I built a perfect home film scanner

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• JE

  @jessesenko · 2 years ago (edited) · pinned

  Let me know if/how you scan!<br>VIEWER FEEDBACK: use a mirror on the table to make sure that your camera is pointing straight down<br><br>Use the enlarger film holder rather than making one! 🤦‍♂️<br><br>Mirror trick: 🤯. I love this community!

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• TE

  @terryhope2074 · 2 years ago (edited)

  Quick tip for levelling the camera. Put a mirror on the base and adjust the camera until the reflection of the lens is in the middle of the viewfinder. oops, sorry Giovanni - you beat me to it, but good point, this sets the camera regardless of whether the base is level or not.

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• LO

  @Lo-FiCrossfade · 2 years ago

  My parents made a big negative 38 years ago.

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• JE

  @jeffreydouglas-sim6127 · 2 years ago (edited)

  &quot;.....and my God, you&apos;d better have a library card.....&quot; &nbsp;Priceless......what a brilliant, inspirational video.

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• VI

  @VIC-LAN · 2 years ago

  Dude. Love your story telling. So captivating. 👌🏾

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• GI

  @giovanni8120 · 2 years ago

  The camera alignment using the ball head should be done with a mirror, by focusing on the lens and centering it on the frame trough the reflection. That being because it will guarantee that it is co-planar with the scanning surface, what is more important than having it leveled.

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• MA

  @marshelo88 · 2 years ago

  The humor, the down to earth vibe and, why not, also the useful content! Sub&apos;d; keep it up!

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• SH

  @shedactivist · 2 years ago

  Very cool. I have an old enlarger gathering dust, a son with a 3D printer, and I have a bunch of negatives that need to be scanned. Happy days ahead.

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• DI

  @dieterblaz · 2 years ago

  forget the 3d printed holder - I used my old negative carrier from my enlarger, made a mask which covered most of the light panel, and just dropped that carrier onto the surface.

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• JA

  @JacobyageJacob · 1 year ago

  i&apos;m totally with you on this, i&apos;m here in Canada, the scans from kerrisdale cameras are freakin 10 megapixles and ask for about 10 dollars per roll, even the employee at one store told me that their scans are shit. so dslr scanning is defiantly the future.

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• CH

  @ChrisDN · 2 years ago

  The string/nut idea isn&apos;t silly, it&apos;s basically just a plumb bob.

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• AR

  @arlo37 · 2 years ago

  What a hoot! Dude - your timing for this rig is perfect for me. And that sly, dry humour… priceless!

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