Digital Scanning Film

Digital Scanning your film is by far one of the best ways to digitize your negatives without having to buy a bulky flatbed scanner. If you are already a film photographer chances are you have a digital camera. This video goes over my entire process and additional things you need.
Things used in this video:
Scanning Mask 35mm -
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Scanning Mask 120 Film-
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Light Table
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Duster:
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Shutter Release Cable:
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Software: Negative Lab Pro (Negative Converter) - www.negativela...
Scanning Camera: Canon 6D Mark ii - www.bhphotovid...
Lens: Canon 100mm -
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Recording Camera: Black Magic pocket 4K Cinema Camera

[@juliafalchetta3259]

Great video I’ve been trying to dslr scan my 35mm since I got it into dslr scanning for 120 (no problems for 120). I have cheap scanner scanner for 35mm which has been working great since I don’t need fancy stuff but unfortunately it’s been on the fritz and been trying to scan 35mm dslr wise and I think my problem was that I was scared to go so slow on shutter speeds (I have Sony a5100) and I was sticking at 1/125 and I couldn’t get images so I went lower at 1/60 and got photos but some digital noise still so long story short I’m going to try all shutter speeds now bc of this video 😂 when you said your shutter is at 2 seconds I was hit with the realization I can to that! Idk why I’ve been hesitant/scared to do so thank you!!!!

[@kmcsmart]

Great video thanks. Hope your channel catches on. You deserve more followers.

[@Filmwitheric]

Thank you!

[@goncaloribeiro3641]

Hey Eric! Really loving this setup and seriously thinking about building one using the same materials. That said, I've also noticed the shakyness when you were focusing and wanted to ask if you think this could be atributed to the SmallRig Super Camera Clamp Mount. It's fairly cheap so I was wondering if it's reliable in keeping the camera stable. Other than that, I saw that the cutting board is only 0.63" thick. Do you find it enough as well? Again, great idea and it was the most affordable DIY setup I've found, so congrats on that.

[@henochotero959]

awesome videos thank you , very useful

[@randallstewart1224]

Wow, you can watch the whole camera stand assembly, camera, lens and all, vibrate at 11:00-11:15. I have one very average film scanner, as well as one high end 35mm scanner and one high end medium format scanner. Together they cost no more than this rig, probably less. Each of them will yield a higher quality scan than this type of rig, and they all just require that you stick the film carrier into the front of the unit and walk away. This is like leaving the suburbs and moving back into the cave.

[@hazza4987]

Hey, genuinely curious to hear what model of scanner as well as how much they'd cost. I'm fresh into shooting film having previously shot only digital, so the rig Eric has here would probably cost me $100-$150AUD. A scanner like an Epson V600 would set me back $600AUD.
I'd love to hear what you use for comparison :)

[@Filmwitheric]

This type of scanning rig will need to be on a very sturdy table, the one I use in this video is one of the worst tables I have also touching the camera will create camera shake in general. This is why I use a shutter release cable and do not touch the camera or the rig when taking the final image. Ideally, this rig works for people that already have a digital camera. Also, the general film scanner is very time-consuming not to mention the size of these scanners. I would spend nearly 40 minutes scanning 36 images which is insane not to mention the lower resolution. This process gives me clean crisp images and overall improves my efficiency.

[@ogmike6444]

I find the compromise of shooting at iso 400 to increase the shutter to 1/10-1/20 dramatically increased the amount of sharp jitterless images I was getting and I can barely tell the difference from iso 100

[@Filmwitheric]

Thanks for this tip! I will try this I am always seeing people use ISO 100 since it reduces the grain but now I am curious to try other ISO settings.

[@ogmike6444]

@@Filmwitheric since writing this I acquired a negative lab supply kit with the pro riser mark 3 in a Craigslist deal and that thing doesn’t move a bit could use any setting lol

[@ivanlee3178]

On my Sony I'm using iso 200 and my f/stop between f/5.6 and f/8, and I'm getting around 1/5 to 1/8 shutter speeds, I don't want to go slower than that. I think it's a good compromise

[@rockhills]

I can't remember if I've heard what the Basic Film Carrier does to flatten out the film. Is it similar to the Valoi where there's an "S" to the feed sort of forces the film to be flat?