How to copy negs without
Mar 20, 2018 12:21:05 #
How do I copy neg's to digital without expensive gear? Any suggestions? Anyone build a device yet?
Mar 20, 2018 12:28:27 #
Mar 20, 2018 23:05:10 #
If the negatives are worth digitizing then they should be worth digitizing 'right', not finding the cheapest way of getting the job done - purchase a scanner!
Mar 21, 2018 04:33:28 #
Pablo8
Loc: Nottingham UK.
If you have a Macro lens...go... shoot away....if not... How about purchasing a flat-bed Scanner!!
Mar 21, 2018 09:02:43 #
If you have a Nikon and a 40mm (DX) or 60mm (FX) you can purchase an ES-2 adapter for $ 140 that will do the job. The new D850 has some built-in features to assist with this process. Best of luck.
Mar 21, 2018 09:32:27 #
rehess wrote:
If the negatives are worth digitizing then they should be worth digitizing 'right', not finding the cheapest way of getting the job done - purchase a scanner!
Your comment implies that the scanner option is better than copying the negs with a macro lens. burkphoto and others seem to be happy with the macro approach. In what way do you think the scanner is better? If better image quality, any feel for how much (a lot, minor, etc)?
This is of more than academic interest to me. I have lots of negs and slides to digitize. I have an old Minolta DiMAGE film scanner but it's not playing well with the current Windows 10. I also have an old HP flat-bed scanner with film adapter but the image quality isn't that good (and it also has software problems). So I'm interested in the macro option.
Mar 21, 2018 09:52:08 #
drklrd wrote:
How do I copy neg's to digital without expensive gear? Any suggestions? Anyone build a device yet?
In the film days many camera manufacturers made bellows for this kind of use. I have a couple from Konica and Fuji and they still work perfectly. Check Ebay.
Then there are those cheap film scanners that can convert film to 6-12 megapixel images. Some of those are ok.
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_st_price-asc-rank?keywords=film+scanner&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Afilm+scanner&qid=1521640484&sort=price-asc-rank
And Lomography makes a device to use with smartphones to digitize film. That also works pretty well.
http://shop.lomography.com/en/smartphone-scanner?country=de
Mar 21, 2018 17:28:24 #
rehess wrote:
If the negatives are worth digitizing then they should be worth digitizing 'right', not finding the cheapest way of getting the job done - purchase a scanner!
I have one but it no longer works with Windows. It uses a scsi card and the new computers do not fit the card. Not to mention the program is on floppy and of course computers no longer have floppy drives. I may have a floppy drive in a closet some place though.
Mar 22, 2018 06:04:39 #
drklrd wrote:
I have one but it no longer works with Windows. It uses a scsi card and the new computers do not fit the card. Not to mention the program is on floppy and of course computers no longer have floppy drives. I may have a floppy drive in a closet some place though.
Have you tried to search google or other search engines for instructions about how to use your scanner with the windows version you have? You might get lucky.
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