/p/ - Photography » Thread #4162325

[7 / 2 / 4]

2MiB, 3188x2137, 000014.jpg

Home scanning film Sat 01 Apr 2023 20:30:50 No.4162325 View View Reply Original Report

I'm looking to buy a scanner for 35mm film.

Since i'm broke and also need a printer, i thought i would buy one with a built in scanner.

1200 x 2400 is fair enough for me, not going to print billboards.

Should I? What do you guys use when scanning film at home?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 01 Apr 2023 20:33:45 No.4162326 Report

Quoted By: >>4162329

>>4162325
If you have a DSLR and a macro lens, you can use that.

Home scanning film

Home scanning film Sat 01 Apr 2023 20:36:29 No.4162329 Report

Quoted By: >>4162331

>>4162326
Would be ideal indeed even though i dislike the process the result is even better than normal scanning.

Don't have no DSLR capable of doing that.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 01 Apr 2023 20:45:25 No.4162331 Report

Quoted By: >>4162336

>>4162325
Do they even make a combination machine with a film scanner and a photo quality printer? I thought those machines were just for boomers who still insist on printing all their emails.

I use an Epson V600, which is a total piece of shit, so don't get that.

>>4162329
What do you have? I would probably even consider scanning with my phone in your situation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1saSg8S3lv8

Or you might go old school and get an enlarger, which are still fairly cheap for 35mm film, but then of course you have to buy even more consumables than just the film.

Home scanning film

Home scanning film Sat 01 Apr 2023 21:03:08 No.4162336 Report

Quoted By: >>4162339 >>4162341

>>4162331
They do make them and also claim that stuff has high scanning resolution for the price. (average i've seen is 1200 x 2400 dpi scanning res for like 120$ printer/scanners, which would be ideal if it wasn't for the fact that i don't trust it one bit.

I have been developing and scanning film at the lab, but want to stop doing so because price and i want to lightroom my pics.

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO PXL_20230226_172941577-01.jpg, 712KiB, 1981x1999

Anonymous Sat 01 Apr 2023 21:17:13 No.4162339 Report

Quoted By:

>>4162336
You need a scanner thet specifies for film because you need a backlight. A normal document scanner won't work.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 01 Apr 2023 21:21:35 No.4162341 Report

Quoted By:

>>4162336
>They do make them
Give an example of a model capable of scanning film
>1200 x 2400 dpi
>high scanning resolution
For a 35mm negative, that's like 2 megapixels, or absolute dogshit. If you're considering that, just use your phone.

Capcode	All Only User Posts Only Verified Posts Only Moderator Posts Only Manager Posts Only Admin Posts Only Developer Posts Only Founder Posts
Show Posts	All Only With Images Only Without Images Only Spoiler Images Only Non-Spoiler Images
Deleted Posts	All Only Deleted Posts Only Non-Deleted Posts
Ghost Posts	All Only Ghost Posts Only Non-Ghost Posts
Post Type	All Only Sticky Threads Only Opening Posts Only Reply Posts
Results	All Grouped By Threads
Order	Latest Posts First Oldest Posts First

On these archives

Your latest searches