Scanning with a digital camera

[ColSebastianMoran]

Digital darkroom days... 1987 VPS shot in California. Sony A6000 camera-scan, 55 f/2.8 Micro-Nikkor, NLP. And, I'll mention that NLP is doing a lot better job with this roll of negatives than Pakon, and Pakon color is pretty good.

 

[rcfgnu]

Hi, actually I scan my negative withe the Plustek 8100, but it's a very slow process so I want to try to switch to DSLR scanning with my old Nikon D5100. I try to choose a macro lens to do this, I find a nice Nikon AF Micro NIKKOR 60mm f/2.8D this lens can be good for doing the job? the quality of the new setup can be equally good compared to the Plustek?
Thanks

 

[Huss]

Digital darkroom days... 1987 VPS shot in California. Sony A6000 camera-scan, 55 f/2.8 Micro-Nikkor, NLP. And, I'll mention that NLP is doing a lot better job with this roll of negatives than Pakon, and Pakon color is pretty good.

That's some great colour from NLP.
And fun memory pic!

 

[ColSebastianMoran]

Hi, actually I scan my negative withe the Plustek 8100, but it's a very slow process so I want to try to switch to DSLR scanning with my old Nikon D5100. I try to choose a macro lens to do this, I find a nice Nikon AF Micro NIKKOR 60mm f/2.8D this lens can be good for doing the job? the quality of the new setup can be equally good compared to the Plustek?
Thanks

The 60 f/2.8D AF Micro Nikkor should be excellent for most any camera-scanning. It focuses to 1:1.

And with 16MPx on the D5100, I think you'll get good results. Resolution vs the plustek? I don't know that scanner. With 24MPx bodies and good lenses, I get results that I think are not beaten by my CoolScan V.

Then, how to process the camera-scans? I like NLP, but there are many ways and more products are now appearing.

 

[rcfgnu]

The 60 f/2.8D AF Micro Nikkor should be excellent for most any camera-scanning. It focuses to 1:1.

And with 16MPx on the D5100, I think you'll get good results. Resolution vs the plustek? I don't know that scanner. With 24MPx bodies and good lenses, I get results that I think are not beaten by my CoolScan V.

Then, how to process the camera-scans? I like NLP, but there are many ways and more products are now appearing.

Thanks. The scanner at the resolution I scan should be around 18mpx(5184px*3600px @300). The camera body can be upgraded in the future maybe I can sell the scanner to doing this. I shoot only in bw do you think NLP can be useful? Any other tips for the correct setup?

 

[webOSUser]

Thanks. The scanner at the resolution I scan should be around 18mpx(5184px*3600px @300). The camera body can be upgraded in the future maybe I can sell the scanner to doing this. I shoot only in bw do you think NLP can be useful? Any other tips for the correct setup?

NLP mentions using it for B&W conversions:
https://forums.negativelabpro.com/t/how-useful-is-nlp-for-pure-b-w-negative-processing/1349


Steve W

 

[Huss]

Ilford Pan F 50 in DF96, NLP
(Nikon F2, 50mm 1.2 non AI)

Thanks. The scanner at the resolution I scan should be around 18mpx(5184px*3600px @300). The camera body can be upgraded in the future maybe I can sell the scanner to doing this. I shoot only in bw do you think NLP can be useful? Any other tips for the correct setup?

This was a B&W NLP conversion.

 

[rcfgnu]

NLP mentions using it for B&W conversions:
https://forums.negativelabpro.com/t/how-useful-is-nlp-for-pure-b-w-negative-processing/1349


Steve W

This was a B&W NLP conversion.

Great, beautiful conversion. Generally, I'm very bad with editing, so will give a try for sure. Thanks.

 

[ColSebastianMoran]

Thanks. The scanner at the resolution I scan should be around 18mpx(5184px*3600px @300). The camera body can be upgraded in the future maybe I can sell the scanner to doing this. I shoot only in bw do you think NLP can be useful? Any other tips for the correct setup?

Yes, NLP can definitely be useful, if you are working in Lightroom Classic. If you do your work in Photoshop or another program, invert with a big sweeping curve and adjust from there.

Setup... Lots of options. Easiest way to get going:
- Backlight: iPhone or iPad, bright white screen. Or a light panel.
- Some separation, to insure the screen texture is well out of focus
- Negative holder, make something or use one from an enlarger
- Camera support: Tripod, pointed down. Copy stand. Or try it out hand-held.
- Exposure: ETTR a little, but not too far.

Works well.

 

[rcfgnu]

Yes, NLP can definitely be useful, if you are working in Lightroom Classic. If you do your work in Photoshop or another program, invert with a big sweeping curve and adjust from there.

Setup... Lots of options. Easiest way to get going:
- Backlight: iPhone or iPad, bright white screen. Or a light panel.
- Some separation, to insure the screen texture is well out of focus
- Negative holder, make something or use one from an enlarger
- Camera support: Tripod, pointed down. Copy stand. Or try it out hand-held.
- Exposure: ETTR a little, but not too far.

Works well.

Yes, I have a light panel and a tripod and an external level, and for now, I can use the negative holder of the Plustek. In the future, after this crazy go a little down I try DIY fixed setup like this. Should be nice to have a thread to show the different user setup 🙂

 

[madNbad]

https://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=170320

The holder from the Plustek will work.

 

[Godfrey]

I pulled out my dedicated 6x6 pinhole camera the other day, the "ReallySoSubtle 6x6", and discovered I had a few exposures left on the roll*of Ilford HP5 that I had put into it last year. Hmmm... I should use that up! 🙂

I used the Hasselblad 907x/CFVII 50c fitted with the Fotodiox Pro Leica-R to Hasselblad-X mount adapter and the Leica Macro-Elmarit-R 60mm + Macro Adapter-R to capture the negatives at about 1:1.5 magnification. Aside from the mostly ridiculous nature of the endeavor (after all, pinhole images are never "high resolution" and a 39-50Mpixel capture is mostly a laugh), it did a good job.

Couch & Lamp - Santa Clara 2020


Bed & Bears - Santa Clara 2020


Tall Palms - San Jose 2020


Bicycle & Cafe - San Jose 2020


Appropriate Distance - San Jose 2020​

The ReallySoSubtle 6x6 Pinhole camera is a simple thing, about the size of a Leica CL film camera. It has two f/137 pinholes (the upper one creates a shift effect to straighten verticals if you tilt the camera up for a tall building) and slides to use as shutters. Lots of fun to play with, occasionally. It's much easier to use with slower film—fast film like HP5 requires exposures too short for precise exposure timing. (The exposure translation is to meter for f/16 @ film ISO, then multiply the time by about 75x, so with HP5 in sunlight that comes down to around a quarter second, too short a time to open and close the slide accurately.)

Fun fun fun... 😀

G

 

[madNbad]

I used the Hasselblad 907x/CFVII 50c fitted with the Fotodiox Pro Leica-R to Hasselblad-X mount adapter and the Leica Macro-Elmarit-R 60mm + Macro Adapter-R to capture the negatives at about 1:1.5 magnification. Aside from the mostly ridiculous nature of the endeavor (after all, pinhole images are never "high resolution" and a 39-50Mpixel capture is mostly a laugh), it did a good job.



Godfrey with the understatement of the year!

 

[Huss]

The palm tree shot is cool.

 

[Huss]

Frank and Sonny at the Alfa shop.

Nikon F4, 28-105, Arista 400, Cinestill DF96 Monobath, Z7 scan.

 

[Huss]

Same get up as above

 

[ColSebastianMoran]

Yikes! Pin-holes! Great to see, thanks.

 

[Huss]

Zeiss Ikon Nettar, Delta 400, DF96 Monobath, Z7 scan

 

[ColSebastianMoran]

New life for old films... 1993 Ektar. Sony w/70 f/2.8 Sigma Macro ART. NLP.

 

[madNbad]

New life for old films... 1993 Ektar. Sony w/70 f/2.8 Sigma Macro ART. NLP.

Are you using it on the A6000 or did a A7 find it's way into your house?