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edwardkaraa wrote:
I'm afraid there is no satisfying solution from the current available scanners. With the revival of film, I hope that one of the major players would be interested in developing a scanner with 2017 technology. Since FF sensors are reasonably cheap these days, it would be possible to make a scanner that works like a contact sheet, with direct contact between film and sensor, without the need for optics.
Dustin Gent wrote:
hmm, i will have to read into that! what coal length you think would be a good start, like 60mm?
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That would be very interesting Edward.
Dustin Gent wrote:
thanks for the responses everyone. Looks like i will need to do some research on the macro lens option
This was going to be one of my projects last winter, but I didn't end up completing the hardware side of the equation. I spent a lot of time researching options and came across this site with a lot of great info on lenses. While his interest is photographing coins, there are a lot of similar factors involved with photographing film since it's in a similar magnification range.
My plan was to use one of my FF cameras for the task, along with the appropriate 1:1 optimized macro lens.
But if I was to start from scratch, I would probably go with a Micro-Nikkor 55 (there are various flavors), which only does 1:2, but coupled with an APS-C mirrorless, should be sufficient. I.e. buy a cheap used NEX-6 or 7, etc. and the Nikkor. the biggest hassle is really lining up the camera with the film to be photographed. My solution was a Nikon bellows with film/slide holder, but Nikon also has a tube designed specifically for copying slides with their macro lenses (IIRC it's not intended for neg strips). I wanted something that didn't involve setting up a copy stand. But if I did, I read that some search out the old Beseler Negatrans enlarger negative carrier because it allows manually advancing the film strip without having to open up the carrier.
Going through my mom's photos recently has brought this back to a higher priority level and had me look into scanner options again. The biggest hassle I think with the dedicated film scanners is they're fairly slow and you can't walk away and let them do batches, unless you're lucky to have one of the Nikon scanners with the batch feed attachment. I still think I'd rather spend ~30 seconds per image captured on a digital camera than babysitting a scanner (assuming I can find a solution that locks everything down but lets me move the film strip without disrupting everything else). Where this will be more complicated is scanning color negative film (as mentioned in earlier posts), since IIRC, it's not a simple process of just inverting the image in PS. During my testing last year, getting a decent result involved a lot of individual color channel curves and levels tweaks. Dedicated scanner software has the advantage here, it seems.
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