Print quality after dslr scan

[Laci Toth]

Laci, I'm using set up with Nikon D7000 to copy 24x36 for more than 5 years now. I'm talking from my experience. This is my set up from 3 years ago, kind of midpoint. A few things changed since. One significant thing is, I changed lens to 75mm, no practical difference in the set up. You see camera model, you see full frame on the monitor and 80mm enlarging lens on bellows, what else I need to prove to you? Back in the film days Nikon designed bellows and Negative holders to be able to do 1:1 with Micro nikkor 55mm at infinity with bellows at minimum extension and it is still valid with full frame sensor.
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Sorry for the late response!
So the photos below are 750kb jpeg. That’s what I could upload, the 16bit tiff is better but the quality overall is not as good as I expected, except the last one. Based on what you’ve sent over to me which was crisp and sharp, the first two is muddy. I don’t know if it’s the camera (Nikon d3200) or the lens (Micro Nikkor 55mm f3.5) or the background light (iphone) or all of them. I’ll try with a better background light or flash and will see.

 

[gorbas]

Lace, are those files straight from the camera? I have no idea how "good" your negatives are? Those files do not look bad at all, but they need to be properly edited.