Scanning with a camera? Share your setups please.

[Fernando2]

My setup (still experimenting): Canon 5DmkII, Nikon PS-5 film copier, Nikon PB-5 bellow, Schneider Componon-S 50mm enlarging lens, inverted.

With the DSLR in portrait orientation, I setup the bellow to a 1.5x macro ratio. So I map the short side of the film frame to the long side of the digital sensor, reaching about 5900 ppi.
I shoot 3 overlapping frames moving the film accordingly.
Then I stitch in Photoshop (using Photomerge).

Results are encouraging.

This is a picture of my setup (lamp not shown: a calibrated 5000K CCFL)

 

[Fernando2]

This is a 100% crop comparing a "print simulation" from the DSLRscan and a Nikon 8000 scan.
The "simulated print size" is 40x60cm (at 300 points per inch, so about 35mp).

Left: DSLR scan. Right: Nikon 8000 scan (multisampled 4x).
Original: Velvia 50 35mm.
Click for larger size.

 

[jojonas]

Yes, use the eyedropper… But, I get much better results if I change the illumination before trying the eyedropper. I added green and blue using a color head; then the eyedropper is making less of an adjustment.

Here's a sample, not perfect, but not bad either.

Interesting method! I've had plans to use the whole head from my durst enlarger and use that for an even backlight.
What did you set your colors at on the head?

Earlier, I've tried with just the film holder like this

 

[mdarnton]

Just found this.... for fun, here's my brother Jim making slide dupes in 1965. The light source is a Kodatron Studio strobe, the "lightbox" is an Ansco 8x10 Universal view, and the copy camera is probably a Miranda F:

 

[edge100]

I've gone over completely to this method of 'scanning'. It's faster than my old film scanners, and produces (much) better IQ for less money.

Details here and here.

Outside of drum scanning for ultra-high resolution/detail, I see no reason to continue using a film scanner in 2015.

 

[mdarnton]

Copies with my D300 give me 300dpi prints at about 11x14, which is as large as I ever print. Recently I've been shooting mostly 8x10, and the digitalized results at 11x14 tap out my printer's abilities, the D300s and they look good, which is all I really need. When the new Nikon D7200 comes out, if It does, I'll buy one and double the potential of my current system, but I won't utilize it, probably. Buying a scanner doesn't make sense.

 

[mcfingon]

Lots of good ideas and results here. Here’s my setup that I’ve posted in another thread on RFF somewhere. I have recently began experimenting with using my new Sony A7S with an enlarging lens as the “scanner” and have seen better quality that way, particularly on 120 film.
http://members.iinet.net.au/~fingon/howto/making_digitizer_mark_three/

 

[mcfingon]

Sample to go with above post: Self and 1970 BMW - favourite model. Shot on Hasselblad 500C/M with Planar 80. Reproduced this small doesn't show much detail.