I thought I'd start a thread about scanning negatives with a phone camera. I have an iPhone 13 Pro and the Macro mode seems to leverage the extra wide lens and has good sharpness in the center but seems terrible around the edges of the negative. I'm experimenting with forcing the camera to use the wide (regular 5.7m f1.5 lens) when photographing negatives. the 9mm f2.8 "telephoto" (in name only) iPhone lens does not seem to focus close enough to capture a negative well, I was hoping this would have less barrel distortion.
I have a Lightroom tethered-capture setup with a Nikon D800E that I use for my HABS/HAER/HALS negative scanning, but that takes a lot of time... I'm now experimenting with this iPhone thing for quick draft images, and social media use.
Anyone else using a phone for negative to positive scanning?
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