[Leica] Interesting article on digitizing film

[Howard L Ritter Jr]

Tina—

That’s very interesting, and maybe disappointing, as it means that I might have to do manual copying. It’s probably faster to do it manually, but the Coolscan has the advantages of unattended operation for a full box of slides and automatic naming of the scans.

How is the macro’s performance better? Resolution? Sharpness? Dynamic range?

Maybe the best option is to finish doing all my slides and negatives with the Coolscan for archival and quick-reference purposes, but to do a copy with the macro for printmaking purposes.

Is your Leica 100 mm macro the old Macro-Elmar? I have one of these from the 1970s on the bellows rig. I figure to use it with the R-to-M adapter on my M240. That sounds like essentially the same important parts – lens and sensor – as your kit with the SL. Does the Nikon slide copier actually fit the 100 mm macro’s barrel or did you have to do something creative? And is the Nikon ES-1 slide copy attachment the one you’re using? 

—howard


> On Sep 9, 2017, at 1:25 PM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Howard,
> 
> That's what I'm working on.  So far, the digital with the macro wins every
> time.
> 
> Tina
> 
> On Sat, Sep 9, 2017 at 1:22 PM, Howard L Ritter Jr <hlritter at twc.com> wrote:
> 
>> 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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