BEOON Alternative for film scanning?

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vor 13 Minuten schrieb 250swb:

If people were mesmerised with the BEOON because it's the best or cheapest I'd understand the hype, but it is neither the best, or the cheapest, or the most versatile option.

Hopefully it is in the category of „best smallest option“.😎 The form factor and the size made me interested together with the results. And of course the time. the Reflecta Pro Scan 10T results are ok, but it feels like a time travel in software and speed. The BEOON of course also has some time travelling involved.😅

what would be the best solution in your opinion in the category best smallest device with high quality and speed?

My investment is relatively cheap so far. BEOON for 230 and an APO Rodagon N for 50. I payed more for the scanner so far.

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vor 12 Stunden schrieb gbealnz:

Try it first then with whatever "tablet" you possess. I tried my Samsung a while back, and also a vintage iPad. I bought when traveling through HK an LED flat pane, about A5 size, and now use this. Whatever you use later, try now the first thing(s) you have, and fine tune it from there.

That is good advice. Thank you. IPad or Raleno Video light are my idea to test the BEOON.

 

thanks for the recommendation. Still hope to have taken the right decision with going BEOON...

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54 minutes ago, Rokkor said:

Hopefully it is in the category of „best smallest option“.😎 The form factor and the size made me interested together with the results.

The 'results' are achieved by having a camera clamped to some sort of stand pointing down at a backlit bit of film. There is NO magic involved and if you asked somebody only twenty years ago how to copy a slide or negative onto film they'd laugh their socks off at the overly elaborate performance that is now needed to copy a negative onto digital. The BEOON is a virtue signaling performance, yes it works, but the most important thing for many is that it is 'Leica', as if nobody else ever thought about copying negatives in the entire history of photography.

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vor 32 Minuten schrieb 250swb:

The 'results' are achieved by having a camera clamped to some sort of stand pointing down at a backlit bit of film. There is NO magic involved and if you asked somebody only twenty years ago how to copy a slide or negative onto film they'd laugh their socks off at the overly elaborate performance that is now needed to copy a negative onto digital. The BEOON is a virtue signaling performance, yes it works, but the most important thing for many is that it is 'Leica', as if nobody else ever thought about copying negatives in the entire history of photography.

I see your point and of course it is just a stand/device. Interestingly no matter if it is Leica or not it is hard to find something that small that is stable enough and does not need 3D adjustment in a solid hammer tone built. I still believe there is a market gap for something equally small and practical.

Despite more people shooting film again the scanner developments are minimal and most are very slow with software that feels from the 80s with results that are ok to good.

 

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Thanks again for all the recommendations. The BEOON has arrived and it is great. Super small and easy. 😃🎞

I would like to share back what worked now. For the APO Rodagon 50mm N, and Fuji APS-C the B and D tubes work.

Here is an example from HRH Queen Elisabeth from 2001. Not the best source negative and even there it works.

I just need to find a good workflow now for post. It works with Capture One but a lot of manual adjustments needed.Does anyone know an alternative to Negative Lab Pro? For Capture One or a Mac Standalone.

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On 4/17/2021 at 6:13 PM, Rokkor said:

I would like to share back what worked now. For the APO Rodagon 50mm N, and Fuji APS-C the B and D tubes work.

I use a very similar setup: Leica CL (APS-C) - BEOON with B and D tubes - Leica Photar 4/50mm at F16. I hold down the negative with a clear acrylic plate.