I have digitised my color slides (mostly Kodachrome 64) using a Nikon D90 w/ Sigma 70mm/2.8 macro lens. As a light source, I used a single SB400 flash unit with a SC17 cable, using the flashlight to bounce off a white surface. To minimise movement, I mounted the camera on a professional copy stand, and used a IR remote to trigger the shutter. The Sigma could be stopped down to f8 or even f11, because the flash duration is very short.
@heqaib Жыл бұрын
Thanks, David. I was looking for a way to spend hundreds of thousands of hours scanning. Scanning with a mobile phone might be a good idea for a first pass. Then when I need an image, I will happily put my Canon R5 and RF100mm Macro to work for those spectacular images. (I shudder to think how many photos I shot with my 4x5 Speed Graphic.)
@Falcrist2 күн бұрын
My setup is as simple as I could make it. Valoi Easy35, a 1:1 macro lens, and a Sony A7iii. I don't do anything but 35mm, so I don't need the flexibility for the foreseeable future. Something I didn't expect: 24 megapixels is already slight overkill, even with finer-grained films like Portra.
@geoffreygriffiths1487 Жыл бұрын
Great video as always. I use a PF7200 to scan film and slides. I used to have a PF3600 witch I like so I bought the 7200 a while ago. I have used DSLR scanning, it is definitely faster, but I use the dedicated scanner because I find it less of a hassle. It is at my computer station, it works, it produces equivalent results to my DSLR. The trick is I do my scanning while watching TV, I can do on average three rolls a night, that is enough for my attention span. I found with the DSLR I had to continually pay attention to it. With the scanner I do not have to concern my self with exposure, focusing, or alignment, I just have to advance the film. When the scanner eventually dies I will use the the camera.
@FlyFishVideo Жыл бұрын
I use the Nikon ES-2 and 60mm macro lens. You don't have to point the camera down or worry about level since the copier is attached to the lens. This also lets me use a flash for the light source so I can select a flash strength for a reasonable shutter speed and aperture for depth of field. This works for both negatives and slides. The D850 even includes a mode that converts the color negative to a positive JPEG file.
@photoquent Жыл бұрын
I have just used some post operative recovery to take the opportunity to scan 10,000 old negatives and slides. I found the best was to use my old V750 Pro Scanner from Epson. I tried a few other techniques which just took too long or did not give me the best results. It is very much a time and motion process. I have catalogued my negatives, so for some of the real keepers I can find and quickly go back and try again. There are so many missed focus, camera shake along with the general softness that I just don't understand why folks want to go back to film. Lightroom is an absolute must and even a auto preset transforms the negatives.
@abhijit-sarkar10 күн бұрын
You didn't mention what type of film you're digitizing, but flatbed scanners are just not good enough for 35mm. They do ok with 120. As for wanting to shoot film, those who do aren't obsessed with every bit in the frame from the toenail to the distant mountain being crystal clear. If you look at NatGeo/Life/Time mag images taken over the past 100 years or so, the most memorable images have never been about sharpness, and never will be. Also, people wouldn't want to admit this publicly, it takes more skill to shoot film, and some people enjoy the added challenge.
@entrigueall2661 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the information. I use a pro grade scanner that has auto feed for the film, though the feed isn’t always accurate. The image quality is very good.
@ihknilsen Жыл бұрын
I have thousands to do! I will definitely give these devices a shot!
@BrianKilgoreCanada Жыл бұрын
I'm scanning film using an Epson flatbed, but mostly scanning prints. Pictures are about 60 years old, to put into a movie for a high school 60th year reunion. --BAK--
@L.Spencer Жыл бұрын
I think that's what I use, at the library though. I did it for a bw film class I was taking, I wanted to see what my pictures looked like, bigger, than using a loupe as well as contact prints. That helped me know which ones to print in the darkroom, and also I was able to edit them digitally in Lightroom. One photo the lady's hair was blown out, but I knew it was there because I had scanned the negatives. So in the darkroom I spent a long time trying to bring back those highlights.
@mimvlog3236 Жыл бұрын
Very informative as always, David!
@brendaorlowski7666 Жыл бұрын
Thank You David for answering my question and giving such great advice on how to go about it. I just need the Lomography kit and tether my camera to my laptop and go from there. As always Thank you for researching what would be the best way for the best results. Thanks
@photoquent Жыл бұрын
I have now watched this and it is certainly a great technique and would be ideal for those shooting film today and wanting to digitize their images. Why not do the whole thing and develop the film as well! However, it is going to be very time consuming and hands on, where as with the Epson V750 technique you can load up a set of negatives and let it run after you have done a preview and chosen the ones you want to scan. I am going to get this kit and revisit some of my more important negatives. I have one film I took at a Jean-Michel Jarre in the Docklands in London in 1988 and getting the fireworks to scan correctly was really challenging, this might work better. You can also get a 110 film mask so no need to get that piece of Anti-Newton Ring Glass! I might even go and get my Dad's Canon camera he bought in the 1960's down from the loft and try some film photography; depends on the quality!
@ryanbuck1917 Жыл бұрын
I use a strobe instead of a light pad. Use a metal reflector and sheet of white acrylic on top like a table. Then have the negative in a holder from an enlarger. Faster exposure times and not worried about camera shake.
@DavidBergmanPhoto Жыл бұрын
Cool! Only downside I can see might be a challenge to focus with the modeling light.
@jacktingle215 Жыл бұрын
Similar, although I use masks & an old tablet for a light source. The Lomography kit looks handy. I actually use a point & shoot with a macro setting. It's light & handy, not needed every day & the 20 Mpx sensor does a decent job. The small lens restricts the final result to about 10 Mpx effective.
@Gravitys-NOT-a-forceАй бұрын
Whoa...an awful lot of useful information there! I just bought a fairly expensive Macro-Adapter M from Leica without thinking my purchase through. I think your video is the culprit. "What am I going to do with this thing?" I found myself asking the day after. I'm not naturally a photographer of insects or LEGO toys. Thank you! Perhaps I can digitize my film images.
@abhijit-sarkar10 күн бұрын
Just so that you know, the actual answer to the video title "Digitizing Film with a Macro Lens" starts at 3:54
@GodFearNman Жыл бұрын
That's pretty cool, great video and thanks for sharing. You guys always have such great content for the most part. God bless you all
@Proverbs3.35 ай бұрын
God bless you
@richardwintle1020 Жыл бұрын
Thanks, David - this seems like a really good setup. I'm still dealing with an Epson V550 flatbed scanner, which is ok, but a slow process, and the carriers are pretty flimsy and don't do a good job of flattening out the film (particularly if it has the dreaded lengthwise curl).
@abhijit-sarkar10 күн бұрын
I've a V550, it's just not good enough for 35mm film. The scans I get from a photo lab are amazing, but they use $10,000 Noritsu scanners. It's very hard to find a good workflow for digitizing film that doesn't involve taking out a bank loan, or turning into a vampire waiting for the sun to go down (camera scans just don't work when there's strong ambient light).
@drgashi Жыл бұрын
Nikon D850 has a kit for film. It is easy and works perfectly.
@PhilipSongaUg Жыл бұрын
As does the D780. I'd second the Nikon digitiser kit for those with one of these cameras.
@JohnMacLeanPhotography Жыл бұрын
Yes, ES-1 or ES-2. I have both, and a Nikon PS6/PB6. They all have their pluses and minuses.
@abhijit-sarkar10 күн бұрын
@@JohnMacLeanPhotography What are the pluses and minuses?
@ourtexasfamilyvideos62 Жыл бұрын
I have hundreds of Kodachrome slides. How do I handle that?
@DavidBergmanPhoto Жыл бұрын
You could simply put them on a light table and photograph them with a macro lens on a copy stand.
@RWROW Жыл бұрын
There's an enterprising engineer in the U.K. who has developed a low-cost Essential Film Holder that keeps film and slides parallel to the light table and to the camera sensor. It does this by having swappable holders for 35mm, 120 and other films, plus a holder for slides. See clifforth.co.uk/ for details. I have one and tried it on slides and it works fine. Of course, your digital image will be a positive so you can do the normal post-processing without the step to convert negatives to positives .
@DixonLu Жыл бұрын
Only caveat with the Lomography kit is that it can't scan 6x9 120 straight. It requires post-scan stitching.
@bkthompson877 Жыл бұрын
What about slides. I have a lot I want to digitize.
@JohnMacLeanPhotography Жыл бұрын
Same setup or a Nikon ES-2 if you have a 35mm Full Frame digital camera and a lens that will fit the thread options of the ES-2.
@Proverbs3.35 ай бұрын
Thankyou for this video
@venkatr1067 Жыл бұрын
I would like to see some advanced level videos. Most are basic. I liked the headshots video posted a few weeks ago. This one is ok, but I would like some advanced level ones.
@earthspeed6 ай бұрын
Great video, I have the The Canon EOS 5D Mark III and I do not know how many mm macro lens I should purchase. And should it be canon or can I use any compatible ? The second camera I have is a SONY a7000, not full frame. Also Is it worth buying a lens at x mm for that one, loosing edges ?
@onepoorguy10 ай бұрын
I'm not sure that device will work with slides. I have some ancient slides, and the slide projector doesn't work. I would love to use a variation of this technique to capture files and be able to look at them.
@rmg6911 Жыл бұрын
HI David. Where can I find the download for Analog tool box for Capture One? Thanks Rick G.
@porkona4 күн бұрын
Would this work fine with a aps-c crop sensor DSLR?
@joannebrenner68538 ай бұрын
HI, I have a Nikon D70 camera, that I would like use to scan my negatives. Can you recommend a lens?