#Fuji sp 3000 resolution skin#
#Fuji sp 3000 resolution full#

This brings many benefits and the biggest one is that the process is so close to the original design of the color film.

It is almost like a digital color head of an enlarger. What this means is that the scanner operator has nearly the same tools as a printer in the darkroom. However the light source and the filter mechanism of the Frontier scanner is originally designed for working with color negative film. They can of course be used for any other kind of film and they will do a great job. Drum scanners have been designed to work with slide film primarily. You will not get the same detail reproduction from a Fuji Frontier than from a virtual drum scanner! The magic is hidden in another detail and this is how the Frontier works.

#Fuji sp 3000 resolution skin#

Skin tones look super natural and the highlights sing!Д«ut hey, what about all these fantastic drum scanners and highly acclaimed Hasselblad Flextight scanners? Good question! I would not at all argue that these scanners are less than stunning and they are fantastic when it comes to resolve the smallest detail on your film. This gives us the feel of a real photograph while holding all the valuable color information.

#Fuji sp 3000 resolution full#

The Frontier retains the full dynamic range which is captured on the film and the difficult contrast expansion is done so well that it adds just the right amount of mid tone contrast in almost any kind of light situation. In my eyes the Fuji Frontier, although it is unfortunately not produced anymore, has done more to the renaissance of film than any other medium, camera or other equipment.В The popular look that so many of us analog photographers want to achieve is often only possible with a good scanner and I do know that there are alternatives to the Fuji Frontier, but the true magic can hardly be matched. Negatives that have been scanned by this machine have something magical. I never saw something more sweet or more compelling.

When I first saw scans from a Frontier Scanner, I was immediately hooked. On March 18th the article WhatвЂ™s With All the Poor Negative Film Reviews?В by Brad Nichol was published on and I not only fully support his point of view, I would also like to use it as a starting point for an very personal tribute to a single piece of hardware that makes the hard task of scanning easier and letВґs you learn how color negative film can look like.