[Leica] Interesting article on digitizing film

[RicCarter]

Maybe this is a great idea—I don’t know.

But, I don’t remember ever getting really good results with slide copying (which I did pretty often). It escapes me how doing it to a sensor instead would be superior to film.

ric



> On Sep 9, 2017, at 7:23 PM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Absolutely, Howard. That's exactly what I'm facing.  The Nikon LS5000 with
> the bulk loader can scan all of my Kodachromes quickly and it has.  I have
> thousands of scans made with the LS5000 in my files.  I'm now trying to
> work on them.  I'm finding lots of blooming highlights that ruin the scan.
> Less than perfect color balance.  I'm not sure if the blooming on the
> highlights is due to the scanner needing cleaning or not, but I've had it
> cleaned and cleaned it myself several times.  I was very skeptical about
> the value of digital scans but I have changed my mind and think that is
> probably the way to go.
> 
> Tina
> 
> On Sat, Sep 9, 2017 at 7:14 PM, Howard L Ritter Jr <hlritter at twc.com> wrote:
> 
>> 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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>>>> himself would ever have dared dream.” James D. Watson
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