It’s been a fair old while in the making, but pixl-latr is finally shipping!
pixl-latr is a tool for aiding in the process digitising (digitally copying) photographic film with a digital camera. It does this by holding the film flat on all four edges and then diffusing and masking off a back light.
It can be used with its legs and a basic smartphone camera in front of a simple source of light such as a window, but can also be used as part of a much more refined rig with a copy stand, high quality backlight, and DSLR or mirrorless camera, and of course any kind of set up in between.
A prototype pixl-latr being used with an iphone
Prototype pixl-latr being used with a high quality camera, copy stand and light source
It can currently be used with 35mm film for frame sizes up to 24 x 120mm, with 120 film between 6 x 4.5 and 6 x 12 and with 5 x 4 film and can be used with both negative and reversal film, colour and black & white.
I’m also about to launch something called the “open gate platform” which will allow users to design their own gates for other sizes of film.
In the 2 years between launching pixl-latr on Kickstarter and it starting to ship, a whole host of other products have come to market that do a similar job. But, pixl-latr still arguably remains the most versatile and is less money than its closest equivalent by half!
pixl-latr is available to order now, just have in mind that though we are shipping now there will be a short delay whilst we deal with the 2000 back orders. But if you do want one, the sooner you order the sooner it will arrive.
You can order a pixl-latr here
15 Comments
Richard
July 24, 2020 at 1:25 pmI wanted to check out the price because this seems attractive if the price is right. However, there appears to have been a cock-up wrt the ordering link, it links to a picture.
Hamish Gill
July 24, 2020 at 1:27 pmhttps://pixl-latr.com/product/pixl-latr/
Fixed the link in the article too – thanks for letting me know!
Tony R
July 24, 2020 at 4:40 pmWay to go Hamish, great job 👍📸.
brian nicholls
July 24, 2020 at 6:09 pmHi Hamish, It would be a dream come true if there were ever to be a 110 and 126 format adaptor.
Hamish Gill
July 25, 2020 at 1:22 pmThese will come in the form of 3D printed gates – initially at least 👍
etienne dezutter
July 24, 2020 at 6:51 pmnearly unbelievable after all that crapXXXX
NigelH
July 24, 2020 at 10:28 pmGreat job Hamish; glad to see it’s finally ready. Looking forward to getting mine sometime soon.
Charles Morgan
July 25, 2020 at 11:10 amGot mine just now! The alarming thought is I’ll actually have to get digitising but I hate my scanner so much at present, I’m glad I have an alternative!
Hamish Gill
July 25, 2020 at 1:21 pmOoo you’re the first person to say they’ve got one! Any first impressions?
Charles Morgan
July 26, 2020 at 5:11 pmA very nicely made bit of kit – but I need to get a set up working to digitise images so will report back when I’ve been able to do so!
Ian Mac.
July 26, 2020 at 8:53 amMounted 35mm slides?
Hamish Gill
July 27, 2020 at 3:05 pmAs it is, yes, but it’s a bit fiddly – there will be a special gate that will be available in the next week or so
First quick tryout with pixl-latr – View from the Carrot Room
August 12, 2020 at 1:39 am[…] on Kickstarter a simple device for using your camera to ‘scan’ negatives by Hamish at 35mmc. I have a scanner but it takes time to set up and to scan the images and sometimes (often) I could […]
Nigel H
August 12, 2020 at 5:59 amHey Hamish, Just wanted to say that I got my Pixl-latr this week so international postage didn’t let you down. It is just what I hoped for and does a great job. I just tried it with a few black and white negatives as a test and all worked as expected.
I know you are probably busy fulfilling existing orders and and this is probably not the best place but I have a couple of requests so let me know how to communicate those to you.
Great job on the product, I like everything about it.
Hamish Gill
September 3, 2020 at 9:37 amGreat stuff, thanks Nigel!