Building my First DSLR setup – The BEOON

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Yeah, the 9000 is certainly large compared to the BEOON. When I stopped shooting medium format that one found another owner.

Most commercial scanning solutions have automatic removal of the orange mask of color negs; not so with the BEOON. That's going to be where a new BEOON user will spend the most time at the beginning.

My BEOON setup served its purpose, but the results with 135 were less than optimal and more time consuming, so it was used to scan some oddball and larger negatives, and then it moved on. The only format I shoot now is 135 and nothing beats the Pakon F-135+ commercial lab scanner for that, it takes up no more room, scanning an entire 36 exposure roll in 5 minutes (unattended) and has truly exceptional Kodak color smarts. Makes scanning *almost* enjoyable; definitely not a chore like other solutions.

 

[MikeL]

I use a BEOON with and A7 and a 50mm EL Nikkor for black and white. To maximize 120 coverage I bought a set of extension tubes and played around with the distance, but it works great. I use Sony's software to control the camera (via usb) and import the photo directly to computer.


For color, still using a Coolscan. I'm lazy and ignorant with getting the orange cast out and clearing up dust.

 

[MemphisMonroe]

Thanks for all the help guys, I will scout for an A7 and a 50mm El-Nikkor, just like your setup MikeL. May I ask what extension tube would be optimal to add to the setup?

 

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The standard set of extension tubes will do if you have a full BEOON kit. Note that to optimize the negative size on the sensor, the 50/4 and the 50/2.8 EL Nikkors require slightly different extensions.