Virgil thank you so much for this video. I don't think i'll ever complain again about film scanning prices, I had no idea there was this much work involved!!
thanks for this review. i should show it to lab. they scan all my films with very hard contrast and i can't explain to them how to make it with low contrast
Great Job showing how it wrks to us! Could you please tell me how does saving to hard drive works? is there a 'export to' option in the software? Or is it a workaround? Sorry am thinking of getting and havent figured the whole process of saving to hard drives. Could you please throw some light on this? Thanks and cheers!
Thank you for watching. There’s no export feature. The software saves the scanned images as jpg files on the external hard drive. Each roll creates a folder once you mash sort order. Hope that helps. I will be making another video on how I post process my film images so stay tuned.
No tiffs? :( This scanner is a bit of mystique. It will really help the whole world if you could take us through the basics and faq's when you have the time. Stuff like- how to make it work as a stand alone unit, steps to get the best out of it and most importantly what about this scanner makes you go through all the trouble :) Thanks for your effort! subscribed!
The SP3000 definitely does TIF export and there's no need to have the external drive ejecting at the end either...you can easily setup a shared network folder that a mac or PC can read from to avoid that. There's a few odd things in this video that I wouldn't recommend doing but good to see something online about the SP3000.
@@JacobChristiansen1 None of them are a huge deal just that there is so much more to the scanner than what is explained here. There's a whole admin section where you set up your Hypertone settings and all the adjustment settings, which can vastly change the quality of your scans. Plus as I mentioned before there's no need for that external drive being unplugged - you can very easily network the computer or run a VM on a mac and have the saved images go directly to Lightroom or whatever you use for PP. The CMY settings need a whole lot more explaining too for beginners. The image settings are not Pink or Turquoise - the colour settings are Cyan/Red, Magenta/Green and Yellow/Blue as in CMYK - the standard for printing. It's very important to know their relationship so you get the best colour of your scans before going to PP eg what changes you need to pull out a certain colour cast. Also all of those settings can be tweaked in the admin section as to how much each setting changes when you click the buttons.
Hi Sir What Will I Do Theres A Message Here popping up in the machine that..feeding lane of the carrier is not switch correctly.. and its says that switch the feeding lane to 135 or IX240 Correctly
Our scanner keeps saying "1st Service Menu Not Found. Check the service menu setting file." We're trying to use it as a standalone scanner. Any suggestions?
It's Cyan not Turquoise :D Also going to take a guess that it's not your camera but your negatives are not oriented correctly in your carrier that's why it's upside down. Are you putting it in emulsion side down?
I have the same problem. the lab has one of these fujifilm scanners (not sure which model) and they come noticeable cropped. They told me that's how the scan is. I can't understand why such professional machine can't scan the full negative or at least give you the option of scanning it larger and then crop the borders in the computer. any solutions?
@@Caracalaba Yes you can scan full coverage, even with the borders, but you need a full frame mask for this, not every lab has that, and it is a bit more work as well.
@@Jojo43O9 what ? What no. Of course using DLSR or mirrorless will achieve WAYYYYY better results ! Let me grab my GFX 100 with 102MP and use it to scan negative . Can you imagine 102 mp film scan ?? But sp3000 is nice in terms of unique Colors while scanning although you have the archetype process film profile for Lightroom That mimics real film
@@jameslane3846 I have NLP and I send my negatives to be scanned on Frontier. I call this BS. I have done tests with a rolls scanned form Frontier and then trying to replicate it with NLP. If I have Frontier scans as reference, I can get very close(with a lot of slider changes), but If I try to do it without looking at Frontier scans, it's miles away. Not to mention that it varies for every shot. It's impossible to get the consistent look from Frontier with NLP. Not to mention that most of the NLP shots have that digital 'colors' that I hate(the whole reason of shooting film). Just open Carmencita photo lab Instagram images, then compare it to the NLP images in the Negative Lab Pro Facebook group.
Yo! totally agree, I also did a test to compare real Frontier scans with NLP and it’s close but no cigar :) if you don’t have the original Frontier scan, there’s no way to envision those peachy color renditions from your own brain (with help from NLP). That being said, I do love NLP, it’s a great app.
@@tigerareyouthere I also enjoy NLP, have the full version and I think it's the best option for home scanning ATM. My intention was not to bash NLP. But there is no way 'Negative Lab Pro has vastly surpassed the Frontier scanners'. Just .. NO!
Virgil thank you so much for this video. I don't think i'll ever complain again about film scanning prices, I had no idea there was this much work involved!!
It takes forever to scan photos! Thank you for watching !
Thank you so much for this video! I wish there more resources about the Frontier!
thanks a million for posting this. seriously considering getting an SP3k
Thank you
thanks for this review. i should show it to lab. they scan all my films with very hard contrast and i can't explain to them how to make it with low contrast
Finally got my 120! It's not that bad. Everything is pretty decently fast.
That's great man! Glad you got yours.
Great Job showing how it wrks to us! Could you please tell me how does saving to hard drive works? is there a 'export to' option in the software? Or is it a workaround? Sorry am thinking of getting and havent figured the whole process of saving to hard drives. Could you please throw some light on this? Thanks and cheers!
Thank you for watching. There’s no export feature. The software saves the scanned images as jpg files on the external hard drive. Each roll creates a folder once you mash sort order. Hope that helps. I will be making another video on how I post process my film images so stay tuned.
No tiffs? :( This scanner is a bit of mystique. It will really help the whole world if you could take us through the basics and faq's when you have the time. Stuff like- how to make it work as a stand alone unit, steps to get the best out of it and most importantly what about this scanner makes you go through all the trouble :) Thanks for your effort! subscribed!
The SP3000 definitely does TIF export and there's no need to have the external drive ejecting at the end either...you can easily setup a shared network folder that a mac or PC can read from to avoid that. There's a few odd things in this video that I wouldn't recommend doing but good to see something online about the SP3000.
@@bebox7 Could you explain what you wouldn't recommend? I am curious, since I am thinking about buying this.
@@JacobChristiansen1 None of them are a huge deal just that there is so much more to the scanner than what is explained here. There's a whole admin section where you set up your Hypertone settings and all the adjustment settings, which can vastly change the quality of your scans. Plus as I mentioned before there's no need for that external drive being unplugged - you can very easily network the computer or run a VM on a mac and have the saved images go directly to Lightroom or whatever you use for PP. The CMY settings need a whole lot more explaining too for beginners. The image settings are not Pink or Turquoise - the colour settings are Cyan/Red, Magenta/Green and Yellow/Blue as in CMYK - the standard for printing. It's very important to know their relationship so you get the best colour of your scans before going to PP eg what changes you need to pull out a certain colour cast. Also all of those settings can be tweaked in the admin section as to how much each setting changes when you click the buttons.
I need one of these….
Hi Sir What Will I Do Theres A Message Here popping up in the machine that..feeding lane of the carrier is not switch correctly.. and its says that switch the feeding lane to 135 or IX240 Correctly
What is the default output image format, jpeg or tiff, and can you change the format?
Hi! Question for you: Can you output to JPG? Our scanner only seems to output as .tif. Thanks!
Is this software available without the physical scanner?
Our scanner keeps saying "1st Service Menu Not Found. Check the service menu setting file."
We're trying to use it as a standalone scanner. Any suggestions?
thanks so much
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Why doesn’t my scanner have the 12x12 size option? I have the same scan and software
It's Cyan not Turquoise :D Also going to take a guess that it's not your camera but your negatives are not oriented correctly in your carrier that's why it's upside down. Are you putting it in emulsion side down?
Thank you. Cyan. Right. . It is upside down because of the way i hold my camera. Thank you for taking the time to comment.
@@VirgilBunao also, if you minus Cyan you add Red, not Pink! see RGB/CMYK...
awesome video.
Good day. Where can I download the frontier sofward.
Does this scanner capable of full coverage scan? Because ive sent my film to a lab that use sp500 but they said it only scan 95% of coverage.
I have the same problem. the lab has one of these fujifilm scanners (not sure which model) and they come noticeable cropped. They told me that's how the scan is. I can't understand why such professional machine can't scan the full negative or at least give you the option of scanning it larger and then crop the borders in the computer. any solutions?
@@Caracalaba Yes you can scan full coverage, even with the borders, but you need a full frame mask for this, not every lab has that, and it is a bit more work as well.
@@MarcS4R thank you. It really buggs me that I can't have my full negative out of a pro scanner
Do you know how to run this scanner without printer?
newbie question, how did you get the pop-up to change order number? which key?
Looking for anwser too.
So, i can use a DSLR instead of Frontier and achieve same quality result?
@@Jojo43O9 what ? What no. Of course using DLSR or mirrorless will achieve WAYYYYY better results ! Let me grab my GFX 100 with 102MP and use it to scan negative . Can you imagine 102 mp film scan ?? But sp3000 is nice in terms of unique Colors while scanning although you have the archetype process film profile for Lightroom
That mimics real film
Yes and way better
Where can i buy scanners like that ? Thanks
Not really sure. They don't make them anymore
nice!
thanks
:)
do you do your own developing?
Best position except The unpleasant smell I am a printer I...
I find that digital camera scanning with Negative Lab Pro has vastly surpassed the Frontier scanners
did you every use a Frontier James?
@@Prdips no but seen scans done by one
@@jameslane3846 I have NLP and I send my negatives to be scanned on Frontier. I call this BS. I have done tests with a rolls scanned form Frontier and then trying to replicate it with NLP. If I have Frontier scans as reference, I can get very close(with a lot of slider changes), but If I try to do it without looking at Frontier scans, it's miles away. Not to mention that it varies for every shot.
It's impossible to get the consistent look from Frontier with NLP. Not to mention that most of the NLP shots have that digital 'colors' that I hate(the whole reason of shooting film).
Just open Carmencita photo lab Instagram images, then compare it to the NLP images in the Negative Lab Pro Facebook group.
Yo! totally agree, I also did a test to compare real Frontier scans with NLP and it’s close but no cigar :) if you don’t have the original Frontier scan, there’s no way to envision those peachy color renditions from your own brain (with help from NLP). That being said, I do love NLP, it’s a great app.
@@tigerareyouthere I also enjoy NLP, have the full version and I think it's the best option for home scanning ATM. My intention was not to bash NLP. But there is no way 'Negative Lab Pro has vastly surpassed the Frontier scanners'. Just .. NO!