[Leica] Interesting article on digitizing film

Sat Sep 9 17:20:43 PDT 2017

I thought the same thing, but it is vastly better than film copying. My guess is you're not doubling the grain, nor getting any grain shadow (I'm not sure that's the term).

It really shines as a technique in copying 2 1/4 or 4 x5 negs, far better than the transparency adapter on my big ole Epson 11000.

from my iPad

Sonny Carter

> On Sep 9, 2017, at 6:48 PM, RicCarter <ric at cartersxrd.net> wrote:
> 
> 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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