One way or the other you should be able to get close to this picture in terms of colors, intensity and contrast. I have not tried this set up with the Fuji, and in fact have kept the Pentax system just for things like this. When he’s not building arcade machines, you can find him at local flea markets or attending car shows. Justin Heyes wants to live in a world where we have near misses and absolute hits; great love and small disasters. This seemingly endlessly large viewing area offers a lot of space for film material of any kind: 54 mounted 35mm-format slides, 35 medium format slides of 6 x 6 cm or up to 12 large format slides in 4 x 5" size can be viewed at one time. By touching it once you switch on the light panel. As soon as you actually work with a light panel, you will find out that a whole number of factors plays an important role. This means, that the touch swithc does not really switch off the light panel, it leads to a kind of stand-by mode only. This magnifier works impeccably, one easily forgets that a magnifier is used when looking at a slide. Hi, I'm doing a very similar thing. In order to identify the theme, this light table will serve well. One can conveniently place mounted slides or film strips on this edge, which assures a good hold during operation. But why do many large light panels have a height of the illuminated area of 30 cm? You can pull a fair amount of detail out of the slide (and I expect, out of a negative) this way without needing a lot of time, which was my goal. I have an X-pro2 and a film camera, would be great if they could work together and save me needing a scanner. This will protect the high quality acrylic surface during transport and storage.
Someone who only wishes to view one slide or the other every now and then can be recommended a battery-operated miniature light panel with an illuminated surface of e.g. A centimetre scale on the left and an inch scale at the right side of the light surface round the professional appearance of the Kaiser light panel slimlite LED 61 x 35,5 m. Thus, the biggest Kaiser-light panel slimlite LED 61x35,5 cm is clearly recommended by us for photographers who need to view and sort a large amount of images in the same time.
The color rendering index CRI is > 90 and the color temperature is 5600K. Light resp. The light is completely uniform. Edit - I just re-read your post and see that focusing is the big issue. 10 x 10 cm. Place a Reflecta A5 LED directly next to a Dörr LT-2020, and you will realize the extreme difference in color temperature.
to choose a correctly exposed picture from a bracketed series. A light panel that heats up much during permanent use of course transmits heat to the film material that will consequently curl up or bend, which makes it impossible to view it without further equipment. Finally, I want to mention a centimetre scale on the left hand side of the viewing area and an inch scale on its right - they come in handy to measure the size of an image detail or the film size of a large format film.
Due to its huge size, the practical and fast arrangement and the possibility to mount it on the wall, this light panel is also suitable in the medical field for the viewing of radiographs. According to the manufacturer, the light table is suitable not only for viewing slides and negatives, drawing and tracing, but also as a background light source for paper prints. I find I can scan a roll in 20minutes including setting it all up, much faster than the Epson scanner the other bonus is not having 100mb files to tend with, the raw files are good to work with too. Read on to learn about our favorite enthusiast long zoom cameras. High quality manufacture. I have not tried this set up with the Fuji, and in fact have kept the Pentax system just for things like this. Shutter Speed – 1/125 You may need to do some math to figure out what focal length of lens will give the same result with the larger negatives. There are a bunch of tutorials online. The centre column is reversed and the camera points down between the tripod legs. DSLR scanning is a good option for medium format film, especially 6x4.5 (which is fairly well-matched for resolution by modern sensors). First, we will define which sort of light panels will be discussed here, as the term "light panel" is used in many contexts today: special equipment for viewing radiographs, for the examination of bank notes or for the irradiation of gel substances, and panels with ultraviolet lamps are all often referred to as light panels. But anyway, the slimlite LED 61 x 35,5 cm is of course mainly suitable for the steady state operation, as it actually also weights more than 7 kg. But more than that, there is still enough space to position the selected images at the sides or above the sheet protectors so that they are still on the light screen. Thanks for the adapter info and processing link! And it’s a small investment that can save you hundreds in scanning fees. What are your top AF settings with x-t3 ? The project is a simple quick method, but it will still not sway me from digital.
Slides are already fairly easy to check compared to negatives, so you just need to hold them up to the light an magnify them a bit.
Now, how good is the color rendition? Before starting, inspect your negative/slide using reflected light coming from a surface e.g. I tend to do mainly 120 film up to 6x12, for these I'll take 3 shots and stitch and I find I get very good results, I've printed Ilford pan f up to A3 size and it looks really good. I'm not opposed to the Novoflex adapter but it's pretty expensive and they don't seem to have a non-G version. These lamps, having a durability of approx. Anyone who professionally often has to deal with film material or, as a private person, spends whole weekends or even a whole retirement ranging and viewing slides will need a large light panel such as the reflecta L1400 LED.
Thanks to the LED technology there is a uniform light distribution, and you don't have to worry about changing the lamp. I don't need support for G lenses. Although it is daily business for battery-operated miniature light panels to transport them, larger light boxes mainly are intended for stationary use; however, even those have to be moved at certain times. You may need to find a constant light source to be able to focus, unless someone else can come up with a better idea. I’m not looking at completing all the digitising in the quickest time possible but I would like an easy workflow which I can jump in and out of when I feel like it. Although light distribution was rather uneven in former times, making it almost impossible to use the light panels' corners, it is today possible to illuminate the whole viewing area evenly using special techniques of light conduction and reflection while preserving a slim design. The light table measures 48.9 x 33.9 x 0.8 centimeters, with the actual light field measuring 44 x 29 centimeters. On the other hand, anyone mounting this light panel on a wall (the necessary items are included) will not transport it any more anyway.
Hi, I'm doing a very similar thing. Since Reflecta does not state a color temperature, we measured it using a colorimeter. Scanning one image at a time can produce higher results. For a neg holder I use my old Epson scanner holders. What outstands very positively is that despite of the resulting sloping position, neither the frames slides nor the lose film material do not slip on the light surface. I also use the 2second timer. for the viewing of positive films and single images. The Dörr light panel LT-3838 LED is stepless dimmable and comes in ultra-flat design. to scan in or to pass on. In the spring of 2017, Reflecta extended its series of light tables and introduced the model A5 LED. I am also thinking of shooting film a few times and having a system that I can scan with in the future would also be beneficial. I already mentioned the important feature of lifting larger light panels by the means of legs or brackets into a comfortable working position. Will Fuji be first (other than Nikon) with a diffractive 500mm??? But that alone led me to scan negatives that looked like the one on the left, above. I could not detect a significant heating up of the illuminated area even after 8 hours of use. The light table Reflecta A5 LED functions only with the enclosed mains adapter. The measurement yields a value of 13900 K. Whilst common household led bulbs range at a temperature of 2500 K to 3500 K, it was quite a new experience to see an LED light of 10000 K. Since for fotographic material, light sources in the range of 5000 K are used, the light table Reflecta A5 is absolutely unsuitable for this purpose. This positioning edge is, however, not only of use for the fixation of film material; it also includes a revolving lid that allows a reduction of the viewing area to a height of exactly 5 cm. With this light panel they have changed the construction method to make it 8mm thin. The centre column is reversed and the camera points down between the tripod legs.
It fits perfectly in a modern working environment. For larger light panels, only mains operation is still worth considering.
Photographer Marius Hanzak has a low cost DIY project that can help you digitize that box of negatives that you have been putting off. Sure, it's pretty easy and straight-forward. I want to follow this thread. All content, design, and layout are Copyright © 1998 - 2020 Digital Photography Review All Rights Reserved. I got a small light tablet the other day with the intent of scanning medium format film using an XPro2 and a Macro lens. So I think I’ve probably got somewhere between 100-200 rolls (maybe more - about 4 large carbord boxes full of boots sleeves) to digitise and I have an XT1 with a 23mm f2 Lens. In the scope of delivery, you will also find a black slipcover with a drawcord. This will protect the high quality acrylic surface during transport and storage. On the bottom side, there is a small edge on which mounted slides or single positives can be laid to prevent them from slipping down. A light panel has to be illuminated, this is quite clear.
Some input would be appreciated. The brightness of the light table is more than sufficient at its peak and will commonly be lowered a few instances for every day use.