Lots of people get interested in shooting film and developing it is super fun. The downer comes when the new film enthusiast begins to face the problem of turning those negatives into useful photos. So you took pictures and the negatives look really cool, so now what do you do? This is where things get real confusing and often very expensive. The cell phone lightpad method you show here is a great first step toward negative processing. Actually, for some people who are only interested in sharing online or doing photo album prints, this may be all they'll ever need. Every year cell phones get better and better.
You are my RUclips analog hero! Been getting increasingly nervous since impulse buying a cheap Rollei 35... I've been anxiously reading all the film forum gurus insisting that everything from DSLRs with dedicated macro lenses... to expensive flatbed scanners... would never be good enough! That I might as well throw the camera away now and forget I ever considered going back to film! And then I found you... with your iPhone and a tube of toilet roll! 😅 And you reminded me that all art is the result of working THROUGH and WITH the limitations you're landed with! Thanks... I needed that!
It takes a lot of experience and mastery of the job to understand that what you do is right, I could never have understood it years ago when I was a beginner and chased the illusion of perfection, spending a lot of money and time in complicated experiments with expensive equipment. Of course I also had a lot of fun and I got some nice scans, but I think it is a mandatory path when you know nothing and you have a lot of enthusiasm. Now I no longer have that feeling and I go with more essential methods, the result does not change.
Wonderful and amazing ! :-)) Before inverting the colors, I suggest check and corect the white balance on an unexposed part of the film. Orange color mask characteristic of the negative will be removed. After then do the color inversion.
This is obviously just a quick was to preview the negative. The result is nowhere close to the quality that is actually stored in the film. Definitely don't throw away your negatives after doing this :)
If you use your phone as a light underneath the negative, leave a little bit of free space, then put your film onto a glass or acrylic, transparent or semitransparent plastic. That makes disappear all the dots on the screen of your phone. There are apps free of charge which make the screen pure white. --- do not forget to put the emulsion side of the film face up. This is the "rough" looking side.
Thank you so much for this video bro! I was about to give up the ideia of developing my film at home when I realised the scanning part is the really expensive part! Cheers to you 🔥😎
so all you need is a light source & a camera to take a photo of the negative? omg... lol ages wondering how to do it and it's this simple, and I already have everything I need. doh! thanks for this!
Thank You So Much❤❤ My mom have photos of her families from 60's. She really want to print it but our area doeasnt have that kind of shop that produce photo from filmstrip . So your video really help.🥰
Hi! I’m trying to make a digital backup of my 35mm from 20yrs ago, I’m just curious about something What happens if you put the emulsion side down on the light? (APS Negative 90’s)
Well, yeah, you need to develop it otherwise the light would just ruin it. I feel like maybe there was a language issue somewhere and I'm misunderstanding your question, though.
Don't need to edit if you enable your phone's Color Inversion mode before taking the picture. Look under Settings and Accessibility (depending on your phone).
i think there is a lot of overcomplicated nonsense going on tbh.....this is a perfect solution for those that just want to preview the film and choose what to do next.
Your inverting the colors wrong, yes invert them as you did, but bring the ball in on top and bottom to meet the "mountain" either side, this more accurately giving you the inverse of the negative.
Hi! I really love film photos, but I don't have enough money to buy a film camera, so I only use filters on my phone. Recently, I bought Ektar H35 film, and I'm planning to scan my negatives using just my phone. My question is, won't the film negative get overexposed if I take it out of the film container and expose it to the light from my phone?
do NOT take the film out!!!!!!!! the Kodak Ektar H35 Half Frame Film Camera is Half frame. Depending on which film you used, the number of exposures is usually doubled. So for instance if you have a 24 exp, you would take pictures until your number dial said 48. If you had 36, it'd be 72. If you had 12, 24.... and so on and so forth. It takes Half the picture essentially giving you double the number of shots. As SOON as you are finished with your roll... REWIND it. do NOT take it out, as the film WILL be ruined by light and the images will be gone forever. Rewind the film until it says 0 on the dial and you hear a click from the film; you are done. Take it out, and it should all be in the canister. Then take it for processing. Develop normally. Once your lab finishes they should give you the negatives back. THEN you can scan them like this video shows.
@@band_nerd Thank you so much!! This is what other video doesn't include. They just show the 'scanning' process. So I was thinking I can simply pull out the film negative and scan it using a phone. Good thing I asked you! Thank you again!
Yes, you just need a little imagination. Great idea, really. Only instead of the toilet paper roll I would use something else.😂 Thanks for the video, a great solution and very inexpensive.
If you were to go to all of this trouble to get a positive digital image of such low quality, why wouldn't you just buy a cheap digicam instead? Or, just use the digital camera you had to buy in order to flip the film negative to a digital positive, in this case, your phone. Or course, that is the same question faced by anyone using this procedure, whether with a cell phone or a $4,000 digital SLR.
Lots of people get interested in shooting film and developing it is super fun. The downer comes when the new film enthusiast begins to face the problem of turning those negatives into useful photos. So you took pictures and the negatives look really cool, so now what do you do? This is where things get real confusing and often very expensive. The cell phone lightpad method you show here is a great first step toward negative processing. Actually, for some people who are only interested in sharing online or doing photo album prints, this may be all they'll ever need. Every year cell phones get better and better.
You are my RUclips analog hero!
Been getting increasingly nervous since impulse buying a cheap Rollei 35... I've been anxiously reading all the film forum gurus insisting that everything from DSLRs with dedicated macro lenses... to expensive flatbed scanners... would never be good enough! That I might as well throw the camera away now and forget I ever considered going back to film! And then I found you... with your iPhone and a tube of toilet roll! 😅 And you reminded me that all art is the result of working THROUGH and WITH the limitations you're landed with!
Thanks... I needed that!
It takes a lot of experience and mastery of the job to understand that what you do is right, I could never have understood it years ago when I was a beginner and chased the illusion of perfection, spending a lot of money and time in complicated experiments with expensive equipment. Of course I also had a lot of fun and I got some nice scans, but I think it is a mandatory path when you know nothing and you have a lot of enthusiasm. Now I no longer have that feeling and I go with more essential methods, the result does not change.
Wonderful and amazing ! :-))
Before inverting the colors, I suggest check and corect the white balance on an unexposed part of the film. Orange color mask characteristic of the negative will be removed. After then do the color inversion.
OH! WOW! Never knew I could do that until I searched it up because I found some old photos of my uncle and my dad, but I wanna see them clearly.
This is obviously just a quick was to preview the negative. The result is nowhere close to the quality that is actually stored in the film. Definitely don't throw away your negatives after doing this :)
@@Mobin92 Oh, Ofcourse I'm not throwing them. Thanks!
If you use your phone as a light underneath the negative, leave a little bit of free space, then put your film onto a glass or acrylic, transparent or semitransparent plastic. That makes disappear all the dots on the screen of your phone. There are apps free of charge which make the screen pure white. --- do not forget to put the emulsion side of the film face up. This is the "rough" looking side.
Thank you
Thank you so much for this video bro! I was about to give up the ideia of developing my film at home when I realised the scanning part is the really expensive part! Cheers to you 🔥😎
Wow that was fantastic and way easier than I thought it would be
Omg I’m so glad I found this before buying an enlarger 😮💨
so all you need is a light source & a camera to take a photo of the negative? omg... lol ages wondering how to do it and it's this simple, and I already have everything I need. doh! thanks for this!
Hi, thanks for the video. Can you share a link to the light you used please ? Thanks
Yes I can
well, you are my hero now :D i was looking at the photo scanners... none of them are cheap.
Where did you buy your light source?
Could this be done without using lightroom? For example just the iphone os?
Yes it could be done. I have edited many photo on myphone before a long time ago.
@@thefilmcameraclub8141 Nice, I'm doing that as well, seems to work fine.
Worked beautifully! Thank you so much you saved me some coin 🥳
Is there not a preset that can “flip” the negative and do all of the settings you mentioned in one click?
I tend to simply edit one and copy paste on to the ohters.
So that means I can just take the film roll out of the camera and develop it fully myself with this method? I have a Kodak Gold 200
Hey can you tell me what light source you are using? I want to try to get the same results on my negatives as you have done here, thank you :)
Should be linked in the description :}
Pretty novel way to scan!
I am glad you think so. I was pretty thrilled that it worked at all.
Wow you just saved me $100s of dollars.
WOW THANKS
Thank You So Much❤❤ My mom have photos of her families from 60's. She really want to print it but our area doeasnt have that kind of shop that produce photo from filmstrip . So your video really help.🥰
You are so welcome!
Pretty neat process! I have some old B&W negatives to work with. Would you suggest the same process?
Should come out the same way.
Wow beautifully simple. Thank you!
What if you don't have light room or is there an alternative to light room ?
Hi! I’m trying to make a digital backup of my 35mm from 20yrs ago, I’m just curious about something
What happens if you put the emulsion side down on the light?
(APS Negative 90’s)
Какой плотности должна быть туалетная бумага для качественной репродукции? За идею спасибо!))
Big question, did you already submerged this with some chemicals?
Yes you need to develop the film first!
It's kinda crazy how many people ask this question. Of course the film has do be developped first, otherwise the light would ruin it.
Thanks for Posting this information is very Useful.
Isn't there an app that you can use to just take a picture of this to get the same results
I am sure there is but I don't know of it.
Hey, man do link the light source you bought in the description.
Great tips here. Really made it less cumbersome to understand.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Did you develop the film before scanning it?
Well, yeah, you need to develop it otherwise the light would just ruin it. I feel like maybe there was a language issue somewhere and I'm misunderstanding your question, though.
do i have to do something with the film first or can i just take it straight out of the roll and scan it?
Are you asking whether you have to develop the roll of film first? If so, the answer is - yes.
@@randallstewart1224 yeah i was, thank you.
What apps pls
Can someone tell me what software he is using?
he said lightroom, but im pretty sure you can use others if you dont have lightroom
whats the app called to install in my computer
3:09 Thank you man, understand me. How we can clear this.
Hello, what did you use to edit the photo thanks.
Don't need to edit if you enable your phone's Color Inversion mode before taking the picture. Look under Settings and Accessibility (depending on your phone).
i think there is a lot of overcomplicated nonsense going on tbh.....this is a perfect solution for those that just want to preview the film and choose what to do next.
Its simplicity makes up for how "not great" it is.
That's great idea when need to submit a draft. It is pity that for color negatives, for non compromised result, have to do more things.
Great stuff!
Glad you enjoyed it
Your inverting the colors wrong, yes invert them as you did, but bring the ball in on top and bottom to meet the "mountain" either side, this more accurately giving you the inverse of the negative.
ohh wow I love that! coool!!!
How do I do this in the mobile version of Lightroom?
brilliant clip , must try it
do i have to developed my film befor scanning? or just rip it out of the "filmbox"
You have to develop it before. Just ripping the film out will completely destroy/erase the photos.
@@100mondschein im such a newbe haha. thank u
Hi! I really love film photos, but I don't have enough money to buy a film camera, so I only use filters on my phone. Recently, I bought Ektar H35 film, and I'm planning to scan my negatives using just my phone. My question is, won't the film negative get overexposed if I take it out of the film container and expose it to the light from my phone?
do NOT take the film out!!!!!!!!
the Kodak Ektar H35 Half Frame Film Camera is Half frame. Depending on which film you used, the number of exposures is usually doubled. So for instance if you have a 24 exp, you would take pictures until your number dial said 48. If you had 36, it'd be 72. If you had 12, 24.... and so on and so forth. It takes Half the picture essentially giving you double the number of shots. As SOON as you are finished with your roll... REWIND it. do NOT take it out, as the film WILL be ruined by light and the images will be gone forever. Rewind the film until it says 0 on the dial and you hear a click from the film; you are done. Take it out, and it should all be in the canister. Then take it for processing. Develop normally. Once your lab finishes they should give you the negatives back. THEN you can scan them like this video shows.
depending where you live. Do NOT send them to Walmart or CVS or Walgreens!!!!
@@band_nerd Thank you so much!! This is what other video doesn't include. They just show the 'scanning' process. So I was thinking I can simply pull out the film negative and scan it using a phone. Good thing I asked you!
Thank you again!
very helpful, thanks
Glad it was helpful!
What is the software you are using ?
Adobe Lightroom !
Sorry. My click on like ended up hitting the thums down button. I really liked your video. Was very helpful.
Yes, you just need a little imagination. Great idea, really. Only instead of the toilet paper roll I would use something else.😂 Thanks for the video, a great solution and very inexpensive.
Thanks bro
You are welcome
I built a structure with LEGO that is the same size as the Negative.
Fun how many ways there are to get the job done
That is SO cool!
What software did you use?
Lightroom, he says so in the video.
Any free alternatives instead of Adobe Lightroom?
@@idothings6923 Gimp
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Wwwooww 😮
there are lots of apps to do the job and quicker and cheaper
Name them please.
😮
lightroom is not cheap so it's not the cheapest way of doing it.
Eh many photographers already have it but I get what you are saying.
Toilet paper is "dust-free," so there is no chance of adding millions of dust specks to your image captures! 😮
Hahaahah 😂 stop lol 😂 what's the point now lol 😂
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If you were to go to all of this trouble to get a positive digital image of such low quality, why wouldn't you just buy a cheap digicam instead? Or, just use the digital camera you had to buy in order to flip the film negative to a digital positive, in this case, your phone. Or course, that is the same question faced by anyone using this procedure, whether with a cell phone or a $4,000 digital SLR.