Capture film to digital...

Fully funded in less than 3 hours!
It's obvious that the word is out that the way forward to 'scan' film is by using a digicam.
What we need are products like LightRoom, PS etc to include reversal presets in upcoming releases, w/o having to go to a 3rd party option.
I'm very happy using Lomo's DIGITILZA holders. But this would be a definite consideration if I didn't already have holders.

Plus.. products like this increase the popularity of film use.
 
Wow, Hamish does know how to sell... Basically it is nothing but film holders, not even dealing with film flatness and the rest it to yourself.
 
I noticed that too. At first I thought, surely they have another piece of optical glass on the bottom and the top to hold the film flat. That introduces more surfaces to get dust on, but at least the neg is held down flat like it is with a glass negative carrier on an enlarger. But when I read your comment Ko.Fe. I took another look, and it appears to be just a frame w/ no glass in it.
 
It is a versatile film holding jig, that's all. Most film holders ... enlargers or scanners ... do not include cover glass to flatten film: it's not needed in the VAST majority of cases, and often causes more problems than it solves due to the introduction of dust and the liability to scratch the film and/or cause Newton rings. The edges of the film holder hold the film flat .. same way the film gate and pressure plate in a camera work.

If the device isn't for you, fine ... Don't pledge. If you really want a glass sandwich type of jig, that's fine too: design one for yourself.

I see no reason to deprecate Hamish or his device. That's just mean-spirited nonsense. :mad:

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A very successful launch with 434% of the project funded so far. I think it's the simplicity of the design and the apparent ease of use that has attracted 1,106 backers with 23 days remaining.
 
Godfrey said:
It is a versatile film holding jig, that's all. Most film holders ... enlargers or scanners ... do not include cover glass to flatten film: it's not needed in the VAST majority of cases, and often causes more problems than it solves due to the introduction of dust and the liability to scratch the film and/or cause Newton rings. The edges of the film holder hold the film flat .. same way the film gate and pressure plate in a camera work.

If the device isn't for you, fine ... Don't pledge. If you really want a glass sandwich type of jig, that's fine too: design one for yourself.

I see no reason to deprecate Hamish or his device. That's just mean-spirited nonsense. :mad:

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You must be communist. And rude one. "wow, somebody knows, how to sell" is the compliment in the free world.

And instead of acting like this you must say, thank you, for me to clarify what is actually offered. It took me awhile to figure out what is for sale, actually. And I"m still not sure I figured it out :D.

And title of your thread is misleading in this regard. If it would be named just as "universal film holder" - smart and helpful then.
 
An all-in-one unit like this one is pretty handy.


I "scan" mine using regular negative holders to hold the film. My 120 and 127 holders came from Omega; my 35mm is (I think) by Beseler. It takes some extra attention on my part because the Beseler holder has a little lip on the bottom and thus I have to re-align the camera when switching back and forth between 35mm and some other format. Not difficult, but its annoying when I forget!
 
css9450 said:
An all-in-one unit like this one is pretty handy.

I "scan" mine using regular negative holders to hold the film. My 120 and 127 holders came from Omega; my 35mm is (I think) by Beseler. It takes some extra attention on my part because the Beseler holder has a little lip on the bottom and thus I have to re-align the camera when switching back and forth between 35mm and some other format. Not difficult, but its annoying when I forget!
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I've have used Beseler enlarger negative holders on a jerry-rigged mount to accommodate the lip. It works, but it's clumsy and the thickness of the holders, the way you load them, etc, makes setting up a negative slow and difficult to be consistent with regard to positioning. They weren't designed to be used outside of an enlarger with its live feedback of the projected image to work with.

This device's design will make it much easier to position the negs accurately and consistently—a simple rail on the support surface will let me step through a strip of negs without having to carefully realign the camera setup each time. The modular design also means one negative jig for 35, all 120, and 4x5 formats. That's a big win to me.
 
Ko.Fe. said:
You must be communist. And rude one. "wow, somebody knows, how to sell" is the compliment in the free world.

And instead of acting like this you must say, thank you, for me to clarify what is actually offered. It took me awhile to figure out what is for sale, actually. And I"m still not sure I figured it out :D.

And title of your thread is misleading in this regard. If it would be named just as "universal film holder" - smart and helpful then.
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It was obvious what the device was within thirty seconds of watching the video, to me. If you were having difficulty understanding what was being offered, you should have asked a question rather than making a comment like that.

To wit: It's a multipart jig that allows you to hold multiple formats of film over a diffusing background for use on a lightbox or stand so that you can align a camera to capture negative or positive images. A follow-up software product that allows negative-positive inversion is mentioned in the video but isn't the primary focus of the campaign.

I find your tone offensive and your words mean-spirited. You are ignored now so that I don't have to be bothered reading them. Don't expect any further responses from me.

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Wow, so sad to see this used to be adequate person to turn into something. Maybe not his fault... Years goes by...
But same for him, ignore list.
 
Ko.Fe. said:
Wow, so sad to see this used to be adequate person to turn into something. Maybe not his fault... Years goes by...
But same for him, ignore list.
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go ahead and preemptively add me to the ignore list as well. it's bound to happen at this rate. lmao at this guy.
 
Hamish has indicated that two unaffiliated persons are currently working on a 'reversal preset' solution that will work with his product. hopefully one will be a desktop solution and the other a mobile one, to cover all the bases.

i think this is a great product for the DIY camera scanners out there.
 
The diffuser plastic must be handled carefully and kept clean to avoid marks and scratches, otherwise they will show up through the neg. I bought a 12X12inch square piece of milk white plastic from a local glass supplier. I had the idea of strips of plywood that would let me slip 9.2mm Minox, 16mm, 35mm, and 120 neg strips. But, like so many homemade photography projects, it just ain't got off the ground yet.
 
zuiko85 said:
The diffuser plastic must be handled carefully and kept clean to avoid marks and scratches, otherwise they will show up through the neg.
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I'm trying to keep that to a minimum by elevating my negative holders above the translucent plastic; I think eventually I'll get some 1/4"-thick washers (or something) to use as spacers. I think tiny specks of dust will disappear completely but in an extreme case, a very large piece of debris might fade into a fuzzy blob.


Maybe there's a way to do something similar here?
 
not a product that I would endorse or find a use for, but I support the idea of making products to get others into film photography.
 
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