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Yes. Copying slides with slide duplicating film back then was not trivial. A duplicator like these was the best way to go.
Yes. Copying slides with slide duplicating film back then was not trivial. A duplicator like these was the best way to go.The Beseler and the Bowens units competed for the same market.
I gave up on DSLR scanning three days ago and bought a dedicated film scanner. I couldn't be happier. I guess my best tip is: give up
Anyway, this is what I did with your file. The key is to first set white balance to the frame edge before you do anything else.
As has been mentioned before, your lens has sharpness issues, distortion, and you have light leaks.
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That looks like a pretty good setup! I too used a 55 Micro-Nikkor, but the non AI version. To improve the quality of my scans I was looking at spending money on a scanner, or spending even more more money on a setup like yours. I then factored in availability (the scanner is always on the table, while the camera setup is not), and total time spent in workflow. I came to the conclusion that while the scan itself is slow, the entire time per scan from start to finished positive, is much faster for me using the scanner.
That looks like a pretty good setup! I too used a 55 Micro-Nikkor, but the non AI version. To improve the quality of my scans I was looking at spending money on a scanner, or spending even more more money on a setup like yours. I then factored in availability (the scanner is always on the table, while the camera setup is not), and total time spent in workflow. I came to the conclusion that while the scan itself is slow, the entire time per scan from start to finished positive, is much faster for me using the scanner.
That's a nice arrangement. Is there a place we can see samples from your latest setup? What software do you use to edit? What type of film do you scan? Have you scanned anything other than 35mm?
The camera is a Sony A7II with a FE90 2.8 Macro attached to a Negative Supply Pro Riser II. The Pro Riser doesn’t have a base so I added the Boos Block to keep everything aligned. The transport is a Negative Supply Carrier Pro 35 on their 5X7 Lightsource Pro 95 CRI. The masking tubes attach to the carrier and keep extraneous light from affecting the scan. It’s tethered to the computer with a Tether Tools cable.
I’m only using Tri-X in 135 and am avoiding moving to any other formats or trying any color films. Conversation software is RAW Power by Gentlemen Coders and I use it as a plug in for Apple Photos.
If you check out my Tri-X developed in Rodinal thread, you can see my progress as I get more experienced with that combination.
Is there a relatively easy way to expand it to 6x7 and 4x5 formats?
Negative Supply offers the ability to scan films from 110 to 8X10. It’s great stuff made to a very high standard but the prices are steep. The new Carrier Pro 35 came with mask for full frame 35, half frame 35 and panorama. Their medium format carrier will do 6x4.5 to 6X9. They’re in the process of moving to a bigger space so there may be some deals.
https://www.negative.supply/
What a business!
If that's an expression of surprise at a supposedly attractive business model: it's only attractive if the margins are high and the volumes are sufficient to offset R&D and startup costs. Many of these ventures involve entrepreneurs being able to afford a rickety bike for transportation instead of a fancy BMW. Just sayin'.
If that's an expression of surprise at a supposedly attractive business model: it's only attractive if the margins are high and the volumes are sufficient to offset R&D and startup costs. Many of these ventures involve entrepreneurs being able to afford a rickety bike for transportation instead of a fancy BMW. Just sayin'.
With the addition of a diy negative carrier the v600 can be used to scan 4x5 so long as you’re willing to spend the time and effort making two separate scans of each half of each piece of 4x5 and stitch them together in photoshop.By comparison, my Epson v850 which can scan all these formats up to 8x10, ( I shoot 4x5 the largest currently), is $1300. You can get an Epson V600 that scans 35mm and 120 for around $300.
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