Features
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Digital camera film scanning kit for scanning 35mm film
Most advanced 35mm film scanning carrier on the market, with full-border scanning cassette included
Adjustable mounted slide holder for modern and vintage slides
Very bright, color accurate 97 CRI light source with in-line power switch
Extremely sturdy copy stand for digital camera and lens
Scanning hood to reduce glare from overhead lights or windows for higher quality scans
Product Details
Negative Supply exists to create tools for film photographers who want to spend more time photographing and less time scanning. Their products allow you to digitize negatives using your digital camera and a macro lens in just a few minutes.
The Negative Supply Premium Kit 35mm is back due to high demand and combines essential, high-quality tools to allow you to scan 35mm strips or rolls as well as mounted slides/transparencies at home or in studio with DSLR or mirrorless cameras.
At the core of this kit is the Pro Film Carrier 35 MK2, the latest and most advanced film carrier for 35mm rolls or strips of film. This carrier works with all conventional 35mm film formats with its included masks for half frame, standard frame, and panoramic/Xpan formats.
Includes
Pro Film Carrier 35 MK2: the most advanced 35mm film scanning carrier on the market, capable of scanning all 35mm formats including half frame, full frame (standard 35mm), and panoramic sizes (X-Pan, Widlelux) in a single capture with included custom masks while maximizing film flatness.
Basic Mounted Slide Scanning Kit: Adjustable for both modern and vintage slides, it makes slide scanning a breeze.
Light Source Mini: Perfect for users who only scan 35mm and 120 film, and need a very bright, color accurate (97 CRI) light source that’s built to last.
In-Line Power Switch: This accessory allows you to leave your light source plugged in and turn the light on and off via a toggle switch, preventing accidental movement of the light.
Basic Riser XL: Combines upgrades from the Basic Riser MK3 (solid steel base, anodized aluminum central column) with a longer baseboard to allow for cameras with grips to be used and an even taller column to allow for a wider range of macro lenses for 4x5 scanning. This is ideal for users looking to scan 35mm and 120 with nearly any camera and macro lens combination and even 4x5 with up to a 90mm macro lens.
Pro Film Carrier 35 MK2 Adapter Plate for Light Source: Allows you to seamlessly mount your Pro Film Carrier 35 MK2 to mask off all extraneous light coming from the light below. It also stabilizes the carrier on the light source.
35mm Full Border Scanning Cassette: Allows users to scan with full borders (including sprockets) using either the Basic Film Carrier 35 MK2 or Pro Film Carrier 35 MK2. This set includes everything needed to quickly switch out the standard 35mm scanning cassette.
35mm Film Scanning Hood: Securely mounts to the Pro Film Carrier 35 MK2 to reduce glare from overhead lights or windows, allowing for cleaner, higher quality scans.
Digital camera scanning is becoming popular because it’s an easy and resourceful way to scan your own work with equipment you may already have.
DSLR/Mirrorless scanning is relatively new to film, but it gives added speed, convenience, and precision for capturing frames in full detail. Modern cameras with high resolution also capture slide film with better reproduction quality and color due to CMOS sensor technology.
“After having scanned all our film for over a decade using a professional Fuji Frontier minilab scanner (essentially a Camera Scanner), Epson v750 flatbed and various others, camera scanning is finally emerging as a premium workflow solution for scanning your own work in all formats. The Negative Supply products solve many of the initial struggles of camera scanning. It is now fast and reliable with potentially higher resolution in a much smaller package and simply more efficient in nearly every way.” - Brandon Wright Creator & Co-Founder of CineStill Film
Scanning film with a digital camera is the future digitization. Speed up scanning time by capturing entire rolls and advance between frames with a high quality stainless steel drive mechanism. Each frame can be precisely centered while capturing every detail quickly and efficiently.
Camera Body
Just about any semi-modern interchangeable camera will work great for camera scanning. There are many mirrorless or DSLR options to choose from, with the most convenient offering tethered live view capture to your computer. The Canon T2i is probably the cheapest option out there with tethering and large lens selection, and new cameras like the Sony A7 series are now very affordable with great IQ. High end setups may even use the new full frame Panasonic mirrorless cameras with pixel stitching.
Macro Lens
For camera scanning, the one real requirement is that your lens focuses close enough to capture the entire frame, without having to digitally crop. For full frame cameras and capturing 35mm film, the term 1:1 designates a lens that will reproduce the 35mm frame exactly onto the full frame digital sensor. With crop bodies, 1:1 focus even closer. There are also options to use extension tubes for older macro lenses. We have had excellent results with an inexpensive Nikon 55mm macro from the film days, using a simple extension tube to get 1:1 on our full frame bodies. Higher end, yet affordable options include the excellent Sigma 70mm ART Macro. The Outside of reproduction factor (1:1), also look out for lenses that are sharp, have good color reproduction, limit internal reflections (modern coatings), and have very little vignetting. Finally, it’s generally best to use your lens stopped down 2-3 from wide open, as this gives a good combination between depth of field and brightness.
Software for Negative Conversion
There are a few plugins and standalone programs for converting negatives into positives. Some older and some newer, all of them try to harness the color science based in darkroom paper to various degrees. Many professional scanners have used LaserSoft applications or some proprietary/built-in software to emulate darkroom printing. After all, even a professional lab scanner is simply a digital camera and a light source. The applications below do the same thing for converting negatives captured with you digital camera rather than a digital camera built into a scanner. We recommend choosing the one that best suits your workflow.
