Elinchrome dia copier for digitising
May 5, 2020 7:42:39 GMT -5
Post by belgiumreporter on May 5, 2020 7:42:39 GMT -5
When looking for alternative ways to digitise negatives and slides i decided to get the elinchrome dia copier wich i knew i had in one of the boxes in the attic.
I then hooked up the D800 with the micro-nikkor 60mm to see how this combination performs.For 35mm slides and negatives it a bit of overkill, there are more "elegant" solutions like the bellows with dia copy attachement and such, i couldn see any difference in slides digitised with either method. For medium format it does come in handy, taking into account the quality of the copy largely depends on the DSLR used. A practical problem with the elinchrome is the the flash trigger voltage wich i measured at 7.9 volts, somewhat above the 6volts max with wich modern camera's are confortable with before frying the electronics. A few solutions can solve this: take a long exposure in wich the flash can be triggered manually, use a slave trigger on the elinchrome and trigger it with the build in flash of the camera, use a wireless flash remote or a Wein voltage converter.
Even the build in modelling light can be used as a light source, beware of the color temp though...
Now i know the set up works and gives decent results i'll start using it for digitising my mamiya and hasselblad negatives.
This is what the elinchrome looks like
And this is a mamiya 645 digitised negative
I then hooked up the D800 with the micro-nikkor 60mm to see how this combination performs.For 35mm slides and negatives it a bit of overkill, there are more "elegant" solutions like the bellows with dia copy attachement and such, i couldn see any difference in slides digitised with either method. For medium format it does come in handy, taking into account the quality of the copy largely depends on the DSLR used. A practical problem with the elinchrome is the the flash trigger voltage wich i measured at 7.9 volts, somewhat above the 6volts max with wich modern camera's are confortable with before frying the electronics. A few solutions can solve this: take a long exposure in wich the flash can be triggered manually, use a slave trigger on the elinchrome and trigger it with the build in flash of the camera, use a wireless flash remote or a Wein voltage converter.
Even the build in modelling light can be used as a light source, beware of the color temp though...
Now i know the set up works and gives decent results i'll start using it for digitising my mamiya and hasselblad negatives.
This is what the elinchrome looks like
And this is a mamiya 645 digitised negative
