Since the lockdown looks as though it might go on for a long time yet I have been thinking of scanning some of my old negs and slides. I have a Nikon LS-1000 which I haven’t used for years because it’s just a balls-ache.
I’d come to the conclusion that a camera plus copy stand and a light table would be essential, and have been digging around looking for guidance. I found this excellent video which is so good i thought i’d share: https://youtu.be/FqD9SikzZq0 He’s not doing exactly what I want to do, but it does look like a good method for freshly-shot film. Most of my slides and negs are either cut in strips and sleeved, or mounted. My aim is mainly to catalogue what I have, shoot ‘contact prints’ on the light table so I can have a reasonable idea what is on each film, and do a higher quality scan only of selected individual frames. But I need an industrial process to get through so many films. I like the method shown in the video, and would adapt it so that I’d put a sleeved film strip on the lightbox, a glass sheet on top of that to keep it flat, and shoot. If anyone has any hints, tips, bright ideas or dire warnings, please share! B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
