p.2 #1 · What camera do you use for film scanning?
For the sony mirrorless scanning folks: do you find the sony fe macro lenses will autofocus on the film? Or are you still doing manual focus?
I ask as I use a manually-focusing ttartisan 100mm macro, and using focus magnifier to zoom for every roll I go to scan is a pain. The body I use for scanning is taken on and off the stand regularly for normal shooting (A7iii), plus I scan both 120 and 35, so I’m often adjusting copy stand height. If the sony macros magically autofocuses, maybe it’s time to get one.
p.2 #2 · What camera do you use for film scanning?
Cloud75 wrote:
For the sony mirrorless scanning folks: do you find the sony fe macro lenses will autofocus on the film? Or are you still doing manual focus?
I ask as I use a manually-focusing ttartisan 100mm macro, and using focus magnifier to zoom for every roll I go to scan is a pain. The body I use for scanning is taken on and off the stand regularly for normal shooting (A7iii), plus I scan both 120 and 35, so I’m often adjusting copy stand height. If the sony macros magically autofocuses, maybe it’s time to get one.
p.2 #4 · What camera do you use for film scanning?
Cloud75 wrote:
For the sony mirrorless scanning folks: do you find the sony fe macro lenses will autofocus on the film? Or are you still doing manual focus?
I ask as I use a manually-focusing ttartisan 100mm macro, and using focus magnifier to zoom for every roll I go to scan is a pain. The body I use for scanning is taken on and off the stand regularly for normal shooting (A7iii), plus I scan both 120 and 35, so I’m often adjusting copy stand height. If the sony macros magically autofocuses, maybe it’s time to get one.
I use a Canon Ef 100mm f2.8 macro on a Sony A7r III via a Metabones adapter. It nails focus using AF.
p.2 #5 · What camera do you use for film scanning?
Cloud75 wrote:
"until I bought a FE90 2.8 Macro that changed my life" -- because it nailed autofocus on the film?
When I was using the Micro-Nikkor, there was a lot of time spent on checking focus. The Sony 90 Macro focuses on the grain and it’s instant. I also like that the Sony focuses internally, I tried a Sigma 70 Macro but it took longer for the focus to settle.
