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My brand new digitizing workflow using a 25 year old film scanner
Photography is arguably my oldest hobby. I’ve loved taking photos for as long as I can remember. I reflected on my first encounter with digital photography in 2003 in a recent post, but I’m old enough that I first got to know photography through film. I still don’t know what it is exactly that draws me to still images, but I find the same joy capturing light with a cameraRead More
Even the more consumer grade Nikon Coolscan series scanners go for hundreds of dollars on eBay, and this is despite serious compatibility issues with modern operating systems. Thankfully, over the years I’ve assembled a sizable collection of older computers, and I realized that building a bleeding-edge film scanning setup circa 1998 could be just the way to go. At the end of the day, despite the fun and frustrations I have tinkering and troubleshooting old technology, the reason why I embarked on this journey was to digitize film photos and share them with folks online.
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