{"id":934,"date":"2022-01-20T08:29:05","date_gmt":"2022-01-20T16:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/historic.camera\/?p=934"},"modified":"2022-01-20T08:29:05","modified_gmt":"2022-01-20T16:29:05","slug":"digitizing-negatives-with-a-camera-revisited-photopxl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/historic.camera\/?p=934","title":{"rendered":"Digitizing Negatives with a Camera &#8211; Revisited &#8211; PhotoPXL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I used to scan mostly with my Rolleiflex 6008AF and Ixpress \/ Hasselblad CF528 microstep back and a Schneider Makro Symmar lens in the m39 shutter adapter.\u00a0 I still think that those &#8216;scans&#8217; were the best scans I&#8217;ve achieved so far, however it was very time consuming to set up the focus because the focus was critical.\u00a0 \u00a0Here&#8217;s an article that details how to get your scanning set up aligned and parallel to the negative which I think is really important.\u00a0 \u00a0I used the ColorNeg plugin and do not use Negative Lab Pro, so can&#8217;t comment on that part.\u00a0 I like ColorNeg a lot and it has built in profiles for different film emulsions.\u00a0 ColorNeg is a complicated software with lots of control but mostly you don&#8217;t have to fiddle with adjustments with it. It just works.\u00a0 Not sure if the author of this article uses the multi-shot function of the Sony or not, but he should for color work if he wants the best detail.\u00a0 It will make a difference.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/photopxl.com\/digitizing-negatives-with-a-camera-revisited\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historic.camera\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/3-set-up-5268.jpg?w=640\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Digitizing Negatives with a Camera: Revisited Introduction: My previous article about this subject co-authored with Todd Shaner and published on Luminous-Landscape.com, explored alternative techniques for processing colour negatives photographed with a camera (mirrorless or DSLR). This article delves more into the technical aspects of set-up and capture, with a major focus on my workflow and \u2026 Continue reading &#8220;Digitizing Negatives with a Camera \u2013 Revisited&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/photopxl.com\/digitizing-negatives-with-a-camera-revisited\/\">Digitizing Negatives with a Camera &#8211; Revisited &#8211; PhotoPXL<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I used to scan mostly with my Rolleiflex 6008AF and Ixpress \/ Hasselblad CF528 microstep back and a Schneider Makro Symmar lens in the m39 shutter adapter.\u00a0 I still think that those &#8216;scans&#8217; were the best scans I&#8217;ve achieved so far, however it was very time consuming to set up the focus because the focus was critical.\u00a0 \u00a0Here&#8217;s an article that details how to get your scanning set up aligned and parallel to the negative which I think is really<a class=\"entry-more\" 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