Digital BW, The Print

Jeff, how do you hold the negative flat in your set-up?

On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 12:26 PM, Jeff Magidson <jef.jef@...> wrote:

>   I thought I would relay this technique, maybe others can use it.
>
> One piece of equipment I never got around to purchasing was a good
> film scanner for digitizing my older 6x7 cm B&W negatives. I did try
> some film scans on my Epson 2450 but it always felt the scans where
> lacking in comparisons to what I knew I could get with a good
> dedicated film scanner. There is no good way to focus the 2450 and
> none of the available software for this scanner does exactly what I
> want when scanning B&W negatives. I also contemplated sending out
> for scans but I was looking at $50+ for a good 16 bit scan and I
> really like doing these kind of things myself!
>
> On a whim I tried shooting my medium format negatives with my Canon
> 5D and I am thrilled with the results! Here is my setup:
>
> I mounted my Canon 5D with a Canon 100mm macro F/ 2.8 USM lens on my
> copy stand. For a light source I'm using a Kaiser Prolight lightbox.
> I put down a sheet of black mat-board on top of the lightbox and cut
> out an opening the size of a single 6x7 cm frame. My exposures are
> approximately 1/6 of a sec at F/ 11. With these exposures I'm using
> the mirror lock up function of the 5D. I shoot in a dimly lit room.
>
> I'm shooting Raw and converting the Raw riles using CS3 with camera
> Raw 4.1. Camera Raw allows amazingly good control over the contrast /
> tonality of the capture. Once in Photoshop I invert the image to a
> positive and do some further adjustments. I'm using the "reduce
> noise" filter in CS3 to smooth out the grain of my film negatives.
>
> I'm VERY pleased with the final results... If I had sent out my
> negatives to be scanned at $50 a pop and gotten these results I would
> have felt I got my $ worth.
>
> Has anyone else tried this technique? Anything to add?
>
> -Jeff
>
>  
>



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Jordan Wosnick
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