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CineStill is excited to offer you this incredible starter kit at an amazing price! This bundle allows precise, high quality scanning from the comfort of your home using Skier's Sunray Box 3 Panorama and Foldable Copy Stand.
Sunray Box III
The Sunray Box III is the perfect starting point for high quality film scanning at home! To begin scanning your film with your digital camera you need 3 essential things: A macro lens, flat film, and a great light source! With a full spectrum, daylight strength light source and multi-format film holders, all you need is to mount your camera above your illuminated film and you are ready to go! No need for a dedicated film scanner, with 35mm, 120, and 4x5 film holders you can easily digitize your precious film photographs in high resolution at faster speeds at home!
Elegantly display your transparencies or efficiently scan all of your film in all it's analog glory! Now compatible with panorama formats, such as XPan, Widelux or 6x12cm, and large format 4x5" film! The maximum brightness has more than Doubled with a 3-stage power switch (25%,50%,100%).
Includes
- Foldable Copy Stand
- LED light box handcrafted out of bamboo
- 135 film holder for 35mm, XPan film and slide mounts
- 120 film holder for 6x6-6x12cm film and medium format slide mounts
- 4x5 film holder for large format negatives and transparencies
- Microfiber anti-static gloves x 2 pairs
- Dust blower bulb
This handcrafted bamboo light box features uniform diffusion with a blindingly bright (2800 Lumens) LED light array for faster capture, and a high color rendering (CRI 96+ / TLCI 99) for accurate color. The ability to toggle between 3 brightness levels allows you to view and capture your film in any environment. The brilliant illumination allows you to set your aperture is f/8 - f/11 at faster shutter speeds, which gives you the best resolution with minimum chance of camera shake. These precise and sturdy multi-format film holders, made with 5 axis CNC machines, will hold mounted slides or cut film flat for scanning. Also compatible with roll film carriers such as Negative Supply Film Carrier Mk1 and 120 Film Carrier, and film holders up to 4x5".
Negative Supply film carriers sold separately
Features
- Cinema quality light, bright as daylight
- 96+ CRI / 99+TLCI for high color accuracy
- 4x5.5 inch illumination area
- Compatible with panorama formats
- 3-stage brightness control toggle (25%,50%,100%)
- Handmade bamboo and CNC aluminum construction
- Can be used as an illumination source for other devices
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Long power cable with 3-stage brightness switch
▲ 70x32mm is suitable for full frame and panorama negative and positive film.
▲ Reverse side of film holder is for 135 slide mounts.
▲ Adjustable 120 mask between 60-120x56mm, for
6x6, 6x7, 6x9, and 6x12.
▲ Reverse side of holder is for 6x4.5, 6x6, 6x7 slide mounts.
▲ 4x5 inch holder keeps sheet film suspended flat above the light source.
Specifications
- CRI (Ra) : 96 / TLCI : 99
- Lumens : 2800 lm
- Luminous efficiency : 118 (lm/w)
- Color temperture : 5600K
- Voltage : AC 100-240V 50/60Hz with US plug
- Wattage: 22W
- Dimensions : 9 x 5.7 x 2.5 in
- Weight : 1.5 lbs
Foldable Copy Stand
The foldable copy stand is made to firmly hold your camera perfectly flat over your light source for scanning your film or prints. 17 3/4 x 13 3/4 inch large area base, can shoot A4 spread prints. Can support professional-grade cameras and long macro lenses. Quickly collapse the telescopic center column and fold down to the base for convenient flat storage and carrying.
Features
- The telescopic quick buckle center column design allows for quick cropping and focusing between 7 3/4 - 24 inches
- Quick release pin for easy mounting of your camera
- Camera pitch angle knob to adjust flatness
- 17 3/4 x 13 3/4 inch large area base, made with environmental friendly waterproof plywood, no formaldehyde, no deformation
- A4 size can be shot with a standard lens.
- Suitable for professional cameras up to 7lbs and lighter cameras.
- Foldable design makes it more convenient to carry.
Ease of use：
Unfold the center column and fix it to the base. (The fixing screw will be mounted at top the center column, please pay attention when receiving the piece).
Sturdy quick release pin locks your camera firmly to the center column and allows for quick rotation adjustment without unthreading from the camera mount.
The center column adjusts framing and focusing with a telescopic quick buckle design to quickly raise and lower your camera. To adjust buckle tension and prevent slipping you can use a hex key (Allen wrench).
Adjust the tilt of your camera to ensure aligned shooting with pitch angle knob. This will ensure that your film scans square and in focus from corner to corner without a keystone effect.
Foldable design quickly collapses the telescopic center column and folds down to the base for convenient flat storage and carrying!
Product Specifications
- Base size: 17 3/4 x 13 3/4 inch
- Center column height: 7 3/4 - 24 inch
- Weight: 5.75 lbs
Recommended Accessories
Camera & Lens
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 for insane resolution.
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 or 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. 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 stops 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.
