Scanning with a digital camera

[Huss]

Nikon F6, ZF.2 35 f2, Fuji Provia 100.
D750 scan

Some of that Zeiss 3D pop..

FestfielplatzS-1 by desmolicious, on Flickr

 

[Huss]

Expired and stored hot Kodacolor 800

 

[M_alice]

Light source?

Light source?

Hello. I'm going to try scanning with DSLR. I've been looking for light source and I have found Huion light pad. Not very expensive, looks good, but... I've been told, that due to the light temperature it is not a good choice. Colour negatives looked with this light pad has blue tint colour ( I hope you know what I mean...). So is it a problem with scanning? Or you can simply remove it on PC. Or maybe I should rather buy light pad designed for work with negatives (like Kaiser, much more expensive). I work mainly with b&w negatives, but if using Huion will affect quality of scan, I'll rather buy something different.

 

[Peter Jennings]

It makes no difference for black and white. I use a Huion that I got cheaply on eBay. Works fine and is very thin. For color, you may want something else. But I don't do color negatives. Maybe Huss can tell you what he uses as a light source for his color negative work.

 

[mdarnton]

Check ebay for "video led light". Small ones are dirt cheap, under $20, but you have to figure out what to use as a diffuser. They put out a lot more light than the light pads, and in theory are color balanced since they're designed for filming video, though getting perfect color from an LED is theoretically impossible. I used a 1/4" thick piece of milk white plexiglass on mine as a diffuser, but I already had that knocking around. A lighting store might have a small piece of something you could use.

You can see mine here:

 

[M_alice]

Check ebay for "video led light".

Good idea, thanks. I see, that I can buy it with diffuser included.

 

[mdarnton]

The included diffuser, which may be clear plastic with a pattern, like some privacy window glass, may not be adequate. You need enough depth and opacity to blend the bulbs. Raising a uniform but too thin diffuser up off the light an inch or two would probably suffice.

 

[johannielscom]

I'll be starting scanning 35mm with my trusted Sony A7 soon.

Will be hooking the A7 up by using an adapter to Canon FD, then it's using a Canon FD bellows, a 15mm or 25mm macro ring, a 55mm 3.5 Canon FD macro lens, a 52mm hookup ring, a Canon Slide duplicator and a Canon film stage to be able to scan uncut rolls of film.

Saw this rig online and I knew where to get parts very cheap, including the bellows (version II) for EUR 30 😀

I have the LED video light already for filming, and I bought 4 big *ss batteries with the 2 film lights so that's set too. Just need to look into the milk white plexiglass, there's a piece at the rear of the slide duplicator but I feel I need another bit because of the bright LEDs.

Gotta say I'm expecting a lot from this rig, both in ease and in quality.

The bigger formats will all still go to my Imacon Photo.

 

[ColSebastianMoran]

Johann, A7 will do a great job. I use with a bellows and a good 1:1 macro lens. Resolution is no problem; getting good color from color-neg requires some attention. See my other thread "Camera Scan Challenge."

Light source is a question. I have tried 3000K and flash for color neg; both work well. Let us know how the LED lights work out.

 

[Huss]

Nikon F6, Sigma Art 50, Fuji C200, D850 scan.

 

[Huss]

Leica M5, CV 35 1.2 V2, Portra 400, D850 scan.

 

[Huss]

Leica M5, CV 35 1.2 v2, Portra 400, D850 scan.



1:1 detail from right center edge:

 

[Huss]

Leica M5, CV 35 1.2v2, Portra 400, D850 scan

 

[wintoid]

That works very well 🙂

 

[meloV8]

Huss, Your negative scans require some work. The color balance is not very good. There is still a long way to the quality of Pakon scans.

 

[Huss]

Nikon F6, Sigma Art 35, Portra 400, D850 scan

 

[Huss]

Leica M5, CV 35 1.2 v2, Portra 400, D850 scan.

 

[Huss]

Puppies for sale, two for a dollar..

F6, Art 35, Portra 400, D850 scan

 

[Huss]

Rollei QZ 35W, Kodak Portra 400, D850 scan

 

[Carriage]

Huss, you often seem to have a bluish cast to your scans. Do you prefer it that way or does it not appear that way to you? For example I prefer the below version (admittedly on my screen)