Ed Rooney Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 That's very interesting and helpful information, Bill. More so, because I consider you to be one of the best pro photographers contributing to this forum. I still have a Honeywell Reponar hiding somewhere in my scary back room, but I doubt that the flash is still alive and well, or that I could get a replacement bulb. I did a big job once in London that involved doing copy-stand work. Once you're setup it's easy to do. Don't toss your LS 8000 in the garbage--recycle it. They'll make plastic cups and then we can recycle those. Edo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.Chapman Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 For digitising colour 35mm transparencies, I'm not sure it's worth doing anything more than the DSLR copy route. A decent DSLR and good lens has enough resolution to resolve the film grain. It's not worth going further. If you need to increase the dynamic range take a couple of different exposures and combine in PS. I've recently digitised over 1,000 35mm transparencies taken in late 90's and early 2000's on Kodachrome 64, Velvia and Sensia. I'm using a Lumix G5 and 45mm macro lens that I also use for regular stock photography (so no additional expense) . The resolving power of this setup easily captures the film grain and also (unfortunately) reveals all the weaknesses in the kit I was using at the time. (Contax RTS body and Tamron SP lenses). I could have spent lots more on the scanning/digitising but the end result would have been limited by the quality of my originals and the film grain. For very fine grain B/W film or larger format originals, the balance may shift back to a decent scanner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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