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Noah Henderson
PO BOX 99900 YG 434 149
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TORONTO, ON
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00:00 - 04:35 - Intro and The Negative Supply Kit
04:36 - 07:02 - Camera Scanning
07:03 - 10:53 - Review
10:54 - 12:46 - Valoi Comparison
12:47 - 14:24 - Essential Film Holder Comparison
14:25 - 16:29 - Editing Photos & Alternatives
16:30 - 18:05 - Conclusion
18:06 - 21:45 - Mail!

[erivera]

I made a brush using two anti static vinyl brushes glued em together and works well has saved me a lot of time for a total of 16 bucks

[joefaracevideos]

love the sane way that you have presented a complex topic.

[JustAnotherChris]

This thing is SUPER sweet!!! I'm going to need to pick one of these up for sure!

[TomChamberlain]

I am using the Valoi setup with a vintage commercial copy stand.. =) I like the Cinestill light. I have been using Darktable (I use Linux, but there it is available on Windows and Mac). The film conversion module works great, but has a steep learning curve.

[christopherbgriffith]

lol, I had the same reaction to browsing their site for the options. But I appreciate that they make quality stuff that overall is reasonably priced.

[JanneRanta]

You should try out the new Valoi easy35 system. It's similar to the old school slide scanning setups except that it has build in light source. If you value simplicity and ease of setup and size then it would probably be the best option for 35mm film.

[superiordirk]

Near the end of the video when you mention who this is for, the dedicated more or less, i realized what it can do a flatbed scanner can not.
Say you shoot colour c41 and process it in vlack and white chemistry. The negatives are too dense (crap) to scan. But the photo enlarger handles it because you can test strip for minutes even.
Using the camera scanner would give you the same benefit.
You can do full manual exposure and capture what you need.
I have had a lot of grief trying to scan cross processed stuff that, well, should bever be cross processed, but I see this working.

[renemies]

There were a lot of great pictures included in this video! I've been looking into getting into scanning film like this but all of the kits are really expensive and I have two flatbed Epson scanners so I end up not doing it but after watching your video, I think the Negative Supply Essential kit looks good. Awesome video.

[theangrymarmot]

When I seen the price of their stuff, I couldn't help buy laugh. I know it is probably well made - but come on. I ended up using parts from an old out of use 3D printer (aluminum extrusions, lead screw Z axis parts, etc) and made my own easy adjustable stand. I attached my old Sony Nex7 with an arca swiss mount with built in level. I bought a adjustable brightness/white balance LED light off amazon ($35) and 3D printed a holder for it. I 3D printed my 35mm and 120 holders with & without borders. Works great, and I have have very little invested. I could build another stand for less than $75 bucks in extrusion and printer parts off Amazon. The 3D printed negative holders took minimal prep and work great. The biggest expenditure of the whole endeavor was buying Negative Lab Pro - and I have something similar to the product Negative Supply sells for thousands.

[abhijit-sarkar]

I have just started to watch the video, and can already tell you're older and wiser because you're wearing gloves while handling film. So many videos would mishandle film and then do IQ "comparisons", which really sucks because, other than cumbersome to setup, one of the cons of camera scanning is that it can't do digital ICE.
That said, would be nice to see a video of your complete setup, not just the essential kit (unless this is the only thing you're using but it looks kinda cheap, so, perhaps not).

[sonyviva]

"Oh yeah after 8 years Kodak announces the new Super 8 cam!" *jumps cut*
my fav bit of this video

[aengusmacnaughton]

Noah -- thank you for the thorough rundown of this system -- in under 30 minutes! Quick questions -- what adapter do you have for the vintage Canon lens to MFT mount, and what specific Canon lens do you use? Cheers!

[andrewtongue]

As you assert, Noah, very cool. I have a shed load of exposed 35mm colour & B & W film stock. For $250.00 that's not a bad investment choice, given what's in the kit. Certainly, it's not the most sophisticated accessory on the market, but I suspect it will cover most bases. Great resurgence indeed. Take it easy, & a happy Christmas to you & yours !
Andrew 🙂

[WeTheDylan]

Interesting video, I don’t really know much about the NS products because every time someone recommends it too me, I go to their page, see the price and decide to dip. I “scan” my negs with a Nikon D810 mounted with a c-clamp to a “copy stand” I made from a pipe I mounted onto a cutting board. I then designed a film carrier that I 3d printed. I use an old manually focused macro lens and a remote trigger. I think the whole thing cost me less than $100 minus the camera and lens which I pretty much leave mounted 24/7 because I almost never shoot digital anymore.

Will I get something nicer like this that you showed in the video in the future? Maybe, but this has worked for about two dozen rolls so far and I’m currently designing an attachment so that the film goes through a little anti-static wipe before going into the carrier to improve on the dust problem.

Anyways, big fan of your videos. Also always nice to see another Torontonian out there shooting film and loving it.

[nbautista]

Thanks for sharing! I’d be curious to know if you’ve tried the Negative Supply carriers with the CineStill light source and how that might work? Thanks again

[AnotherOtherMan-alive]

ngl, I've been thinking of getting a film duplicator and using a more modern light source. Just depends on if one shows up for a decent price in a thrift shop.

[planttheseed]

What software are you using to to tether the camera tp the Macbook Pro? Nice presentation.

[thenexthobby]

I briefly built a setup using the 1st gen Essential Film Holder and a makeshift copy stand using a hardwood board and "black iron pipe" from the hardware store (the kind used for running natural gas inside a home.) Camera mounted to a Nisi macro rail; useful for focusing and attached via standard Manfrotto "super clamp".

I bought a Schneider enlarger lens and adapted that to M42 with another adapter for my DSLR. And some kind of light source someone recommend; runs of A/C or old Sony camcorder batteries. If only I could find it all since I moved.

Completely agree the Neg Supply product line and its marketing is a confusing jumble.

[TheTImmy]

Somehow I ended up with three film cameras and zero digital cameras atm. Haha, that’s okay for now though. I like the scans from my lab. When i get a digital camera again I’m definitely looking into a set up like this. Not that scans are that expensive, but, at $16 for high res TIFF scanning a set up like this would pay for itself in like a year and a half at my rate of shooting.

[find]

Did you have any issues with the light source being uneven?