Digital BW, The Print

Hi Jeff,

I do shoot even 35mm. I've always loved "reproduction" and even built Brown process cameras for awhile.

gar - the copy cat

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On 2/29/08 at 12:26 PM Jeff Magidson 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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