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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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 the last decade I've been a professional photographer.
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8 Comments
Tobias Eriksson
June 19, 2018 at 9:54 amYou got me on the hook!
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June 19, 2018 at 11:58 pm[…] https://www.35mmc.com/18/06/2018/pixl-latr-launches-kickstarter/ […]
Roger Livesey
June 20, 2018 at 11:09 amNotice 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.
Hamish Gill
June 23, 2018 at 9:07 amWell that’s good to read!! Cheers 🙂
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June 25, 2018 at 12:02 pm[…] 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, […]
Derren Lee Poole
June 29, 2018 at 9:41 amGreat to see this on Kickstarter. I’ve been doing something similar, albeit with far less elegance and considerable amounts of pfaff! Kickstarter backed 🙂