Scanning film
This article (it's gone now that's why I link to the archived version) by "The Image Quality Professor" explains how to use Capture One and a camera to scan negatives. There are two things missing in this post.
1. Should I really prefer a camera over a scanner? Wouldn't a good flatbed scanner like the Epson V700 that is optimized for film scanning yield better results? If not why not?
2. How do I build the right "light box"? When he talks about the "light box", what does he actually mean? Is it a backlit light table or just a piece of paper on a table? How do I correctly setup an light such a "light box". Is there a tutorial somewhere?
1. Should I really prefer a camera over a scanner? Wouldn't a good flatbed scanner like the Epson V700 that is optimized for film scanning yield better results? If not why not?
2. How do I build the right "light box"? When he talks about the "light box", what does he actually mean? Is it a backlit light table or just a piece of paper on a table? How do I correctly setup an light such a "light box". Is there a tutorial somewhere?
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Hybrid wrote:
This article'> (it's gone now that's why I link to the archived version) by "The Image Quality Professor" explains how to use Capture One and a camera to scan negatives. There are two things missing in this post.
1. Should I really prefer a camera over a scanner? Wouldn't a good flatbed scanner like the Epson V700 that is optimized for film scanning yield better results? If not why not?
2. How do I build the right "light box"? When he talks about the "light box", what does he actually mean? Is it a backlit light table or just a piece of paper on a table? How do I correctly setup an light such a "light box". Is there a tutorial somewhere?
Flatbed scanners aren't optimized for film scanning but is okay if you don't got a lot to scan.
I would get one of these:0 -
Wesley wrote:
Hybrid wrote:
This article'> (it's gone now that's why I link to the archived version) by "The Image Quality Professor" explains how to use Capture One and a camera to scan negatives. There are two things missing in this post.
1. Should I really prefer a camera over a scanner? Wouldn't a good flatbed scanner like the Epson V700 that is optimized for film scanning yield better results? If not why not?
2. How do I build the right "light box"? When he talks about the "light box", what does he actually mean? Is it a backlit light table or just a piece of paper on a table? How do I correctly setup an light such a "light box". Is there a tutorial somewhere?
Flatbed scanners aren't optimized for film scanning but is okay if you don't got a lot to scan.
I would get one of these:
It also produced some good results on some 2 1/4in square negatives from the 60s. I had one of the negatives scanned by a lab on a top end scanner for a particular customer project and the results were almost identical when pixel peeping. No practical difference for any sort of "normal" use.
However things have moved on in the digital camera world and many dSLRs and one a few "bridge" or "pocket" cameras have more then sufficient resolution these days to produce very good reproduction from a 35mm film stock shot. Several manufacturers produce lens adapters for such copying, though usually for nothing larger than 35mm and often only for 35mm.
For larger film stock sources one needs a flat bed scanner or a drum scanner of some sort. Or the services of a Lab.
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Hybrid wrote:
This article (it's gone now that's why I link to the archived version) by "The Image Quality Professor" explains how to use Capture One and a camera to scan negatives. There are two things missing in this post.
1. Should I really prefer a camera over a scanner? Wouldn't a good flatbed scanner like the Epson V700 that is optimized for film scanning yield better results? If not why not?
2. How do I build the right "light box"? When he talks about the "light box", what does he actually mean? Is it a backlit light table or just a piece of paper on a table? How do I correctly setup an light such a "light box". Is there a tutorial somewhere?
If you have not already discovered the Cultural Heritage pages they may be of interest.
https://www.phaseone.com/en/Camera-Syst ... tions.aspx
To answer your questions somewhat basically.
Yes many recent digital cameras have the potential for more than adequate resolution to scan film stock, especially 35mm size. However they will not do bulk scans "unattended". On the other hand nor will each "scan" take so long. Se my previous post and the mention of adapters.
For a light source you need something that offers good consistent and even lighting with a suitable colour temperature across the entire frame. However, how critical that is for you is somewhat dependant on the intended purpose of the output - not to mention the quality of the input from the film.
For repro and archival work it may be considered absolutely essential to get those things 100% right at any cost.
For the family album a "good enough" attempt and some basic editing work may be more than enough. Indeed inaccuracy seems popular as a style to be introduced at some point in the process if some of the more popular phone based Apps are considered.
With C1 you can create an LCC that will likely take care of light that is not even and not not well colour balanced from your light source and then apply that to the the images shot in that batch.
The final trick is to be able to switch negatives to positives. This was made easy in C1 by an enhancement included at about the time the article you mention appeared. For some guidance about how that can be achieved have a look at the built-in Styles, notably the Color Effects - Inverse 1 and Inverse 2.
Hover your cursor over the style and you will see a note about the tools used to create it. Reviewing the adjustments to them is probably the most direct way to study the approach taken.
HTH.
Grant0
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