Scanning with a digital camera

[ColSebastianMoran]

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

Both. I'll use the A7 with the 70 Sigma Macro at 1x for one shot of 35mm. Same lens on the A6000 for three- or four-way stitch occasionally. This lens is terrific.

So are some of my M39 enlarging and copy lenses, but I have encountered some flare problems with certain film holders with these lenses; no flare w/70 Sigma.

 

[madNbad]

Thanks. The A5100 with the 55 Micro-Nikkor is working well for my needs but I am looking at getting a better copystand.

 

[hap]

Both. I'll use the A7 with the 70 Sigma Macro at 1x for one shot of 35mm. Same lens on the A6000 for three- or four-way stitch occasionally. This lens is terrific.

So are some of my M39 enlarging and copy lenses, but I have encountered some flare problems with certain film holders with these lenses; no flare w/70 Sigma.

do you know if that lens is available in Nikon F mount? I can't seem to find one.

 

[fti]

I used a M9 with a Beoon and stuck on the voigtlander 50mm 1.5 Nokton. I made a primitive light box from a shoe box with a glass plate. Stuck in a light source from the side of the box and bounced the light it off a curved sheet of A4 in the shoe box and snapped the following scan from a Rolleiflex 3.5f with a Rolleinar close up lens.

I sold the Beoon after my first m9 broke down which I regret.

 

[ColSebastianMoran]

do you know if that lens [70 f/2.8 Sigma Macro ART] is available in Nikon F mount? I can't seem to find one.

I don't see it either. Might be only mirrorless, but I don't see Nikon-Z either.

Suggestion: The much older 50 f/2.8 Sigma EX DG Macro is available in the class SLR mounts, including Nikon F. Very highly reviewed on http://coinimaging.com and has tested very nicely for me.

 

[Godfrey]

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!

The palm tree shot is cool.

LOL! Thanks guys. 🙂

G

 

[DC1030]

I use a Fuji XPro1 with a 55 Micro Nikkor for 35mm nagatives.
for 6x6 I use a Sigma DP2 Merrill with the Sigma close up lens... which provides a quality that blows everything away. Waitind desperately for the Sigma full frame foveon.

 

[Huss]

Rollei QZ35w, Fuji C200

 

[rcfgnu]

Finally, try to scan with my Nikon D5100 and the Nikon 60mm f/2.8 D Micro. The quality is great, but it's no easy, the DOF is so small that everything should be perfectly straight or some part of the negative goes slightly out of focus. From the lens manual increase the aperture at so short distance not increase the DOF. Maybe I have to try to fine-tuning my tripod setup a little more.

 

[Huss]

Finally, try to scan with my Nikon D5100 and the Nikon 60mm f/2.8 D Micro. The quality is great, but it's no easy, the DOF is so small that everything should be perfectly straight or some part of the negative goes slightly out of focus. From the lens manual increase the aperture at so short distance not increase the DOF. Maybe I have to try to fine-tuning my tripod setup a little more.

What aperture are you using? I scan at F11.

 

[rcfgnu]

What aperture are you using? I scan at F11.

Thank you, I try f5.6 and f8 but I will try f11 tomorrow for sure. I haven't try because for what I understand in the manual DOF apparently not change, but I'm not export in macro reproduction.

 

[Huss]

Thank you, I try f5.6 and f8 but I will try f11 tomorrow for sure. I haven't try because for what I understand in the manual DOF apparently not change, but I'm not export in macro reproduction.

Also I am using a copy stand. You can get them on ebay for about $150.
Using a tripod makes things diffcult as you need to make sure that your film plane is parallel to the film that you are scanning. The copy stand makes this easy. Or using Nikon's ES-2 film copier (if copying 35mm film).

 

[madNbad]

Traded the A5100 and A6000, moved up to full frame with the A7II. Same setup as before, copy stand, 55 Micro-Nikkor Ai-S, Skier Copybox. This is about the third attempt, straight out of the camera with no adjustment. Leica M4, 35 Ultron 2.0 ASPH, 022 filter T-Max 100 @ ISO 50, Rollei R09 50-1:

[/url]Untitled by Michael DeLuca, on Flickr[/IMG]

 

[Huss]

Rolleiflex 3.5, Portra 400, Z7 scan, NLP

 

[rcfgnu]

What aperture are you using? I scan at F11.

Also I am using a copy stand. You can get them on ebay for about $150.
Using a tripod makes things difficult as you need to make sure that your film plane is parallel to the film that you are scanning. The copy stand makes this easy. Or using Nikon's ES-2 film copier (if copying 35mm film).

I try at f11 with very careful level setup and all turn out great, far better than the scanner(maybe for my fault), especially the tonal range.
Thank you so much.

 

[ColSebastianMoran]

New life for old negatives... This from 1994, 35mm Kodak VPS.

A7 70 f/2.8 Sigma Macro ART Camera-scan, Negative Lab Pro, and yes a bit of post.

p.s. f/5.6... if the film is flat and alignment is right.

 

[Huss]

F6, Sigma Art 50, Fuji C200, Z7 scan, NLP conversion.

 

[ColSebastianMoran]

Kodak VPS from 1989. Sony A7, 70 f/2.8 Sigma Macro ART, NLP, Topaz DeNoise AI. Very happy with the tools available today.

 

[Huss]

Minolta XK, AE head, Rokkor 58 1.2, Fuji C200, Z7 scan, NLP

 

[cjm]

New camera scanning setup - D610, Micro Nikkor 60mm F2.8 D, DIY copy stand with Manfrotto Super Clamp and generic ball head, Abdi Camera film carrier and iPhone 11 in a Lego holder:

F2, Micro Nikkor 55mm f3.5, Trix: