New Nikon ES-2 Film Digitizing Adapter & Slide Scanner Announced

[Corran]

Too true.

Today's extremely relevant XKCD comic:

 

[Harry Lime]

Good thing I only shoot black and white...

 

[Doug A]

Good thing I only shoot black and white...

Amen brother!

 

[splitimageview]

back-lit isn't necessary, but it *is* a feature/buzzword that Nikon wants to mention at every turn.

Back lit sensors are a Sony technology, not Nikon.

....and a feature/buzzword that Nikon wants to mention at every turn.

 

[splitimageview]

This thread proves, once and for all, that no matter what medium you work in, there will always be someone ready to tell you that you're doing it wrong.

And it's very easy to post wrong around here. At least people are very quick to point out the wrongness. 🙂

 

[Huss]

And it's very easy to post wrong around here. At least people are very quick to point out the wrongness. 🙂

To be fair, if I had $6000 worth of film scanners I'd be telling everyone else they're doing it wrong too.

 

[edge100]

And it's very easy to post wrong around here. At least people are very quick to point out the wrongness. 🙂

Thank goodness we have people to tell us we're doing things wrong. Silly old me, just been going along, happily making photographs, selling prints, and books, and generally being quite happy. And to think I had it wrong all along.

 

[splitimageview]

indeed, but now you know 😀

 

[Corran]

To be fair, if I had $6000 worth of film scanners I'd be telling everyone else they're doing it wrong too.

The Screen Cezanne I use cost north of $40k when new, from my understanding. Yet somehow I can still completely understand the usage of DSLRs as a scanning tool. For me the differences in workflow / speed - specifically batch scanning with multi-roll capability - makes it my preferred tool over a DSLR.

I am still perplexed at those implying there is an inherent difference in the backlight and C-41 processing between the two. The only thing you could split hairs on would be the Bayer interpolation on a DSLR scan.

Well, to each their own. The results are what matters.

 

[Corran]

illuminating the negative of course. Once again, the "backlit sensor" thing has nothing to do with the DSLR scanning product.

 

[Huss]

Nikon F100, 50 1.8G, Kodak E100GX expired 2005, D750 scan.

E100gxS-2 by desmolicious, on Flickr
E100gxS-1 by desmolicious, on Flickr

That was scanned using the current ES-1 copier. I placed an order for the new ES-2 as it seems that it would simplify the process even more.

 

[edge100]

Update:

Thanks to suggestions on this thread from ColSebastianMoran, I have updated my PS action for processing of colour negatives scanned with a DSLR. The major change is an update to the inversion process, moving from a linear invert to a non-linear invert. The latter is more in keeping with the actual tonal response of film vs a digital sensor.

The action can be downloaded here:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/2yo4qffssxcv8yk/Colour Neg Inversion - v2.atn?dl=0

 

[Stuart John]

I finally picked up the 50mm f3.5 micro to day to use on my D800 PB5/PS5
I've tried it fudged with regular 50s but this works great now.
Film was TriX camera Leica M5 lens 35mm skopar.
Yep now I'm happy and can't wait to shoot alot more film.

webDSC_5182-Edit-Edit by photogsjm, on Flickr

 

[Stuart John]

One more using the D800,PB5/PS5 50mm f3.5 micro Nikkor

webDSC_5174-Edit-2 by photogsjm, on Flickr

 

[Stuart John]

Sorry it's a PB4/PS4

 

[splitimageview]

Update:

Thanks to suggestions on this thread from ColSebastianMoran, I have updated my PS action for processing of colour negatives scanned with a DSLR. The major change is an update to the inversion process, moving from a linear invert to a non-linear invert. The latter is more in keeping with the actual tonal response of film vs a digital sensor.

The action can be downloaded here:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/2yo4qffssxcv8yk/Colour Neg Inversion - v2.atn?dl=0

Thanks much...will test this later...are there any settings/options to know about, or just run the action and it does its thing?

 

[edge100]

Thanks much...will test this later...are there any settings/options to know about, or just run the action and it does its thing?

Just run it.

 

[Huss]

I finally picked up the 50mm f3.5 micro to day to use on my D800 PB5/PS5
I've tried it fudged with regular 50s but this works great now.
Film was TriX camera Leica M5 lens 35mm skopar.
Yep now I'm happy and can't wait to shoot alot more film.

webDSC_5182-Edit-Edit by photogsjm, on Flickr

Excellent! Since I had 'discovered' scanning film with my DSLR, my film usage has exploded. Before the cost of getting it scanned and the long wait was always nagging at me. (I already had the D750 and macro lens).

 

[Stuart John]

Excellent! Since I had 'discovered' scanning film with my DSLR, my film usage has exploded. Before the cost of getting it scanned and the long wait was always nagging at me. (I already had the D750 and macro lens).

What was annoying me was my V500, when I first got it I liked it a lot but I does lack resolution for 35mm film and can make B&W scan look a little clunky sometimes. It's not bad but I always felt there was more to come from 35mm films and indeed regular darkroom prints held more details.

 

[Huss]

What was annoying me was my V500, when I first got it I liked it a lot but I does lack resolution for 35mm film and can make B&W scan look a little clunky sometimes. It's not bad but I always felt there was more to come from 35mm films and indeed regular darkroom prints held more details.

I didn't have a resolution issue as I paid for high rez 'pro' scans. The problem was the long turn around time (often about 2 weeks from me posting the film) and the cost. It worked out at about $25 per roll. And because there was a postage charge for sending and receiving, I would wait until I had a bunch of rolls to send in as the postage cost was essentially the same for one or 10 rolls.
That meant that I sometimes had film a month or two finished before it got scanned. Using my DSLR, I process the film and scan on my own time line. And the results are better than what I was getting.