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  hankbond
  Very neat. I have a love-hate relationship with a unique type of digital sensor called the Foveon X3, which needs a particular (very sluggish and limited capability) software made by Sigma to convert the RAWs. Recently I have been using AI to create a converter that processes the RAWs in a similar fashion with some improvements.This is one of those cases where its a means-to-an-end (I just want to take more photos without being bogged down) and less of a project for me to learn how to reverse-engineer and design signal processing pipelines. I am very grateful for what recent models are enabling me to do.
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  Noaidi
  This is just depressing to me having literally grown up in a darkroom."For years my process looked like this: load film and take photos, ....[blah blah blah]... the exported image.""At first this was an exciting process for me. Then as the number of rolls increased, so did my effort to do this for 36 frames per roll."I shot black and white film sine the 70's, medium and 35mm. I would develop the negatives and prints myself. The complete process was a joy. I never printed every shot, but I put care into each shot I processed. I was careful when I took a photograph, because the cost limited how much I shot. This made me a better photographer.I later started scanning my film with a Nikon CoolScan (this was in the late 90's) and i already started hating it. Then I started full digital and now I do not shoot anymore (I was semi professional with Art work published in national magazines)."My part is now the part I can thoroughly enjoy, which is looking at the results I’ve snapped and finding inspiration to snap more."Why do any of this just shoot digital if you do not care about the process?
• topper00_raptor
  nice work on the website, micro animation and the dithering effects are clean!
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  m463
  weird, my cursor disappears over that website.
• vivzkestrel
  - https://shannadige.com/blog- blog page dont work
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  ravila4
  Interesting project! I scan 35mm and medium-format film with a mirrorless camera, macro lens, and Lomography film holder, then convert with Negative Lab Pro in Lightroom. I’m happy with the results, but the Lightroom subscription has me considering writing my own converter.Could you share more about your NumPy pipeline, or publish the code? I’m particularly curious about how you use the blank film reference and roll-level measurements to handle the orange mask, color balance, and tone curves. Do you use camera/scanner calibration profiles or film-stock-specific adjustments, or estimate everything from the scans themselves?Also, your screenshot appears to show an OpticFilm 7400. Would you recommend it, and roughly what did you pay? Have you tried camera scanning? I’ve been considering automating film advance and capture on my setup, but consistent color conversion is the part I’m least confident about.
• peachyj001
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