I saw this article and was very intrigued: http://www.addicted2light.com/2012/1...vs-epson-v700/
I have a 5Dii, a 100mm macro, and light box so I tried to replicate this procedure last night. Problem is that with the lens hood on and directly on top of the negative, my lens doesn't reach it's minimum focus distance. I then rigged up something where my lens was resting on top of two cups and took 6 shots of a 6x6 negative and compared it against the V700 scan (both with similar PP, including sharpening). Used "Hugin" (free) for the stitching. Scanning was my typical method, with the negative flat on the glass emulsion side down with ANR glass on top. This tends to give me better results that using the Epson film holders.
Results are below, with the DSLR method first. So far it's encouraging. Has anyone tried this with a 4x5 negative yet, and found it superior to scanning? The reason I haven't tried it yet on 4x5 is I need a much more stable "stand-off" for my lens to be able to align and take the 10-20 pictures. I may make something if this produces much better results than what is possible with the V700.
DSLR Method, with 100% crop on left
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