I’ve been scanning for 20 years or so.
“Camera scans” with a macro lens are significantly better for me. Canon RP, EF 50/2.5 macro, copy stand, LCD light panel, negative holder.
One frame prints well up to A2; easy to shoot four shots and join them in Photoshop if more resolution is needed.
I’m only shooting and digitising 4x5 Tri-X.
I've been scanning roll film with an A7rII & a Voigtlander 110mm f/2.5 APO-Lanthar for a couple years now. Really quite pleased with the results.
I used to use a D810 and stitching for my digitisation, and got good results (~ 90 megapixels for 4x5). These days I use a Sony A7RIV and pixel-shift capture of the whole frame, which is faster and yields even better quality (~ 180 megapixels).
Have a look at my Flickr for examples. I upload the originals at quite a high resolution, so you can get a decent idea of what is possible:
https://flickr.com/photos/atomstitcher/
Here is a 51 megapixel resized version of a sheet of 4x5 TMX for example (captured with the A7RIV): https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...8fa2b67f_o.jpg
i recently order 45F-2 and can't wait to scan negs with GFX100s pixel shift mode.
Flickr Home Page: https://www.flickr.com/photos/alanklein2000/albums
You will be pleased with the results.
I have been using a Fuji GFX 100s for general photography and for digitizing film for the past year with pixel shifting. The results, with good technique and a high quality macro lens, are outstanding and eliminate the need for stitching even for very high image quality for all film formats up to 4X5 and even 5X7.
Digital features like pixel shifting and focus stacking have completely changed the way I approach both image capture and digitizing of my film archive.
Sandy
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