For years I used a Nikon Coolscan to scan my slides and negs. Those scanners use a less-common Firewire connection (Apple sucks!) Now at the school lab I run, we use Epson V700 scanners. The quality of scans for 35mm especially leaves a lot to be desired! Here's what I did...... Put my Sony A7rII with a macro (a real macro that can do 1:1) on a copystand Put a flat panel LED light box on the stand Put my negative in a negative carrier (I tried a few carriers, in this case the neg carrier is for a Besler 45) Put a couple of boxes (in this case 100' rolls of Kodak Plus X from the 1980's) to space out above the light box (prevents dust showing from on the lightbox) For comparison, I also scanned a set of negatives on the Epson V700. The results showed me that I shouldn't be scanning 35's on the Epson! Epson vs Camera Scan, overview Right off the bat, some of the exposures from the Epson in default mode looked pretty crappy. But I chose this Epson scan (on the left)
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