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Using EOS-M to copy slides/negatives

Started Jul 28, 2017 | Discussions thread
nahueljo New Member • Posts: 4
Re: Using EOS-M to copy slides/negatives

Larry Rexley wrote:

Very interesting! Good result.

I have a lot of my Dad's old Kodachrome slides. I transferred about 10 boxes of slides so far. I used the M6 mark ii and Canon EF-S 55-250 IS STM with an extension tube, in a dark room the slides about 3-4 feet away from the lens, behind the slides was a piece of white paper lit by 2 3000k LED work lights.

Wow, 3-4 feet away sounds pretty far. Yet the result you posted is very decent!

For color films, I did some research and the light you use is very important. I have a very cheap LED panel which for B&W works like a charm. Here's one that I was very disappointed when I got it from the lab but re-scanning it my self gave it new life! lol

Lab scan

Canon M50 + 28mm Canon Macro Lens

I honestly love the result. The exposure is not quite there yet I think, not sure what I did wrong in the post processing, but I like it anyways.

I use Darktable + negadoctor (Linux user here :P)

I have tried quite a few film scanners and like you found them FAR too slow to make doing more than just a handful of slides or negatives very painful.

Take a look at this video: https://youtu.be/pjmL5FgAUpU

he recommends a scanner called Prime Film XAs which is around $500 and it's amazing, just look at his results!

I just got the EF-M 28mm macro a month ago --- based on your results I am going to try that next! I think I will try putting a bunch of empty filter rings, and then some 'step-up' rings (I have a full set stepping up from 49mm to 82mm with many rings) to see if 35mm slides will 'fit' in one of the rings.... I'll try to make a make-shift slide adapter at the right distance to fill the frame with a slide.

Awesome! I'd love to see your scans.

Here's a sample from my 55-250 work... a slide of me holding a kitten at the age of 8! The film was badly faded but I was able to get some color out of it. It might not have even been done with DxO.... at any rate my post-processing skills are far better now and I'm sure I could do much better with the latest DxO PL!

That's just cute

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