Below are a variety of frames of 35mm film scanned with the 907X and CFV 100C. Two lenses were used. 1) Hasselblad/Zeiss 120mm f4, and 2) Hasselblad 55mm f2.5. Both setups utilized a fotodiox 48mm extension tube to decrease the minimum focus. In this particular scanning setup, the 120mm yields a cleaner image from edge to edge but at a lower resolution compared to the 55mm. This is only because the extension tube influences the edges more visibly on the 55mm.
First we have kodak vision3, because why not. The image was captured on 200T film with an arri master prime 35mm lens wide open at T1.3 and scanned with:
120mm:
55mm:
I would love to host the full size images here, but I have not found the right image hosting yet. If this grows, I will upgrade. But for now, I will show crops so you can see the detail closer to how I see it on my end.
Same shots above, cropped, 120mm, 55mm:
Pretty wild considering the full sensor capture:
120mm:
55mm:
There is also a lot of DR to work with, this has no adjustment, the blue is because this is 200T film:
I love the flexibility. It is nice to start from scratch, compared to being given a shot from a lab which has introduced bias either by their machines, or those who are processing the film.
Okay now onto some stuff that was not in the YT video.
Ilford Delta 3200 B&W scanned with the 120mm:
And with no adjustment:
And here is the shot from the lab:
This particular shot is not so hard to match. There are no colors.
Another example below showing how the 55mm with the extension tube gets very close, but the edges suffer (only because of the extension tube, the Hasselblad 55mm is an amazing lens with great sharpness edge to edge).
The best case scenario, at least on a sensor size of the 907X + CFV 100C is to be in the 100-200mm range, with a macro that can allow 35mm film to fill the whole sensor. The reason for that focal range is to get a little bit of distance between the lens front and the film. Some light bounce can happen if the lens is too close to the film, and it is just easier to level things out with a little bit of distance.
Here is the same shot with the 120mm. See the duck in the bottom right corner, sharper:
This was taken a week earlier, and as shown in the youtube video, the film was not necessarily handled with care, so the dust differs.
I am looking into more macro lens options. Maybe the hassy/zeiss 135 macro, or the Zhongyi 200mm f/4 1x Macro. We will see.
more to come ✌️