28 July, 2025
SmartConvert – Inverting negatives smartly
There are many methods to scan and convert film negatives into positives. One common method is to scan into a raw file with a scanner or, more commonly, a digital camera. The pr...
19 February, 2025
Adventures with my 50-year-old OM-1 and some new issues with scanning
This was going to be about my old original Olympus OM-1 but it really just reflects a journey that might feel familiar to many within the world of film photography today… ...
1 December, 2024
DSLR Scanning on a Budget: Unlock Stunning Results with an Affordable Enlarger Lens
You can fall in quite a huge rabbit hole if you read about scanning negatives with your mirrorless or DSLR camera, lots of people recommend different lenses. You easily can spen...
22 September, 2024
How I achieve Good scans with a DIY rig
There have been frequent mentions on this website about scans of negatives, ranging from professional labs to table-top models. I’m going to describe my experiences using a loca...
8 August, 2024
Adventures in C-Mount 110-Film Scanning
In a previous article, I explored macro-photography using C-mount cine lenses attached to a Fiji X-Pro1 APS-C digital. In those three experiments, I discovered that my mounting ...
18 April, 2024
Going Analog on Okinawa – Part III – Scanning Misadventures
This is part three in a series, you can find part two here I had a work trip to the Tokyo area recently – which meant I brought along my Nikon F2S with 50mm mounted and a 28mm s...
22 October, 2023
Digitisation – a tale of a film scanning options rabbit hole
This is my first article for 35mmc, so hi to everyone in this community. Recently I got myself a shiny new Leica M-A film camera (more on this in another article). And then I fo...
What is the future of scanning at home going to look like? We will explore the future of home scanning thoroughly by looking at the history of film scanning, discussing how scan...