[Leica] Interesting article on digitizing film

Sun Sep 10 23:49:23 PDT 2017

I would expect the camera/macro lens would have the higher potential nowadays, compared to the old scanners, mine is a LS8000.Firstly, the optics can be much better - I don't imagine the optics in any scanner to be better than the apo-macro lenses available today. The sensors available have improved hugely also, particularly in dynamic range.I must try it soon, I haven't scanned any slides for years.I do have a way of using my enlarger frame as a camera support and head as a light source, so maybe not selling it will have turned out to be a good idea!cheers,Frank D.  

    On Sunday, 10 September 2017, 1:28, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote:

 But we are debating scanning using a Nikon LS5000 scanner and appropriate software vs using a digital camera, macro lens, and appropriate software to make the best possible reproduction of a piece of film. 

Which is it??!!

Tina

Sent from my iPhone

> On Sep 9, 2017, at 7:48 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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>>>>> himself would ever have dared dream.” James D. Watson
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