Scanning: Anyone use FL Bellows?

[whited3]

...and find it fantastically awesome?

Before I got the A7, I never used the bellows chassis because my dslr didn't clear the bottom rail. I just hand held the appropriate pieces and used some extension tubes.
But man is it nice to have the whole rig working with the A7. Now I can shoot hand held at low shutter speeds which means I can snap through a roll of film in crap lighting.

Here's RVP100 (on a too-contrasty day) converted to b&w. The velvia slide was made with a DR chron @ probably f8 on am M3. The "scan" was made with an FD 50/3.2 macro @ f8 on the FL Bellows & A7.

I kinda hurried through this, but I don't think I could have coaxed too much more info off the slide. Actually, I'm not even sure if this slide is worth viewing @ 100% to begin with. Regardless, here's my datapoint:
100% from the A7. No sharpening

100% from the A7. Probably too much sharpening

 

[whited3]

Actually fair's fair; I cropped from this:

 

[whited3]

Answer = NO, i guess.

 

[mdarnton]

I do something similar with my Nikon stuff. It's an incredibly fast and good way to scan film--certainly better quality than you can get from a flatbed.

 

[whited3]

Yeah, I'm just surprised this method doesn't get more love in the community. Assuming many have a digital camera, I thought low entry cost alone (extension tubes and slide/negative holder) would have encouraged lots of experimentation with this setup.

Before I got the A7 I used an older dslr with no live view and still found focusing to be easy.