I can speak to this. I bought the Black Box 120 scanning kit at the beginning of the year. The reason was because I shoot a lot of 645, and 645 negatives on roll film are, for lack of a better term, rotated 90 degrees. To maximize my camera's sensor with scanning the 645 negatives, I would have to rotate my camera 90 degrees on the copy stand, and with my current set-up for 35mm scanning, that required using an L-bracket and a lot of fiddling around with the camera.
I'm happy with the Black Box 120 because I don't have to worry about alignment issues. However, I don't use the light source or the film holder tray that came with Black Box 120 kit - I just use the flat base and the extension tubes. I use the Negative Supply 4X5 light source, and the very basic Valoi 120 film holder (with some rubber bands to keep them together), and I set the BB 120 flat base and extension tubes on top, with other means of support, and center everything so it's sturdy. The system works very well for me, but I'm not sure it's worth the money since I'm using only half the kit. But it does make scanning 120 film quick and easy.
Interesting use dor sure. My main format in 120 is 6x6 so camera orientation is a non issue for me. Why made you decide not to use the included film holder? Was it because (as I understand it) it only handles strips and not uncut rolls?
Jul 12, 2024 at 03:15 PM
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