On 12/22/2015 9:37 AM, Piers Hemy wrote:
Me, I vote for scanner over re-photography, because a film scanner with a
bulk loader is simply easier, faster, and just, well, better.
I've played with this question, and done some testing. Everyone is different,
so your preferences may vary.
It's dead easy to use the 5D on bellows with slide copier. 7 mm extension tube and OM=>EF adapter and you are up and
running. That's just enough extension to clear the bulge on the front of the camera.
OTOH, I tried and rejected this solution. Even with the Zuiko 80/4, optimized for 1:1, resolution isn't as good as a
scanner. One could, of course, acquire a higher rez camera ...
In fact, I have just confirmed something else I think you asked about. I've mounted an OMD body, using the Oly MF-2*
OM=>µ4/3 adapter on the Bellows. Using the 80/4 Auto, adjustment of the bellows standards and the Slide Copier
attachment easily allows ~1:2 magnification, so that a 35 mm frame fills the width of the 4/3 sensor. The bellows part
of the copier is far from long enough to reach the front of the lens, though, being designed for 1:1.
Next, I'll be trying the 50/3.5, as I know it's excellent at 1:2 (0.5x). If I actually do more than check that the
set-up works, I'll try the High Resolution Mode of the E-M5 II.
But this is really a bit of amusement, just to see what it can do. It might even have an occasional special use. But my
big issue with the camera copy method is with the lack of IR cleaning. I would far rather let a scanner work away for
hours, days, weeks, than spend time spotting. It seems that KR can now be pretty well IR cleaned, from what I've read.
I'm sure you read CH's reply. He has always in the past had good things to say about his copy stand with flash method,
but now voices some limitations.
My film scanner is not a Nikon, for which I am grateful to my earlier self, who made that decision. But that means no
bulk loader. It will only scan four slides at once. And I have a lot of CN and B&W film cut in four frame sticks, so the
ability to scan six frames of unmounted film at once is seldom useful.
My Canon 9950F flatbed has quite a large lid light, so it can scan 12 slides at once. That works well. DMax and actual
resolution are both less than the FS4000 film scanner, but really good enough for all those old vacation slides. In
theory, it can scan up to 30 frames of film at once, but that's sticks of six, so for most older film, that's no more
than 20 per load. The larger problem is alignment of frames. Camera advance mechanisms are neither all the same, nor
entirely consistent. Getting five sticks all aligned the same is a bit of a pain.
There isn't an ideal solution that I can see, other than leaving them all to the kids, unscanned. :-) I'm not entirely
kidding, as I have a slew of my father's slides in the basement, waiting to lose relevance to anyone living ... I have
intended to spin through them, looking for family stuff to separate from the travel pix, but it hasn't happened yet.
Scanning for Moose
* I got this free on some promo rebate thingie, back when the E-M5 was new.
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