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== Why? == | == Why? == | ||
Dedicated medium format scanners are generally expensive! Some flatbed scanners (e.g. Epson V550/V600) can scan medium but they're also expensive and quite slow/fiddly. | |||
== Inspiration == | == Inspiration == | ||
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* scanning 6x6 only (including a bit of the frame edge) but could be adapted to other formats | * scanning 6x6 only (including a bit of the frame edge) but could be adapted to other formats | ||
* using with iPhone (other phones may work as well but may need height adjustment to fill the frame) | * using with iPhone (other phones may work as well but may need height adjustment to fill the frame) | ||
== What does it look like? == | |||
<gallery> | |||
File:IPhone_120_Scanner_1.jpg | |||
File:IPhone 120 scanner 2.jpg | |||
File:IPhone 120 scanner 3.jpg | |||
</gallery> | |||
== What do you need? == | == What do you need? == | ||
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* LED video light for backlighting the film through the diffuser - something cheap like https://www.amazon.co.uk/Nanguang-CN-126-OrientEX-Camcorder-Panasonic/dp/B006OI3Z2M/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1465934504&sr=8-4&keywords=led+video+light (~£20) | * LED video light for backlighting the film through the diffuser - something cheap like https://www.amazon.co.uk/Nanguang-CN-126-OrientEX-Camcorder-Panasonic/dp/B006OI3Z2M/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1465934504&sr=8-4&keywords=led+video+light (~£20) | ||
* Smartphone with high resolution camera (optimised for iPhone 6/6s/plus but should work with other phones) | * Smartphone with high resolution camera (optimised for iPhone 6/6s/plus but should work with other phones) | ||
* | ** Alternatively, you can take off the top panel and point a DSLR camera directly at the backlit film for very high resolution photos | ||
* If you want to get negatives inverted directly on the phone, you need an app dedicated to scanning film such as: | |||
** [https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/film-scanner-lite/id543847698?mt=8&uo=4&at=11l6hc&ct=fnd Film scanner lite (iOS)] | ** [https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/film-scanner-lite/id543847698?mt=8&uo=4&at=11l6hc&ct=fnd Film scanner lite (iOS)] | ||
** [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dk.codeunited.helmut Helmut (Android)] | ** [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dk.codeunited.helmut Helmut (Android)] | ||
* Otherwise you can use take a photo using the normal camera app (or an app like [http://campl.us/ Camera+] that can save TIFF files without JPEG compression), and invert photos later in Photoshop/Lightroom | |||
Lasercut files to be uploaded. | Lasercut files to be uploaded. | ||
== Quality == | |||
With an iPhone 6, you can get a 4MP picture (~2000x2000px) with a decent-enough resolution for sharing online. | |||
With a Canon 70D DSLR, you can get a 10MP picture (~3200x3200px). | |||
<gallery> | |||
File:120 iPhone film scanner sample.jpeg|JPEG saved from Film Scanner Lite on iPhone 6, cropped, no further editing | |||
File:120_scanner_with_DSLR.jpg|Shot in RAW with DSLR, cropped and edited in Lightroom | |||
</gallery> | |||
Latest revision as of 21:00, 14 June 2016
Why?
Dedicated medium format scanners are generally expensive! Some flatbed scanners (e.g. Epson V550/V600) can scan medium but they're also expensive and quite slow/fiddly.
Inspiration
What can you do with it?
Quickly (few secs/frame) scan 120 film with a smartphone. Currently optimised for:
- scanning 6x6 only (including a bit of the frame edge) but could be adapted to other formats
- using with iPhone (other phones may work as well but may need height adjustment to fill the frame)
What does it look like?
What do you need?
- Lasercut frame from wood/acrylic
- Lasercut light diffuser
- Set of 3mm diameter screws/nuts for mounting diffuser to the frame
- LED video light for backlighting the film through the diffuser - something cheap like https://www.amazon.co.uk/Nanguang-CN-126-OrientEX-Camcorder-Panasonic/dp/B006OI3Z2M/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1465934504&sr=8-4&keywords=led+video+light (~£20)
- Smartphone with high resolution camera (optimised for iPhone 6/6s/plus but should work with other phones)
- Alternatively, you can take off the top panel and point a DSLR camera directly at the backlit film for very high resolution photos
- If you want to get negatives inverted directly on the phone, you need an app dedicated to scanning film such as:
- Otherwise you can use take a photo using the normal camera app (or an app like Camera+ that can save TIFF files without JPEG compression), and invert photos later in Photoshop/Lightroom
Lasercut files to be uploaded.
Quality
With an iPhone 6, you can get a 4MP picture (~2000x2000px) with a decent-enough resolution for sharing online. With a Canon 70D DSLR, you can get a 10MP picture (~3200x3200px).
JPEG saved from Film Scanner Lite on iPhone 6, cropped, no further editing
Shot in RAW with DSLR, cropped and edited in Lightroom
