Great tips! I have been using my Epson V500 for 6 years and never used Image Capture. I always use the Epson software. It sucks but gets the job done. Thanks!
Thank you for sharing your routine. By coincidence I just got a Nikon ES2 adapter this week, and I was struggling with color films. I always thought getting good colors out of film scans was to do with WB or contrast curves and I forgot the levels adjustments (silly me). As a tip for anyone using a Nikon Z series camera like me, for b&w negatives you can create a custom picture profile to see the actual colors as you scan it. Just open "Picture control utility 2" and select the "Monochrome" option, then flip the contrast curve and transfer this custom picture control to your camera. And viola, your can immediately see your negatives inverted. It makes exposing pictures super easy.
My pleasure, hope you found the tricks helpful, glad I reminded you to use levels, it’s so useful! In my opinion the es2 adapter is the best way to digitize 35mm negs. Great idea with the custom profile. Even more streamlined!
Yeah I have already started playing with the sliders! Thanks again for the video :) About the es2 adapter, I agree that it is a great and cheap way to digitize 35mm film, especially when you don't have any place to put a scanner. One downside is, it is slower to scan film with it compared to a flatbed scanner. But the upside is, I can carry it with me on a plane to my home country and scan films in my parent's place!
@@Gobekadam the speed is the only catch for such a portable and easy scanning solution, that's totally fine. My biggest concern would be inverting colors. I've toyed with that method a few times and still prefer the look I get from a dedicated scanner. However for BW that doesn't apply and the es2 would be a one stop shop if you primarily shoot monochrome.
the video was very helpful, thank you so much! quick question: if you were planning on selling prints (like from postcard size up to 16x24) of your work, would you use the same scans that you get on your epsonflatbed, or would u get said negatives professionally scanned at a lab with a higher quality ?
Good question! I’ve actually printed these scans up to 36x24 (on medium format film). It’s doable but for best results a drum scan or dslr and macro lens would be best. For anything smaller than 16x24 a well scanned photo with this technique should suffice. That said I think it would be worth scanning with a macro lens and dslr if you can manage the colors for anything you wish to prioritize. I plan on eventually doing a few that way.
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Great, thanks so much for all the very good work that you put in to produce this content!
Thanks for noticing and for watching! Cheers!
Great tips! I have been using my Epson V500 for 6 years and never used Image Capture. I always use the Epson software. It sucks but gets the job done. Thanks!
Thanks for watching, oh yeah? What do you do for color management?
Great video, so useful! Thx
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Haha thanks, and glad you found it helpful!
Sometimes you have to adjust the height of the film holder to get the negative in focus. My V850 was off.
Thank you for sharing your routine. By coincidence I just got a Nikon ES2 adapter this week, and I was struggling with color films. I always thought getting good colors out of film scans was to do with WB or contrast curves and I forgot the levels adjustments (silly me).
As a tip for anyone using a Nikon Z series camera like me, for b&w negatives you can create a custom picture profile to see the actual colors as you scan it. Just open "Picture control utility 2" and select the "Monochrome" option, then flip the contrast curve and transfer this custom picture control to your camera. And viola, your can immediately see your negatives inverted. It makes exposing pictures super easy.
My pleasure, hope you found the tricks helpful, glad I reminded you to use levels, it’s so useful! In my opinion the es2 adapter is the best way to digitize 35mm negs. Great idea with the custom profile. Even more streamlined!
Yeah I have already started playing with the sliders! Thanks again for the video :)
About the es2 adapter, I agree that it is a great and cheap way to digitize 35mm film, especially when you don't have any place to put a scanner. One downside is, it is slower to scan film with it compared to a flatbed scanner. But the upside is, I can carry it with me on a plane to my home country and scan films in my parent's place!
@@Gobekadam the speed is the only catch for such a portable and easy scanning solution, that's totally fine. My biggest concern would be inverting colors. I've toyed with that method a few times and still prefer the look I get from a dedicated scanner. However for BW that doesn't apply and the es2 would be a one stop shop if you primarily shoot monochrome.
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the video was very helpful, thank you so much!
quick question: if you were planning on selling prints (like from postcard size up to 16x24) of your work, would you use the same scans that you get on your epsonflatbed, or would u get said negatives professionally scanned at a lab with a higher quality ?
Good question! I’ve actually printed these scans up to 36x24 (on medium format film). It’s doable but for best results a drum scan or dslr and macro lens would be best. For anything smaller than 16x24 a well scanned photo with this technique should suffice. That said I think it would be worth scanning with a macro lens and dslr if you can manage the colors for anything you wish to prioritize. I plan on eventually doing a few that way.
@@GenericPhotographer thank you so much! will definitely take that into consideration!