the FASTEST way to scan 35mm & 120 film at home (camera scanning) // giveaway!

I scan my 120 film by taking pictures of the negatives with a 35mm point and shoot, develop those images in a prison toilet, then use the cracked camera of a circa 2011 iPhone 4S and the light from my Honda Civic as a backlight to convert the negatives. It's a long process but it works for me.

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I've been scanning 120 negatives and slide film shot with a Horseman 985 for years. Definitely a great idea since going primarily digital and never loosing the touch for film. Just restarted shooting 4x5 with a converted Polaroid Land camera I made myself. Cheers good work Linus.

I have never scanned film at home due to a lot of people’s poor experiences with flatbed scanners, but have really been interested in using my mirrorless camera as an option. This was a great video Linus! Keep up with the awesome work

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Yo, a good tip for lining up the camera with the film and making sure it's leveled correctly is to set a small mirror on top of your LED light and line up the lens with the reflection.

A well done review of DSLR "scanning." I've been scanning 35mm to 6x6/6x7/6x9 with a Nikon Super Coolscan 8000 ED for the last 20 years for my important images, and more recently, an Epson V600 for less important stuff. Quality-wise, no complaints with my workflow - but the time it takes is a whole other matter. So I started using my D850 and AF-Micro Nikkor 60mm to do DSLR copies and am quite impressed. For simplicity, I like the Nikon ES-2 film digitizer. The big plus with this setup is, since the hardware is directly attached to the camera, shutter or even hand movement doesn't affect sharpness. I've also been using the Digitaliza and Essential Film Holder hardware and like them both. Negative Supply's product looks incredible, although the cost seems to put it out of the range of most film shooters. Regarding your results; I notice your lab scans seem to have more shadow detail and are slightly sharper than your DSLR scans. I also see purple chromatic aberration in the DSLR scans. The CA can be removed in seconds in post, and sharpness can be brought to par with the lab scans by using f/5.6 on your lens instead of f/8-11. Your raw files should also permit opening up more shadow detail. Otherwise, an excellent video for newcomers to digitizing film.

I love how his head didn’t move while he was scanning the film you see the determination???! We stan a film king

I currently just develop and scan at a lab but I'm not particularly thrilled with the max resolution you can get out of a roll of 120 on a noritsu. Noritsu's allow you to do a high dpi scan of 35mm but no such high resolution option for 120. It seems a bit silly that you can get a 35mm noritsu scan with approximately the same dimensions as a 120 noritsu scan. DSLR scanning looks more and more attractive each time I learn more about it. Thanks for the video!

For the last couple years I've been using an epson v600 flatbed. I have had such an on-off relationship with scanning my own film because of the troubles a flatbed gives, but I didn't know any better. I've tried ANR glass, taping straight to the flatbed, and have always struggled with sharpness and time, which has, like yourself, pushed me away from shooting 35mm. I'd love to step into camera scanning! Great video.

Used to have a lab do all my scans, but after watching your videos I started developing and scanning my own film with an epson flatbed scanner. Appreciate your channel and your work man!

I just started developing and scanning my own film and was between buying a scanner or getting a DSLR scanning set up, this and some other research has made my decision pretty easy. The ability to take this when moving between countries, cities etc makes it a no brainer over a heavy and bulky scanner. Thanks for this video it was great.

I'm currently sending my film to a lab for developing + scanning. Your videos help me cause I'm getting tired of not having full control of the final product & I'm planning on developing (mostly 120mm b&w) film & scanning at home. Love from Switzerland x

I used to scan everything with a flatbed, but lately I've just sent all my film to your lab!

Currently using an Epson Perfection V600 to scan my old family photos. I originally bought it to scan my own childhood photos, but during the last month I told my grandmother about what I was doing and she gave me her old film that I'm now scanning and converting. It's been amazing to see photos no one else has seen since 1960 and earlier since they've never been printed. It actually made my mom cry seeing her grandmother so young. This set up would be amazing to help me really bring these 60+ year old photos back to life!

I currently go to a Lab for my scans but I just tried DSLR scanning for the first time at my friend's house 2 weeks ago! It's definitely the way to go! He has the negative supply carriers and my god they are ESSENTIAL. Awesome video! Thanks!

A shutter remote would be quite handy for this, thank for the video.

I’m in Japan where the film photography industry is still pretty big so they have labs all over and you can even go to the big electronic store to get your film scanned and they come out pretty good most of the time. The only problem is the cost, it can get quite expensive to get rolls scanned and developed most of the time being around $15-20 per roll and most of the time the scans come on a CD unless you pay extra to get them uploaded to the cloud for you to download

I’ve been wanting to scan my film an slide (including 120 transparencies, mostly from my Hasselblad and Mamiya) analog library for years, but hated my flatbed scanner. This video encourages me to delve into DSLR scanning with a vengeance, and finally be able to digitally work on my earliest work from the early seventies to late nineties before switching to digital with a Nikon D1. I’m excited!