Scanning setup

My 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>
• 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)