The way I scan medium format now uses the Leica BEOON copy device. It is essentially a dedicated kit of extension tubes and a stand to take a Leica M body and lens, with masks and settings for 1:1, 1:1.5, 1:2, and 1:3 reproduction ratio framings. With adapters, I fit my Leica SL body and Micro-Nikkor 55mm f/2.5 and use 1:3 for medium format film. I use a piece of thick glass mounted on a pair of wooden blocks to hold it over my flat panel light box, and made a negative guide/positioning jig for the stand by cutting and gluing together a few pieces of thick card stock. The negatives/transparencies lay absolutely flat, emulsion side down, on the glass; a 6x6 negative becomes a 16 Mpixel frame with the SL.
The same thing could be done with a table top copy stand, a light box, and a mask to hold the negatives. The BEOON is simply a dedicated, compact table top copy stand. It cost me $250, an order of magnitude less than the Nikon Super Coolscan 9000 ED! G > On Apr 9, 2017, at 9:24 PM, Zos Xavius <zosxav...@gmail.com> wrote: > > It would be nice to come up with something for medium format that > doesn't cost a terrible amount of money. Right now I'm thinking that a > light table and a slab of anti-newtonian glass would be best. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
