pixl-latr – launches on Kickstarter!!

By Hamish Gill

I’ve been working toward the launch of pixl-latr for the last 5 or 6 years of my life – I started on this project before I even started 35mmc, which seems ridiculous now I come to think of it, but there we go… it’s now live on Kickstarter here

If you’ve not seen or heard me waffling on about pixl-latr on social media or on the Sunny 16 Podcast, the basic idea is that pixl-latr is a low cost yet effective solution for digitising black & white or colour negatives and transparencies.

If you’ve ever tried to digitise a negative or transparency with a digital camera, you’ll know that two of biggest headaches are keeping the film in place and flat; and backlighting it in a uniform manner – these are the problems I set out to solve.

pixl-latr effectively solves these two issues for 35mm, 120 (up to 6×12) and 4×5 film, it does this with just a few simple parts and on Kickstarter is only £32 (£40-45 rrp post Kickstarter).

You can find out loads more – and more importantly back the project – on the Kickstarter page here

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Emulsive
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By Hamish Gill
I started taking photos at the age of 9. Since then I've taken photos for a hobby, sold cameras for a living, and for a little more than decade I've been a professional photographer and, of course, weekly contributor to 35mmc.
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Tobias Eriksson on pixl-latr – launches on Kickstarter!!

Comment posted: 19/06/2018

You got me on the hook!
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Where have all the film photo bloggers gone? A solution to ‘scanning’ film using a digital camera? | grumpytykepix on pixl-latr – launches on Kickstarter!!

Comment posted: 19/06/2018

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Roger Livesey on pixl-latr – launches on Kickstarter!!

Comment posted: 20/06/2018

Notice of the pixl-latr prompted me to start posting on my film photo/classic camera blog again; I’ve cobbling together my own DIY solution, without success. This looks great so I gave it a mention on my first post on ‘grumpytykepix’ for years. September availability (sorry missed this before writing post) would suit me fine.
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Hamish Gill replied:

Comment posted: 20/06/2018

Well that's good to read!! Cheers :)

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Intrepid 4x5 MKIII, Cinestill DF96 and Lomography Diana Instant Square Camera - 35mmc on pixl-latr – launches on Kickstarter!!

Comment posted: 22/06/2018

[…] working on updating the list of articles that have been written in the post about it’s launch here, but that list doesn’t take into account the support I’ve had on social media, which […]
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Photo FOMO: This Retro $69 Instax Square Camera Has Swappable Lenses on pixl-latr – launches on Kickstarter!!

Comment posted: 23/06/2018

[…] a light source can be a challenge. That’s why U.K.-based photographer and blogger Hamish Gill created the Pixl-latr, an adjustable frame designed to hold negatives in place. The frame adjusts to accommodate 35mm, […]
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Photo FOMO: This retro-inspired instant camera has swappable lenses, $69 price – News Time on pixl-latr – launches on Kickstarter!!

Comment posted: 25/06/2018

[…] a light source can be a challenge. That’s why U.K.-based photographer and blogger Hamish Gill created the Pixl-latr, an adjustable frame designed to hold negatives in place. The frame adjusts to accommodate 35mm, […]
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Derren Lee Poole on pixl-latr – launches on Kickstarter!!

Comment posted: 29/06/2018

Great to see this on Kickstarter. I've been doing something similar, albeit with far less elegance and considerable amounts of pfaff! Kickstarter backed :)
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