[Leica] Interesting article on digitizing film

[Howard L Ritter Jr]

Has anyone seen/done a comparison between the Nikon Coolscan 5000 and a slide-copier attachment with a good macro lens?

—howard


> On Sep 9, 2017, at 12:23 PM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I bought Nikon's attachment from B&H to use with my Leica R 100 Macro. It's ready to go but I'm using the SL for horse photos right now.
> 
> Hope to "scan" some Kodachrome with it later.
> 
> Tina
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Sep 9, 2017, at 10:48 AM, Aram <leica_r8 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> https://petapixel.com/2012/12/23/why-you-should-digitize-your-film-using-a-camera-instead-of-a-scanner/
>> 
>> I have been experimenting with my Novoflex bellows with film attachment and have found similar results over my old Minolta Dimage film scanner.  Sharper and faster using my D750.
>> 
>> I see Nikon has introduced a film scanner attachment along with the D850.  Looks cool and is not too expensive, if you already own a macro lens.
>> 
>> Aram
>> 
>> Aram Langhans
>> (Semi) Retired Science Teacher
>> & Unemployed photographer
>> 
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