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Digitizing Film with a Macro Lens | Ask David Bergman
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- čas přidán 3. 08. 2024
- Today's question from Brenda O. is, "Hi David, I have a lot of old 35mm negatives that I would like to digitize. I've bought different devices over the years, and the process takes too long, and the quality is not worth the time. What do you recommend would be the best way to go about it? Thanks so much!"
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00:00 Intro
01:35 Shooting film
02:20 Throwing out old negatives after scanning
02:52 Using a scanner to digitize film
03:54 Macro lenses for film scanning
05:02 Tripod or copy stand
05:41 Lomography Lomography DigitaLIZA Max and DigitaLIZA+
08:25 Camera settings for digitizing film
10:42 Software to convert negatives
11:56 Outro
As Luke Combs' tour photographer since 2019, David Bergman has documented the historic rise of the reigning CMA Entertainer of the Year both on stage and off. But that's only the latest in Bergman's own storied 30+ year career. He spent nearly a decade traveling the world with Bon Jovi and has toured with other artists including Barenaked Ladies, Sarah McLachlan, and Gloria Estefan. As a sports photographer, he covered numerous Olympics, Super Bowls, and World Series games, and has 13 Sports Illustrated covers to his credit. He's also photographed eight US Presidents, the Queen of England, and Cuban dictator Fidel Castro. However, his proudest accomplishment is his work as a photo educator, where he has given back to the industry that has treated him so kindly. Through his unique "Shoot From the Pit" live concert workshops, Bergman has taught hundreds of aspiring music photographers in a real-world setting. His work as a Canon Explorer of Light, Adorama CZcams host, and public speaker has also helped photographers around the world to advance their own photography skills.
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I use the Nikon ES-2 and 60mm macro lens. You don't have to point the camera down or worry about level since the copier is attached to the lens. This also lets me use a flash for the light source so I can select a flash strength for a reasonable shutter speed and aperture for depth of field. This works for both negatives and slides. The D850 even includes a mode that converts the color negative to a positive JPEG file.
Whoa...an awful lot of useful information there! I just bought a fairly expensive Macro-Adapter M from Leica without thinking my purchase through. I think your video is the culprit. "What am I going to do with this thing?" I found myself asking the day after. I'm not naturally a photographer of insects or LEGO toys. Thank you! Perhaps I can digitize my film images.
I have just used some post operative recovery to take the opportunity to scan 10,000 old negatives and slides. I found the best was to use my old V750 Pro Scanner from Epson. I tried a few other techniques which just took too long or did not give me the best results. It is very much a time and motion process. I have catalogued my negatives, so for some of the real keepers I can find and quickly go back and try again. There are so many missed focus, camera shake along with the general softness that I just don't understand why folks want to go back to film. Lightroom is an absolute must and even a auto preset transforms the negatives.
Great video as always. I use a PF7200 to scan film and slides. I used to have a PF3600 witch I like so I bought the 7200 a while ago. I have used DSLR scanning, it is definitely faster, but I use the dedicated scanner because I find it less of a hassle. It is at my computer station, it works, it produces equivalent results to my DSLR. The trick is I do my scanning while watching TV, I can do on average three rolls a night, that is enough for my attention span. I found with the DSLR I had to continually pay attention to it. With the scanner I do not have to concern my self with exposure, focusing, or alignment, I just have to advance the film. When the scanner eventually dies I will use the the camera.
I have thousands to do! I will definitely give these devices a shot!
Very informative as always, David!
Thanks for the information. I use a pro grade scanner that has auto feed for the film, though the feed isn’t always accurate. The image quality is very good.
Thank You David for answering my question and giving such great advice on how to go about it. I just need the Lomography kit and tether my camera to my laptop and go from there. As always Thank you for researching what would be the best way for the best results. Thanks
Thanks, David. I was looking for a way to spend hundreds of thousands of hours scanning. Scanning with a mobile phone might be a good idea for a first pass. Then when I need an image, I will happily put my Canon R5 and RF100mm Macro to work for those spectacular images. (I shudder to think how many photos I shot with my 4x5 Speed Graphic.)
That's pretty cool, great video and thanks for sharing. You guys always have such great content for the most part. God bless you all
Similar, although I use masks & an old tablet for a light source. The Lomography kit looks handy. I actually use a point & shoot with a macro setting. It's light & handy, not needed every day & the 20 Mpx sensor does a decent job. The small lens restricts the final result to about 10 Mpx effective.
Thankyou for this video
God bless you
I have now watched this and it is certainly a great technique and would be ideal for those shooting film today and wanting to digitize their images. Why not do the whole thing and develop the film as well! However, it is going to be very time consuming and hands on, where as with the Epson V750 technique you can load up a set of negatives and let it run after you have done a preview and chosen the ones you want to scan. I am going to get this kit and revisit some of my more important negatives. I have one film I took at a Jean-Michel Jarre in the Docklands in London in 1988 and getting the fireworks to scan correctly was really challenging, this might work better. You can also get a 110 film mask so no need to get that piece of Anti-Newton Ring Glass!
I might even go and get my Dad's Canon camera he bought in the 1960's down from the loft and try some film photography; depends on the quality!
I'm scanning film using an Epson flatbed, but mostly scanning prints. Pictures are about 60 years old, to put into a movie for a high school 60th year reunion. --BAK--
I think that's what I use, at the library though. I did it for a bw film class I was taking, I wanted to see what my pictures looked like, bigger, than using a loupe as well as contact prints. That helped me know which ones to print in the darkroom, and also I was able to edit them digitally in Lightroom. One photo the lady's hair was blown out, but I knew it was there because I had scanned the negatives. So in the darkroom I spent a long time trying to bring back those highlights.
Thanks, David - this seems like a really good setup. I'm still dealing with an Epson V550 flatbed scanner, which is ok, but a slow process, and the carriers are pretty flimsy and don't do a good job of flattening out the film (particularly if it has the dreaded lengthwise curl).
I use a strobe instead of a light pad. Use a metal reflector and sheet of white acrylic on top like a table. Then have the negative in a holder from an enlarger. Faster exposure times and not worried about camera shake.
Cool! Only downside I can see might be a challenge to focus with the modeling light.
Only caveat with the Lomography kit is that it can't scan 6x9 120 straight. It requires post-scan stitching.
Nikon D850 has a kit for film. It is easy and works perfectly.
As does the D780. I'd second the Nikon digitiser kit for those with one of these cameras.
Yes, ES-1 or ES-2. I have both, and a Nikon PS6/PB6. They all have their pluses and minuses.
I have hundreds of Kodachrome slides. How do I handle that?
You could simply put them on a light table and photograph them with a macro lens on a copy stand.
There's an enterprising engineer in the U.K. who has developed a low-cost Essential Film Holder that keeps film and slides parallel to the light table and to the camera sensor. It does this by having swappable holders for 35mm, 120 and other films, plus a holder for slides. See clifforth.co.uk/ for details. I have one and tried it on slides and it works fine. Of course, your digital image will be a positive so you can do the normal post-processing without the step to convert negatives to positives .
Great video, I have the The Canon EOS 5D Mark III and I do not know how many mm macro lens I should purchase. And should it be canon or can I use any compatible ?
The second camera I have is a SONY a7000, not full frame. Also Is it worth buying a lens at x mm for that one, loosing edges ?
I would like to see some advanced level videos. Most are basic. I liked the headshots video posted a few weeks ago. This one is ok, but I would like some advanced level ones.
What about slides. I have a lot I want to digitize.
Same setup or a Nikon ES-2 if you have a 35mm Full Frame digital camera and a lens that will fit the thread options of the ES-2.
HI David. Where can I find the download for Analog tool box for Capture One? Thanks Rick G.
I'm not sure that device will work with slides. I have some ancient slides, and the slide projector doesn't work. I would love to use a variation of this technique to capture files and be able to look at them.
HI, I have a Nikon D70 camera, that I would like use to scan my negatives. Can you recommend a lens?
boring method