sticknpuck wrote:
These are great. I've been using a flat bed V600 for scanning but would love to know more about your scanning setup. Seems like it would be a much quicker process and working with the raw files would be nice too...
Cheers,
Matt
Hey Matt-
I don't want to hijack this thread with film talk, but I do "justify" my image contributions because I'm using an A7ii to "scan" the negs! haha
There are a lot of threads with great info about "DSLR film scanning". Take a look on the rangefinder forum and Leica User Forum.
Basically:
Mount the A7xx with a 1:1 Macro lens on a tripod pointing down. (My Tamron manual SP 90mm 2.5 is only 1:2, which works fine for 6x6cm, but I have to add an extension tube in order to fill the frame with a 35mm neg.)
Negatives are placed in a regular flatbed scanner film carrier on top of a good quality lightpad.
Get everything lined up (make sure the camera is perfectly parallel to the lightpad), and frame a single negative frame so it fills the A7xx frame as much as possible.
The final step, and the real beauty of this technique, is that you focus on the film "grain", not the image or emulsion, which guarantees a perfectly sharp scan! And yeah, you're getting a large RAW file - 24mpx for the A7ii - with all the DR you need to do a little post work in Lightroom.
Last note is to lock the A7xx ISO to 100 and use a 2 sec timer so there's no camera shake.
Once set up, it doesn't take long to scan a whole roll. About the same time it takes to sip 2-3 fingers of Bourbon!
I took my new to me Voigtlander Nokton 40mm f/1.2 to Vegas and boy, now I know what those folks on this thread (https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/1512530) have been buzzing about. No wonder this lens is sold out everywhere, including the pre-orders for the next shipment. For this purpose, I used between wide open and f/2 for the semi macro stuff to get a little bit more DOF. Even at f/1.2 and at a close examination, the sharpness to the edges is impressive. Kudos to Voigtlander!
Tried this same approach, and does work well. Can stop down too to get better DoF on the film. Old enlarger film holder work great and are cheap.
But... One MAJOR caveat, works great for B&W, but color negative can be hard to impossible to invert, especially with a harder stock like Ektar. Since I shoot some color I broke down and got a V550. Doesn’t take any longer to me and high res TIFFs look good as camera scans to me.
Activatedfx wrote:
Hey Matt-
I don't want to hijack this thread with film talk, but I do "justify" my image contributions because I'm using an A7ii to "scan" the negs! haha
There are a lot of threads with great info about "DSLR film scanning". Take a look on the rangefinder forum and Leica User Forum.
Basically:
Mount the A7xx with a 1:1 Macro lens on a tripod pointing down. (My Tamron manual SP 90mm 2.5 is only 1:2, which works fine for 6x6cm, but I have to add an extension tube in order to fill the frame with a 35mm neg.)
Negatives are placed in a regular flatbed scanner film carrier on top of a good quality lightpad.
Get everything lined up (make sure the camera is perfectly parallel to the lightpad), and frame a single negative frame so it fills the A7xx frame as much as possible.
The final step, and the real beauty of this technique, is that you focus on the film "grain", not the image or emulsion, which guarantees a perfectly sharp scan! And yeah, you're getting a large RAW file - 24mpx for the A7ii - with all the DR you need to do a little post work in Lightroom.
Last note is to lock the A7xx ISO to 100 and use a 2 sec timer so there's no camera shake.
Once set up, it doesn't take long to scan a whole roll. About the same time it takes to sip 2-3 fingers of Bourbon!...Show more →
Mathieu18 wrote:
But... One MAJOR caveat, works great for B&W, but color negative can be hard to impossible to invert, especially with a harder stock like Ektar.Matt
Very true. I love Ektar, but could never get the color right. If I shoot color film now, it's Fuji Provia slide film. If Kodak ever re-releases Ektachrome (it's *supposed* to be available soon), I will try that, but I'm done with color negative film. Too much trouble.
Right now I'm only shooting B/W because I can home-process, which makes a difference in whether I shoot film or digital. The travel time to the lab (in NYC), wait time and expense of developing was killing me. Now I can come home with a few rolls, have them developed and hanging to dry in about 20 minutes, and an hour later I am scanning! Home-processing has changed my attitude toward shooting film 100%. At some point I may even try color processing (E-6).
If there is enough interest in film, maybe I will start a dedicated film thread here? Right now I either post on the "What films are you shooting?" thread on the fuji x forum (which is an amazing thread that will take you a week to get through), or the various Leica User Forum film threads...
Who or what are these creatures?
The first: A family of red-shoulder hawks lives in and around our backyard, but I don't think this is one. Could it be an immature eagle? We have a few eagles around.
The second: This fuzzball was on my daughter's couch.
