DIY Film Holder Archives

22 April, 2021

Designing a 3D Printed Scanning System for Cut Strip Negatives – By Stuart Jenkins

By Stuart Jenkins

I've designed and 3D printed some film holders that work well with cut strips, and the models are free to download on Thingiverse. It can be a faff to digitise your negatives w...

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Michael Kaplan on A Question of Scale – My Favourite Photo of 202605/11/2026
David, I love this photograph. It speaks volumes to me as an artist and a filmmaker. It’s postmodern attitude is…
Walter Reumkens on Once upon a Spring – Black and White with a Contax RTS II, M42 lenses and Rollei Retro 80s.05/11/2026
The last sentence should read, ‘I’ll take a camera with me again’. The translator isn’t playing ball, as usual. :-))
Walter Reumkens on Once upon a Spring – Black and White with a Contax RTS II, M42 lenses and Rollei Retro 80s.05/11/2026
I also find some wonderful photos amongst your always interesting stories. I can see your point about the RTS II.…
Michael Kaplan on Once upon a Spring – Black and White with a Contax RTS II, M42 lenses and Rollei Retro 80s.05/11/2026
These images are lovely. A beautiful study and I hope an inspirational reflection. I always enjoy reading about your process;…
Steve on Once upon a Spring – Black and White with a Contax RTS II, M42 lenses and Rollei Retro 80s.05/11/2026
Lovely writing, as always. I enjoy your photography and your approach to it, and an RTSii with 50mm f2 Yashica…

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