Scanning setup
Arthur Brainville (Ybalrid)
- 2 minutes read - 298 wordsMy scanning setup works better on full, uncut rolls of film.
I currently use the Essential Film Holder on top of a CineStill CsLight. It does not fit supper well but works okay.
I have a old Durst enlarger colum that was converted into a copy stand.
I use a Canon DSLR, and a 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro. This lens is awesome
- Cut a piece of the leader at a slant for easier insertion
- Put in Essential Film Holder
- Turn on light source
- Cool light for color negs
- Medium light for black and white (does not matter to much)
- Warm light for color slide (at least for Ektachrome)
- Plug DSLR to PC or Mac
- EOS Utility is probably running, if not start it
- Camera in Av mode at f/5.6
- Set white balance to correspond to the configured light
- Attach camera to the Durst enlarger column
- Align film holder on top of light
- Fill the frame with the negative, and focus on the grain using the zoom in live view, or use autofocus if the camera is able to see the grain.
- Set camera to 100 ISO
- Expose with EV comp to push histogram to the right
- Take the first frame of the shot
- This creates a folder in
C:\User\<logon name>\Pictures\<today's date>
- This creates a folder in
- Open Filmomat SmartConvert
- In preferences, change the hot folder to the one found above
- You should see that picture, adjust settings for density, contrast, color…….
- Each time you take a picture of the next frame, check exposure to see if all the dynamic range is well available at the top of the histogram, then adjust frame by frame in SmartConvert
- Once you are done, export the TIFF files
- Open those for furher editing (I do not crop them in Filmomat, I do that in DarkTable for example)