Unless you already have the proper equipment to do this (light box,
rigid copy stand, macro lens), it's a waste of time. Those three
things together will cost more than a dedicated film scanner and will
not return results that are as good. A decent copy stand is $125,
good macro lens $140, extension tubes $100, light box $50 and up. A
Konica Minolta Scan Dual IV is about $260 and returns a 3200ppi scan,
13.1Mpixels.
I 'scan' Minox negatives with the camera (*ist DS body, macro setup
for 2:1 magnification) because it nets me higher resolution...
5Mpixel image rather than a 1Mpixel image. B&W works great, color is
a bit more difficult due to the need to invert and filter out the
crossover mask, but it is doable.
Godfrey
On Dec 4, 2005, at 11:39 AM, Powell Hargrave wrote:
Another option is to photograph a slide with a digital camera.
Good enough
for may uses. Did this yesterday with the Ds and Sigma 50mm Macro.
Full size - 270k highly compressed Jpeg. Grain on slide is not
quite as
apparent.
http://members.shaw.ca/hargravep/Dickie_Fowl-Chick-3.jpg
Doesn't work to well with negatives. I have done MF b/w negs on
the light
table with OK results.
