JJC 35mm Film Negative Scanner,Film Digitizing Adapter with LED Light Set,Slide&Film Holder for Negative Copying.Restore Film to Digital Photos,Film and Slide Scanner Accessories

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The tolerance of the sliding carriers in the film housing is not ideal. There's room for some slight tilting. I fixed this by adding bits of thin, dense foam to the slot in the film holder where the carriers sit. That eliminates any play and keeps the carriers level. I used a Canon EOS 1Dx-AI5R with a macro lens, and there were specific instructions for various Canon and Nikon setups.

The light diffuser is good, but too close to the film plane IMO. It's close enough that dust on the diffuser might be inadvertently brought into focus, so it could need frequent cleaning. This appears to be the case with the ES-2 as well. Photo 1: shows the format of how the scan appears (this is after turning the negative into a positive once uploaded into Lightroom; note that your directly scanned image in-camera will be a negative, as this tool is not intended to convery negatives into positives). It is recommended to select the image stabilizer switch of the lens to "OFF" when using the FDA-S1.Photo 2 shows the set up with a Nikon Z5 + ftz adapter holding the 40mm 2.8 macro lens, and all scanning elements + LED light. It can be used to photograph 35mm film and is compatible with the following select CAN., NIK., SON., Laowa and OLY. lenses 1: One slight annoyance with my personal gear is that I can't make the extension short enough to entirely fill the frame using my full frame camera with the 50mm macro. At the shortest extension, the lens can provide only about 0.9x magnification instead of 1x, meaning the final pixel resolution of the image is slightly less than optimal. That's a result of the design of the lens housing, so it will likely be different with different lenses. Not a big deal, really. I hooked this up to my Canon 100mm f2.8 macro. I had to use a stepup ring, because this unit is designed for the L version of the Canon macro, and mine has a smaller filter diameter. Then I mounted the lens to a Fuji GFX100s with an EF-GFX adaptor. I was expecting a significant portion of the negative to be cropped out, but that did not happen. I lost less than a millimeter around the edges.

I have a few different ways to digitize 35mm film: dedicated film scanner, flatbed scanner, cheap CMOS digitizer, and old school film/slide holder for use with a digital camera and macro lens. I use them all depending on the purpose of the moment. It comes with more lens adapter rings than the ES-2, and also more options for extension. That makes it possible to use it with my full frame camera and either my 50mm macro or 100mm macro, or with my APS-C camera and 50mm macro. A commentary on the included guide (which is one of the product images as well): the guide shows a full frame attached to the 60mm macro as "not cropping", which it definitely doesn't. However, you can tell that the film is being held way out past the lens minimum focus distance. It does permit you to shoot both the frame itself and the ID band, but that means the "scan" isn't nearly as large as it could be. Using a crop sensor (like a Z50 or D3000/5000) still wouldn't crop down the image. Picture Quality: this is determined entirely by your film, your film camera & lens, your camera & lens that you're using to scan, ability to manually focus (tip: use focus assist to highlight focal area), and ability to edit in post-processing. Anyone achieving subpar results with this need to troubleshoot one of these elements, because the scanner is simply a tool to light the negative for a digital photo, and NOT processing any part of your image.Levels 6500K LED Light】Super bright LED light with soft screen provides 10 levels adjustable Large Viewing Area Ultra Bright Daylight LED Illumination to Render Images in Vivid, Crystal Clear Detail.The length of the control line is 1.5m, you can control the light switch at will. I did do that with one Kodachrome slide, a window lit portrait which was half in shadow. I could lift the shadow up to almost the same brightness as the lit side, but you could tell from the “grain” that it was not quite right. That was probably an extreme example though - I have kept the scan but not brightened up all the way. Thanks for posting this. The link says it is currently unavailable, but I may look for this and give it a try. The extensions and lens ring adapters are all metal. The film housing is plastic, as are the film and slide carriers. The plastic seems okay for the purpose, and the carriers are easy enough to work with. The impression is favorable enough overall, and I'll probably keep the kit because it offers some advantages over the film-era Accura duplicator that I've had for years:

I was going to cut that tube to a better length, but the easy solution is to instead substitute one of the #2 tubes (there are two of those in the kit), which are shorter. The other #2 tube remains available as an extension for use with my APS-C camera if I need to shoot with that for some reason. I believe the combination of two #2 tubes would only be needed with macro lenses longer than about 80mm, so that's not an issue for me. I also know how to fix the problem preventing the film housing from getting close enough to my 50mm lens to completely fill the frame, but that one requires considerably more work.) I'd like to see an option for scanning medium format film. Kind of surprised there are no commercial options for medium format using this approach. Con este instrumento puede uno mejorar muchísimo la definición de cada fotografía pues, en realidad lo que está haciendo uno es tomar una foto del negativo con la cámara que cada quien tenga y después procesarla con un programita de revelado mucho más completo que lo que hacen los otros "escáneres". La calidad de las reproducciones de negativos con este aparato es infinitamente superior.On a different thread ( https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/66293235 ) someone has posted a link to a video showing the JJC kit. Assuming that’s typical it looks (1) like it more very “inspired” by the Nikon ES-2 (the negative holder looks very similar for example) The supplied adapters allow you to attach the set to different lenses and the angle of view and tilt can be adjusted by using the view angle adjustment ring on the barrel. Dedicated film holders for both film strips and mounted slides2 are included, as well, to help hold the film taut and to benefit handling. Besides that, the set is particularly well-suited for the NIK. D850 camera due to its dedicated Negative Digitizer mode and ability to automatically reverse colors in-camera to expedite the digitizing process. Additionally, you can use the set together with the included LED Light3 to get high quality light source and improve image sharpness. I briefly had the Nikon ES-2 and at least the sample I had also had this problem. If I’d have kept it I think I would have used it with the camera at 90 degrees on the tripod, so the film holder was vertically downwards . It utilizes 42 LEDs with a CRI of 95+ to deliver daylight illumination with high color accuracy and features a color temperature 6500K. Two dimming buttons ("+", "-") is provided on the controller for adjusting light output from level 1 to 10. (Note* Please do not place the film in front of the LED light for a long time when is on.) Nikon Users: Silly me, at first attempt I didn't realize this - but if you're using the Nikon 40mm 2.8 macro lens, you use "#1" extension tube which is actually attached to the device... don't forget to unscrew the little silver release to extend the tube. Otherwise, your lens will be too close to the negative. :) I do like that they provide all of the tube attachments based on their list of adaptable cameras & lenses, though it's a little wasteful as I now have a bunch of tubes I won't use.