Digital BW, The Print

Yes, Jeff, I have recently scanned my 35mm slides the
same way except that I used an old 75mm enlarging lens
and it gives very good results. Hansraj.
--- 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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