaf shutter, there is a tendency for them to be a little sticky, as a result will affect your exposure.

 

[excelsius]

imo, i'm not seeing a light leak here. Edges appear fine, and no fogging. I'm seeing underexposure (meter accuracy?) as well as some weird lines that I can't explain.

That said, I'm a Hassy newbie (though not that new to photography), so I'd like to hear from more experienced Hassy users

Look at the bottom left of the first photo. There's a bit of a light leak there.

 

[excelsius]

Hi gurus,

I realize there is a "similar" thread, but i decided to open another one since the samples in that thread are no longer available.

The are all scanned by my friend using canonscan 9000f. I am using a hasselblad 500cm with the a 80mm 2.5 planar. I also did some testing on tripod, the images are patchy, full of noise and some even worst than the quality of holga. The colour is completely off and very reddish. The light leaking is highly possible caused by the filmback i assume.

Can someone please enlighten me? Could it be the scanner or the lens?

Thanks

It's most likely the scans. Metering seems a little off. But that's easily fixed.
Color films a little hard to scan on flatbeds, you need to tweak the scans a little to restore the color back.

 

[ghoonk]

Look at the bottom left of the first photo. There's a bit of a light leak there.

Hm, you're right. Didn't notice it in the 2nd and 3rd pic, probably due to the content in that area (either very dark or very bright)

 

[zk-diq]

I suggest you send the film to a lab make a print to check.

 

[desaturated]

guys thanks for the reply! i will bring my film for a lab scanning 1st. Will update this thread

btw is there any place in sg where i can send my Hasselblad for full checkup? eg. CLA, body check etc. izzit expensive?

 

[azzurri]

you can bring it down to the hassy agent shriro or de camera consultant. not so sure on the price but it is better to bring it down for them to have a good look so that they can give an accurate assessment.

 

[sim4nee]

This is simply just a bad scan.

 

[madabouthass]

Bring your camera to Shriro House home of hasselbad for service.
The Shriro group owns Hasseblad .
A good camera deserves a good service now and then .
Whilst there , you can rent the high end Hasselblad/Imacon scanner for $ 50/hour .
Hass User group members pay $ 25/hour .
You should live happily ever after then .

 

[virtualme78]

Just wondering if scanning from flatbeds actually gives color like this? I realised I have the same reddish tone from scanning on my 9000F as well... will 3rd party programs like Vuescan rectify the problem or is it better to change the scanner to a better one?

 

[excelsius]

Just wondering if scanning from flatbeds actually gives color like this? I realised I have the same reddish tone from scanning on my 9000F as well... will 3rd party programs like Vuescan rectify the problem or is it better to change the scanner to a better one?

Scanning is an art to learn by itself. While a good scanner and good scanning software helps, you need to tweak the scans to get the correct colors, etc as well.