0:00 EPILOGUE - Where the idea came from **1:25 - VIDEO STARTS HERE!!!!!!!!! 1:56 - GEAR THAT MAKES IT EAISER 3:02 - TECHNIQUE TO CAPTURE 4:13 - EDITING SLIDE SCANS IN LR 5:17 - EDITING COLOUR NEGATIVES IN LR 6:56 - EDITNG COLOUR NEGATIVES IN PS 9:10 - WHY NOW IS THE BEST TIME TO DO THIS?
Inspirational, informative, story telling, cinematic, .... A whole new level for tutorials! One of the most underrated channel on YT. Thanks Mark for a great content and your work. Always pumps me up :)
I've just inherited a closet of Kodak slides from my fiance's grandfather who passed recently. Thank you so much for giving me the knowledge to tackle digitizing these memories for her whole family!
If anyone doesn't have Adobe, or is just intimidated by the editing (which, this was the simplest tutorial I've seen on it, good job!) You can use RawTherapee (free) and the latest version 5.7 includes a film module that'll do 90% of the work for you. It's funny that you're doing this right now because I am too. It's way fun!
@@MarkHoltze I have my own stuff I've shot but it's not a lot. Thinking about getting my parents to ship me whatever they have. Took me a bit to figure out a flow but now that I have one set up it's pretty quick going. Seeing the images come out of the negatives is addictive.
Thanks Garry, happy you are learning. For me every video is a chance to make a mini film on the subject. Always trying to think of new and interesting ways.
Wow! This video is awesome! It really underscores the fact that we shouldn’t let equipment be a barrier to achieving what we want to accomplish. I need to do this now! Will start digging through my old negatives.
Exactly Ruben, loads of ways to do this so figured I would show just a few hopefully with the stuff we already have. It’s pretty remarkable what you can do with the bare minimum.
@@MarkHoltze We are doing well for the time being... thanks for asking Mark. Florida is about two weeks away from the eye of the storm. Wishing you and your family the best.
Nice one, my man. I was just explaining all of this to a friend interested in converting her dad's old slides and after I'd typed too much of this out discovered Mark had made a video on it. Schweet. That was fortuitous.
If you scan with your cell phone as light table, use a sheet of glass placed an inch above to create some distance between the film and the screen. Otherwise you're going to catch the pixel patterns.
Awesome Tip in photoshop, didn't know this one I normally use the LR trick, but now I will try that one and see how much my work flow changes, thanks MarK!!
You just made me remember that when I was in elementary school, in the second half of the '90s, slides were still widely used, even if everyone knew was an outdated technology. To stay in topic, I wanted to surprise my parents by digitalizing all of their old film negative, but they surprised me when they told me they got rid of them all years ago 😅
That's a shame, perfect optical copies gone forever :(. Slides, honestly we used them in film class to study composition, that's where it really opened my eyes up to the possibilities of film. Seeing images you took blown up on a big screen with LIGHT.....changed everything. Makes prints look like a joke, no matter the resolution of the printer. Light gives these life.
I actually stated doing the same thing with my slides. Great to see that I'm not alone on this. I use slide copier mounted on my 1:1 macro lens and a wireless flash. Some of the slide and all the negatives I scan in a plustek film scanner and silverfast software. I the process in rawtherapee. Many of the old photos need a lot of further adjustments. I don't believe I'll ever be able to complete it in my lifetime. However the bottom line is that it's really exciting and extremely rewarding. I would like to recommend it to anyone who sits on a pile of old photos to try and digitise them. Thanks for the video!
Beware of light leaks when using bigger light sources. Also when digitizing film a film holder is great for keeping it even so it's not curved. Also a tip for aligning your camera perfectly if you do not use copy stand or bubble level. Use a small mirror that you place on the surface, then you can aim your camera by the reflection to be 100% same alignment. For WB on lightroom, before you invert the image take a color balance measurment from the empty edges of the film with the dropper.
Hey Mark, another inspirational video. Just got to get out the old slides and give it a go. My dad had an old light box with a pane of frosted glass with a globe behind it to view slides. That was back in the 70s. Keep up the great content. Much appreciated.
Thanks Alex, those work well for viewing! Slide film...I know it's a bit of a pain, but it's like watching a film at the cinema vs on your phone ;) My grandpa had one of those light boxes as well, they still really do wonders for the film, LIGHT is the biggest difference, vs prints which compared look kind of flat
Wow! First time here on your channel. Great video. I have been researching this for the last 2 days and your method was the easiest, nonsense way, using the tools I already have. Thanks
Waaoo what cool tricks..... I have so many negative.. and always wonder , how to get them into digital.... Thanx man... Grate work.. Respect and lovem.
Thanks for the kind words mate! I really need to find the STOCK pile of negatives from the 90's. The slides have been keeping me busy restoring those digitally, but we have a HUGE stockpile somewhere. I think they're at my parents. Stay safe mate, thanks for stopping by.
I've been doing the same lately. By the way, I flatten the negatives with the glass from some picture frame. For quick conversion I just invert the files in PS and then adjust RGB levels. For slides I have a slide duplicator, but I haven't used it too much yet. Thanks for another great video!
There are noticeable focus problems on the left and right sides of the landscape photos. Not sure if this was a defect in the original 35mm images (probably not) or if there was some other problem that created the issue. Your presentation, the videography, the voice over, the actual theory, explanation and process are done very well.
Flatten the image and you won’t have that issue. It’s due to the curvature of the negative. I kind of like the look, but can be fixed with slide film trays
Tip For shots on a rol negative without a frame. get a 6x6 anti newton glass or a 6x6 glass slide frame, remove it and lay it on top of the negative/slide so it flattens.
Love this....my dad always bugged me about digitizing his old slides!!!! This helps me out greatly thank you for this....I was also planning to order a film scanner too....but this would be more fun to make videos on XD You're just a true inspiration.
The nice thing about this way is if you've already got the stuff you can just make it work. Film scanners are cool too, but once used up...kind of pointless, macro you can use for a bunch of other stuff so that multi functionality element is great. PLUS you get the imaging power of your camera which I think is probably higher than a scanner ,at least in the RAW format. Best of luck with your project mate, if your dad has a projector, I suggest you look at them on that first, THAT will be some insane inspiration right there. Let me know if you have any questions mate!
So true. It was always exciting on evenings we would decide to gather around the slide projector and all of its ritual and stimuli. The extra long corded remote is even cool.
Nice video! I would recommend using a slide copier. I got an old m42 Pentax bellows + slide copier and it's works great. You do need a full frame digital camera for it to work correctly though. You can feed negatives through it or place mounted slides in the holder. They are pretty cheap and you don't need a tripod because the device is mounted directly on the camera.
Useful and super timely content, Mark! Am preparing a camera club workshop on just this topic (no kidding). Great post LR/PS color correction method. Color correcting is my biggest challenge. Have 40 yr old color faded Extachromes. Big task. Tip: focus is more accurate, in my view, if you have film emulsion facing lens; focus on emulsion and then reverse in post. Lots of DIY rigs for this task. Good (free) smartphone app for a few quick/dirty shots is Kodak Mobile Film Scanner - intended for box of the same name, but usable on a DIY rig - app’s B&W, color negative, and slide mode software does passable job. (Sorry, but I don’t buy the “dust as character” excuse 😁.)
Thanks! I never really thought about it, but I have a large collection of old slides that I haven't touched in thirty years. I have a fifty pound box of 4x6 photos and the associated negatives ... but I only ever printed a small percentage of the photos from each set of negatives. I could deep-dive those old negative archives to maybe find something I missed the first time ...
This was great Mark, going to give this a go when I can my macro lens rebuilt. Doesn't focus at close range right now, must have dropped it. Grrrr. Top quality production as always 👍
🤓 6:53 I had seen the Photoshop Levels technique used on scans of faded photographs, but I see that it's awesome for using on negatives etc as well! 👍🏼
I shoot a lot of colour negative film that I scan with my Epson scanner as if they were slides and use a plugin called Negative Lab Pro in Lightroom to invert. Just colour balance the black between exposures, crop them out, run NLP and you are 90% there :)
Engaging content...love this one; so simple and so effective. Sadly I don't have a macro lens (shock horror) but I'm inspired to get one now. Would this hack work on old 8mm film?
8mm film I just recorded off the screen for my stuff, looked better than the stuff i had scanned funny enough. Being able to ride those levels as the exposure changes is critical.
Got it about a month and a half ago. Bad timing I would say given everything i was going to use it for is now on HOLD because of this, but at least it's giving me a chance to get comfortable with it.
@@MarkHoltze Sorry to hear ... albeit the "world on pause" appears to be happening to everyone these days. Still - I really appreciate your channel, style, and classic sense (especially the vintage lens work). Quite unique and I hope you'll be able to keep it up!
Really great tutorial Mark. I've never digitally adjusted negatives before that way, so I will have to give it a try if I can dig out some negatives from somewhere. I have done the slide digital editing a few years ago. I think it was my grandmothers trip through Europe in the 1950s. Either way, your technique is top notch and easy to follow. Loved your little epilogue too with the sfx and music. Really beautiful.
Slide film is my fav I think, it's less forgiving for exposure, but when you nail it...it's perfection. Timeless really. I'd love to see those shots you edited! The 50's GO!
Thanks Christoph! Intro was pretty easy actually, takes awhile to get all the shots, but they come together fairly nicely as a sequence. Figuring out cool ways to shoot things is definitely part of the challenge.
Omg! i am so gonna do this, recently I bought a vintage viewing device that looks like a small tv just to view them! In fact if it works for me this would also would be a good tutorial video to make too if I may say so 😊
If you have some extra cash to throw around, Negative Lab Pro is great for a quick work flow, if you're in a hurry. A lot of people prefer a slower pace. It's also a great way to learn more about Lr and Ph. Those scans turned out great!! Well done sir. :-D
Thanks Jen! I actually downloaded the demo, does a great job but I just found myself enjoying the process. Learning new things brings me joy these days. I’m going to install it soon, give it a whirl. Most of the best stuff are slides anyway and the white balance is pretty bang on with those given slide film Hope you’re well, staying busy and sane during these screwy times.
@@MarkHoltze I hear you on the editing side. I love editing. It's nice to learn more than one method. Haha ya no kidding, thanks! Things are a bit bizarre in Vancity. I'm still going into work. It's just, weiiirrd. lol I hope you and the family are safe and well. :-D
Great video with clear presentation. I will be starting work on all my old slides and photos soon, and your video gives me confidence to do what I had thought would be possible to do with my digital camera. Thanks for all the details on editing!
Like previously stated... if you use a bright blue light table, then you can use the white balance picker on an unexposed piece of color negative film in LR later for perfect white balance. Quick, easy.
@@Phantommxr A blue colored gel would probably do the same trick, now that you mention it. For me I only need to push the temperature maybe 1000 K or so so maybe an 80C filter would be good
Any macro lens really would work, not sure if you want a vintage or modern one. I use macro lenses for a lot of things so the Contax Carl Zeiss 60mm 2.8 AEJ works well for me. SMC Takumar 50mm Macro F4 is a much more affordable option.
I saw that, but wanted to work with it without having to buy/download anything additional. I downloaded it, but never bothered to run it simply because of that fact. Macro Lens, light source and tripod...plus some technique. :)
All the 60 actually. Field of view on the 60 is perfect. The 50 and 100 Takumar are 1:2 as well, the Contax Carl Zeiss 60 is 1:1 so more true to life magnification.
That Photoshop method for inverting and color correcting negatives is pretty easy. I used it with good success a couple years ago when I tried to do this. But... I tried the cell phone method of back lighting negatives, but I would see the color pixels of my phone's screen then 'developing' the digitized version. Then I tried taping negatives to our glass door, but I could make out the background outside. We have fences and I could see some of the lines. Then I tried putting a white piece of paper on the glass door then taping the negative to that. But then I saw the texture/density pattern of the paper... It kind of looked like clouds. So I think I'm going to try moving the negative away from the paper so that is out of focus. If that doesn't work then I'll have to buy or make a light box. BTW. I did a bit of online research on this and I think the general consensus was that your need to use a camera with at least 24MP resolution. That seemed to be the sweet spot of cost and performance of the gear.
Yes, the CELL Phone is a big of a problem there, but if you can find something to diffuse the pixels it would definitely help. I think the SKY method works best on a cloudy day, or you could throw some parchment paper up to diffuse the colors behind, or aim towards the sky like a telescope. Obviously there are going to be concessions and some trouble shooting with each, but I find people can figure that stuff out pretty quickly on their own. Makes for shorter, more concise videos and leaves some discovery trouble shooting up to the audience I think. I dealt with all those same issues and have had to modify, but it's almost easier when you give them the seeds and they figure out how they want to plant. There are SO many ways of doing this, honestly though if you're serious and have a boat load, an LED light board ($23) isn't a bad option. Useful for a few things. Good points though mate, thanks for writing them down, you've added to the content of the video for sure! Appreciate it, stay safe and thanks for coming by!
A small piece of glass would flatten that situation with the negative film. The better the glass you'll have less issues with it - I use a piece of a chrystal glass I removed from a old dead clock.
This looks incredibly fun, I've been wanting to get my film photos developed but it would have costed me and doing it digitally makes it accessible for me to do it from home. It wouldnt be possible during the lock down either. Great video as always!
Thanks Tom, the control is also nice. I’ve gotten scans but they’re always lower resolution files, this you can monitor the settings a bit better for your needs.
Might be easier to find than a negative scanner ;)...also a bit more practical, but I hear you mate. Vintage macro's are cheap and perfectly suitable for this kind of thing. :)
@@MarkHoltze Actually, I own a negative scanner which I use for 35mm, I just need something to do 120 as my budget didn't run to a medium format scanner!
I've been using extension tubes attached to an old Zeiss Sonnar to scan my negatives and slides for ages, if you don't have a macro lens it's the best option even for 120 film
Sometimes I only have the "auto" option in the RGB levels adjustments tab. How do I get the individual "R" "G" "B" tabs to appear so I can adjust them individually?
i used a hp 35mm film holder scanjet thats the lite for 35mm then set up my usb microscope pluged to computer set microscope 1 inch or more over 35mm slides adjust focus click away all on computer you fix them up now with grimp
@@MarkHoltze yes. I was wondering if the film was capable to give that kind of range that RAW offers. I have a small film scanner that records in JPEG and its has its limitations. I have to try Thanks. 😁 Cheers man.
Hi Mark I’m struggling with this and need some advice if I may ask. I bought the Litra Pro and soft box and started shooting. The soft box is of pinholed material and they really show up on the new image. Is there a fix?
Did you steal your Epilogue from David Fincher? Super Epic! Never would have thought about doing something like this! Wish I had some slide or negatives to try this out on. EDIT: HOLY CRAP DUDE THAT WAS AWESOME! 9:00
Excellent Mark👍. I rather not show this to my dad, I think he has around 7000 colour frames at home. I can already hear him: Flemming, I've got a little project for you😂
Hi! is there a way to do this vice versa? I mean to transfer digital photos on the 35 mm slide film? I have a slide film projector and a few old romanian stories for kids, and I was wondering if I can put some of our family photos on a slide film to show them to my daughter.
Not sure, you’d need a very different setup. I’m sure it can be done, but I expect maybe third parties handling this easier and more efficiently than ourselves. Could be wrong
Great video Mark! It's a good idea to get those old negatives out and start digitizing them. Do you think this would be possible with a flatbed scanner or the quality just wouldn't be there? Only reason I'm asking is because I have got a whole lot of film negatives.
Flat bed might work, but the images will most likely be small, low quality. Try a test to see if that works, good for batching and might work for your needs. If you do, let me know how they turn out.
On your luminous table it was way better to use a black mask around your slides and negs, in the way you did it you lose tons of contrast and saturation…
I found when I did that the results varied a bit too much depending on the negative. Felt this way gave me a bit more consistency. Still a very fast and easy way to do it mate you are right! Thanks Nico!!
I mention it’s not a process to do in bulk, it’s fine for a few selected ones and either way, it’s using what you have assumingely. Do you have a faster way? I’d love to hear it that doesn’t involve using a third party scanning device :)
@@MarkHoltze No, I don't know any faster way. But its amazing that you can't feed films to scanning devices like in devices you use watching films. Like 30 in a tray...
0:00 EPILOGUE - Where the idea came from
**1:25 - VIDEO STARTS HERE!!!!!!!!!
1:56 - GEAR THAT MAKES IT EAISER
3:02 - TECHNIQUE TO CAPTURE
4:13 - EDITING SLIDE SCANS IN LR
5:17 - EDITING COLOUR NEGATIVES IN LR
6:56 - EDITNG COLOUR NEGATIVES IN PS
9:10 - WHY NOW IS THE BEST TIME TO DO THIS?
oh yes film
Man, it's content like this that make me fall in love with film.
Making it definitely helps with that love affair! :) Totally agree though! Thanks for watching!
Inspirational, informative, story telling, cinematic, .... A whole new level for tutorials!
One of the most underrated channel on YT. Thanks Mark for a great content and your work. Always pumps me up :)
I've just inherited a closet of Kodak slides from my fiance's grandfather who passed recently. Thank you so much for giving me the knowledge to tackle digitizing these memories for her whole family!
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every video produced by this man is a valuable lesson , editing ,photography , cinematography , videography ,and nostagyagraphy
Too kind mate! Thanks for hanging out as always. Appreciate your being here!
If anyone doesn't have Adobe, or is just intimidated by the editing (which, this was the simplest tutorial I've seen on it, good job!) You can use RawTherapee (free) and the latest version 5.7 includes a film module that'll do 90% of the work for you. It's funny that you're doing this right now because I am too. It's way fun!
Perfect mate thanks!! The timing of it all huh? You have a big stack?
@@MarkHoltze I have my own stuff I've shot but it's not a lot. Thinking about getting my parents to ship me whatever they have. Took me a bit to figure out a flow but now that I have one set up it's pretty quick going. Seeing the images come out of the negatives is addictive.
Your vids are easily the best edited and shot. I’ve learned a ton just watching your videos. Thanks for this one!
Thanks Garry, happy you are learning. For me every video is a chance to make a mini film on the subject. Always trying to think of new and interesting ways.
Marathon of Mark content! Easy quarantine! Thanks Mark !!!
Going to try to use this time to marathon NEW content! So you keep watching, i'll keep making! Thanks mate!
@@MarkHoltze I am trying to create 1 minute short film just for fun but my brain it's stuck! any tip?
Wow! This video is awesome! It really underscores the fact that we shouldn’t let equipment be a barrier to achieving what we want to accomplish. I need to do this now! Will start digging through my old negatives.
Exactly Ruben, loads of ways to do this so figured I would show just a few hopefully with the stuff we already have. It’s pretty remarkable what you can do with the bare minimum.
Hello from Tampa Florida! You never disappoint on your channel Mark. Be well, stay healthy, and encouraged!!!
Thanks Jacob! How you guys doing down there? Stay safe!
@@MarkHoltze We are doing well for the time being... thanks for asking Mark. Florida is about two weeks away from the eye of the storm. Wishing you and your family the best.
Nice one, my man. I was just explaining all of this to a friend interested in converting her dad's old slides and after I'd typed too much of this out discovered Mark had made a video on it. Schweet. That was fortuitous.
That’s a big reason why I figured I would document it. Worked really well for
Me, might translate for others
If you scan with your cell phone as light table, use a sheet of glass placed an inch above to create some distance between the film and the screen. Otherwise you're going to catch the pixel patterns.
That's true! Pixel patterns SUCK! lol Thanks mate!
Awesome Tip in photoshop, didn't know this one I normally use the LR trick, but now I will try that one and see how much my work flow changes, thanks MarK!!
You just made me remember that when I was in elementary school, in the second half of the '90s, slides were still widely used, even if everyone knew was an outdated technology.
To stay in topic, I wanted to surprise my parents by digitalizing all of their old film negative, but they surprised me when they told me they got rid of them all years ago
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That's a shame, perfect optical copies gone forever :(. Slides, honestly we used them in film class to study composition, that's where it really opened my eyes up to the possibilities of film. Seeing images you took blown up on a big screen with LIGHT.....changed everything. Makes prints look like a joke, no matter the resolution of the printer. Light gives these life.
I bought a random families slides from a antique shop. It was a bucket full of slides for $15. Maybe your family also donated them or something.
I actually stated doing the same thing with my slides. Great to see that I'm not alone on this. I use slide copier mounted on my 1:1 macro lens and a wireless flash. Some of the slide and all the negatives I scan in a plustek film scanner and silverfast software. I the process in rawtherapee. Many of the old photos need a lot of further adjustments. I don't believe I'll ever be able to complete it in my lifetime. However the bottom line is that it's really exciting and extremely rewarding. I would like to recommend it to anyone who sits on a pile of old photos to try and digitise them. Thanks for the video!
Totally mate! It can take forever. It's satisfying even working on a few of them though, nice way to pass the time.
Beware of light leaks when using bigger light sources. Also when digitizing film a film holder is great for keeping it even so it's not curved. Also a tip for aligning your camera perfectly if you do not use copy stand or bubble level. Use a small mirror that you place on the surface, then you can aim your camera by the reflection to be 100% same alignment. For WB on lightroom, before you invert the image take a color balance measurment from the empty edges of the film with the dropper.
Solid tips Janne! Thank you!
Hey Mark, another inspirational video. Just got to get out the old slides and give it a go. My dad had an old light box with a pane of frosted glass with a globe behind it to view slides. That was back in the 70s. Keep up the great content. Much appreciated.
Thanks Alex, those work well for viewing! Slide film...I know it's a bit of a pain, but it's like watching a film at the cinema vs on your phone ;) My grandpa had one of those light boxes as well, they still really do wonders for the film, LIGHT is the biggest difference, vs prints which compared look kind of flat
The idea of a softbox is a great idea and everyone has one of those these days.
Im just leaving the like 14h earlier,because I know I'm gonna like the video.
You can always dislike after if you change your mind ;)
@@MarkHoltze believe in yourself Mark. You are more remarkable than you think.
@@legend240891 kind of you to say mate, same with you guys!
@@MarkHoltze hahahaa
Wow! First time here on your channel. Great video. I have been researching this for the last 2 days and your method was the easiest, nonsense way, using the tools I already have. Thanks
Waaoo what cool tricks..... I have so many negative.. and always wonder , how to get them into digital.... Thanx man... Grate work.. Respect and lovem.
Thanks for the kind words mate! I really need to find the STOCK pile of negatives from the 90's. The slides have been keeping me busy restoring those digitally, but we have a HUGE stockpile somewhere. I think they're at my parents.
Stay safe mate, thanks for stopping by.
That intro bit Mark is FIRE IN THE HOLE!
Thanks mate! Wanted to test out the Helios 44-2 cinema lens at the same time, I think it turned out pretty cool for what was initially an experiment.
I've been doing the same lately. By the way, I flatten the negatives with the glass from some picture frame. For quick conversion I just invert the files in PS and then adjust RGB levels. For slides I have a slide duplicator, but I haven't used it too much yet. Thanks for another great video!
Glass! Man that's so smart! I Thanks Pier!!!
So vintage n' bful episode!!! Goosebumps...goosebumps!
Thanks Panagiotis, was fun to make this one! :)
@@MarkHoltze Cheers and salutations from Greece, Mark! Hope ur doing fine! Keep up the awesome work for us that we love these vintage stuff!
This was the most cinematic tutorial I’ve ever seen 👍🏼🔥🔥🔥🤯🏆
Images help tell stories, figured this trick worked well for me, might as well try to hammer that idea home ;)
There are noticeable focus problems on the left and right sides of the landscape photos. Not sure if this was a defect in the original 35mm images (probably not) or if there was some other problem that created the issue.
Your presentation, the videography, the voice over, the actual theory, explanation and process are done very well.
Flatten the image and you won’t have that issue. It’s due to the curvature of the negative. I kind of like the look, but can be fixed with slide film trays
Tip For shots on a rol negative without a frame. get a 6x6 anti newton glass or a 6x6 glass slide frame, remove it and lay it on top of the negative/slide so it flattens.
This!
As always, A++ content and presentation. Great tip regarding the level adjustments.
Thanks Christopher! Was an important one based on the impact these images had with the fam.
Love this....my dad always bugged me about digitizing his old slides!!!! This helps me out greatly thank you for this....I was also planning to order a film scanner too....but this would be more fun to make videos on XD
You're just a true inspiration.
The nice thing about this way is if you've already got the stuff you can just make it work. Film scanners are cool too, but once used up...kind of pointless, macro you can use for a bunch of other stuff so that multi functionality element is great. PLUS you get the imaging power of your camera which I think is probably higher than a scanner ,at least in the RAW format.
Best of luck with your project mate, if your dad has a projector, I suggest you look at them on that first, THAT will be some insane inspiration right there.
Let me know if you have any questions mate!
@@MarkHoltze For sure I'll definitely let you know thanks!!!👍
So true. It was always exciting on evenings we would decide to gather around the slide projector and all of its ritual and stimuli. The extra long corded remote is even cool.
Whoever had control is alpha 😆 I think we did it once as a kid and I thought it was cool.
@@MarkHoltze No doubt! Those two buttons (on the Kodak, forward and back) were all powerful!
Nice video! I would recommend using a slide copier. I got an old m42 Pentax bellows + slide copier and it's works great. You do need a full frame digital camera for it to work correctly though. You can feed negatives through it or place mounted slides in the holder. They are pretty cheap and you don't need a tripod because the device is mounted directly on the camera.
Brilliant mate! Thank you!!!
Useful and super timely content, Mark! Am preparing a camera club workshop on just this topic (no kidding). Great post LR/PS color correction method. Color correcting is my biggest challenge. Have 40 yr old color faded Extachromes. Big task. Tip: focus is more accurate, in my view, if you have film emulsion facing lens; focus on emulsion and then reverse in post. Lots of DIY rigs for this task. Good (free) smartphone app for a few quick/dirty shots is Kodak Mobile Film Scanner - intended for box of the same name, but usable on a DIY rig - app’s B&W, color negative, and slide mode software does passable job. (Sorry, but I don’t buy the “dust as character” excuse 😁.)
Thanks Paul! Ya I'll take the dust away myself as well lol, but different strokes for different folks lol. HOpe you're well mate, stay safe!
Mark! This is THE video I was looking for years. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks! I never really thought about it, but I have a large collection of old slides that I haven't touched in thirty years. I have a fifty pound box of 4x6 photos and the associated negatives ... but I only ever printed a small percentage of the photos from each set of negatives. I could deep-dive those old negative archives to maybe find something I missed the first time ...
This was great Mark, going to give this a go when I can my macro lens rebuilt. Doesn't focus at close range right now, must have dropped it. Grrrr. Top quality production as always 👍
Ouch! Which one? Thanks Simon!
@@MarkHoltze 105mm Nikon 🙁
@@SimonBurnCreative ohhh, :( shame. Your landscape beauties though...kind of makes up for this loss a bit ;)
Negative Lab Pro plugin for Lightroom could really be your friend for this process. Very nice video.
🤓 6:53 I had seen the Photoshop Levels technique used on scans of faded photographs, but I see that it's awesome for using on negatives etc as well! 👍🏼
Very interesting process and you kept it entertaining throughout the entire video. Great job!
Thanks for watching Tyler.
I shoot a lot of colour negative film that I scan with my Epson scanner as if they were slides and use a plugin called Negative Lab Pro in Lightroom to invert. Just colour balance the black between exposures, crop them out, run NLP and you are 90% there :)
Just saw I'm not the first to recommend NLP. All I have to add is: Great video as always Mark! Thanks for sharing!
That's pretty sweet! Whatever it takes right?!
Amazing Mark yet again I learn something new from your channel!
Thanks David, always happy to have you here!
Engaging content...love this one; so simple and so effective. Sadly I don't have a macro lens (shock horror) but I'm inspired to get one now.
Would this hack work on old 8mm film?
8mm film I just recorded off the screen for my stuff, looked better than the stuff i had scanned funny enough. Being able to ride those levels as the exposure changes is critical.
Hey Mark - When did you pick up an S1H? Is it new? Have you enjoyed using it? Great stuff once again - especially the PS part of the tutorial. Thanks!
Got it about a month and a half ago. Bad timing I would say given everything i was going to use it for is now on HOLD because of this, but at least it's giving me a chance to get comfortable with it.
@@MarkHoltze Sorry to hear ... albeit the "world on pause" appears to be happening to everyone these days. Still - I really appreciate your channel, style, and classic sense (especially the vintage lens work). Quite unique and I hope you'll be able to keep it up!
@@LLurk3r Thanks mate, nothing but time these days so lets see how I can balance everything. :) Stay safe mate
Really great tutorial Mark. I've never digitally adjusted negatives before that way, so I will have to give it a try if I can dig out some negatives from somewhere. I have done the slide digital editing a few years ago. I think it was my grandmothers trip through Europe in the 1950s. Either way, your technique is top notch and easy to follow. Loved your little epilogue too with the sfx and music. Really beautiful.
Slide film is my fav I think, it's less forgiving for exposure, but when you nail it...it's perfection. Timeless really. I'd love to see those shots you edited! The 50's GO!
@@MarkHoltze While I'm in lockdown, I should try and dig them out!
Puts a mask of opaque material around of your olds, thas avoid lost of contrast in your final copie...a salute
Wonderful suggestion mate! Thank you!
Awesome tutorial and the intro was killer! It looks so easy when you do your cinematic shots.
Thanks Christoph! Intro was pretty easy actually, takes awhile to get all the shots, but they come together fairly nicely as a sequence. Figuring out cool ways to shoot things is definitely part of the challenge.
So beautiful!! The white balance correction trick in photoshop blew my mind lol
Who would have thought those individual colour levels were actually super useful.
:) thanks for coming by Denise! Appreciate your time!
I'll definitely have to try this out in my free time after I finish school this semester.
Yes, studies first! THEN PLAY! Stay safe mate!
@@MarkHoltze thanks Mark! Likewise with you!
Omg! i am so gonna do this, recently I bought a vintage viewing device that looks like a small tv just to view them! In fact if it works for me this would also would be a good tutorial video to make too if I may say so 😊
OH SO good for that mate! I think I know exactly the little device you're talking about! Fantastic!
Tutorial most appreciated. Love your content and presentation too!
It's my pleasure, all the best!
If you have some extra cash to throw around, Negative Lab Pro is great for a quick work flow, if you're in a hurry. A lot of people prefer a slower pace. It's also a great way to learn more about Lr and Ph.
Those scans turned out great!! Well done sir. :-D
Thanks Jen! I actually downloaded the demo, does a great job but I just found myself enjoying the process. Learning new things brings me joy these days. I’m going to install it soon, give it a whirl. Most of the best stuff are slides anyway and the white balance is pretty bang on with those given slide film
Hope you’re well, staying busy and sane during these screwy times.
@@MarkHoltze I hear you on the editing side. I love editing. It's nice to learn more than one method.
Haha ya no kidding, thanks! Things are a bit bizarre in Vancity. I'm still going into work. It's just, weiiirrd. lol I hope you and the family are safe and well. :-D
Always love your ideas for your videos Mark ❤️
Great video with clear presentation. I will be starting work on all my old slides and photos soon, and your video gives me confidence to do what I had thought would be possible to do with my digital camera. Thanks for all the details on editing!
Thanks Zen Tex, good luck with your process!
Like previously stated... if you use a bright blue light table, then you can use the white balance picker on an unexposed piece of color negative film in LR later for perfect white balance. Quick, easy.
boom!
I need to try this, are you talking about a blue gel??? any certain one or just any?? Thanks for the tip!
@@Phantommxr A blue colored gel would probably do the same trick, now that you mention it. For me I only need to push the temperature maybe 1000 K or so so maybe an 80C filter would be good
Great video. Can you suggest a macro lens?
Any macro lens really would work, not sure if you want a vintage or modern one. I use macro lenses for a lot of things so the Contax Carl Zeiss 60mm 2.8 AEJ works well for me. SMC Takumar 50mm Macro F4 is a much more affordable option.
What ISO do you recommend? I'm using Canon 80D. Shooting into Kodak Carousel 850H. It is a really bright hot light source.
Depends on camera i think. I try to kee it middle of the road or the native iso of the sensor if possible
i recommend you to try negative lab pro plugin 😁
I saw that, but wanted to work with it without having to buy/download anything additional. I downloaded it, but never bothered to run it simply because of that fact. Macro Lens, light source and tripod...plus some technique. :)
@@MarkHoltze its nice to create our own recipe 😁
Negative Lab Pro requires Lightroom and many people wanting to do this will be using various other programs so it will be useless to them.
Thaks! Have negatives, a crappy scanner and Photoshop. Would not have figured this out without this video.
Good luck!
Are these pics taken with the 100mm Takumar macro? What determined the 100mm over the 50mm for taking these pics?
All the 60 actually. Field of view on the 60 is perfect. The 50 and 100 Takumar are 1:2 as well, the Contax Carl Zeiss 60 is 1:1 so more true to life magnification.
That Photoshop method for inverting and color correcting negatives is pretty easy. I used it with good success a couple years ago when I tried to do this. But...
I tried the cell phone method of back lighting negatives, but I would see the color pixels of my phone's screen then 'developing' the digitized version.
Then I tried taping negatives to our glass door, but I could make out the background outside. We have fences and I could see some of the lines.
Then I tried putting a white piece of paper on the glass door then taping the negative to that. But then I saw the texture/density pattern of the paper... It kind of looked like clouds.
So I think I'm going to try moving the negative away from the paper so that is out of focus. If that doesn't work then I'll have to buy or make a light box.
BTW. I did a bit of online research on this and I think the general consensus was that your need to use a camera with at least 24MP resolution. That seemed to be the sweet spot of cost and performance of the gear.
Yes, the CELL Phone is a big of a problem there, but if you can find something to diffuse the pixels it would definitely help. I think the SKY method works best on a cloudy day, or you could throw some parchment paper up to diffuse the colors behind, or aim towards the sky like a telescope. Obviously there are going to be concessions and some trouble shooting with each, but I find people can figure that stuff out pretty quickly on their own. Makes for shorter, more concise videos and leaves some discovery trouble shooting up to the audience I think. I dealt with all those same issues and have had to modify, but it's almost easier when you give them the seeds and they figure out how they want to plant.
There are SO many ways of doing this, honestly though if you're serious and have a boat load, an LED light board ($23) isn't a bad option. Useful for a few things.
Good points though mate, thanks for writing them down, you've added to the content of the video for sure! Appreciate it, stay safe and thanks for coming by!
you legit just saved my life and money. thank u so so so much!!!!!!
Best of luck! ✊
Thank you as Always !! Very Nice !!
Thank you for stopping by mate!
Also great video and an amazingly good use of time in a time like this. Stay safe
Thanks mate, same with you!
A small piece of glass would flatten that situation with the negative film. The better the glass you'll have less issues with it - I use a piece of a chrystal glass I removed from a old dead clock.
That’s true actually!!! Glass how did u not think of it! Thank you!!!!
I'll tray use Takumar 100 F4 (your influence :D). Incredible color edition, Tanks!
Good luck! Let me know if you have any questions.
This looks incredibly fun, I've been wanting to get my film photos developed but it would have costed me and doing it digitally makes it accessible for me to do it from home. It wouldnt be possible during the lock down either. Great video as always!
Thanks Tom, the control is also nice. I’ve gotten scans but they’re always lower resolution files, this you can monitor the settings a bit better for your needs.
@@MarkHoltze is there a way to release the film from its cartridge without another strip of film to pull out?
@@tomsvintageoptix Hmm, trying to best understand what you mean so I can answer it accurately. You mean negatives or with slide film?
@@MarkHoltze oh sorry, i forgot to mention film negatives
This is a great video thank you.
My pleasure! Hope it helps
Thanks great tutorial
Thanks Fred! Got some great results like this.
i learned couple things! sick!
Best thing to do right now...learn! Good luck with it mate.
this is awesome thanks I might go try it now
Let me know if you have any questions. Good luck with it!
‘Lying around the house’ and ‘macro lens’ don’t turn up in the same sentence for me...😂😂
Might be easier to find than a negative scanner ;)...also a bit more practical, but I hear you mate. Vintage macro's are cheap and perfectly suitable for this kind of thing. :)
@@MarkHoltze Actually, I own a negative scanner which I use for 35mm, I just need something to do 120 as my budget didn't run to a medium format scanner!
I've been using extension tubes attached to an old Zeiss Sonnar to scan my negatives and slides for ages, if you don't have a macro lens it's the best option even for 120 film
Sometimes I only have the "auto" option in the RGB levels adjustments tab. How do I get the individual "R" "G" "B" tabs to appear so I can adjust them individually?
This is pretty fucking awesome - and ingenious. Well done Mark!
My fav comment to date! Thanks Addict! It's loads of fun! All of the sudden hours are gone from your day ;)_
@@MarkHoltze that's the best kind of fun - you'll never get bored and you're doing something productive. I appreciate the compliment!
Hi Mark
Wil macro rings on regular pentax lens work?
Excellent content as always! :)
Thanks mate, kind of you to say!
So cool!!!
8-D
Beautiful!!!!!!
Great idea! i would try this asap :)
Be patient with it, my first few were meh, but quickly got the hang of what works and doesn't.
i used a hp 35mm film holder scanjet thats the lite for 35mm then set up my usb microscope pluged to computer set microscope 1 inch or more over 35mm slides adjust focus click away all on computer you fix them up now with grimp
Sounds like a great strategy!
this is a great idea, thank you :)
My pleasure Michal! Thanks for watching! Good luck with it!
holy shit that intro dudeeeee
Thanks! I wanted to shoot a slide film intro for awhile, cut it out of my Pentacon video script, thought it made more sense here
Do i gain anything by taking photos of negatives or slides in raw?
Control over the image, more latitude and less compression. You don't have to, but if you want to experiment with editing, I would recommend it.
@@MarkHoltze yes. I was wondering if the film was capable to give that kind of range that RAW offers. I have a small film scanner that records in JPEG and its has its limitations. I have to try Thanks. 😁 Cheers man.
Thanks!
You watched all the film videos! lol Just noticed that.
Hi Mark I’m struggling with this and need some advice if I may ask. I bought the Litra Pro and soft box and started shooting. The soft box is of pinholed material and they really show up on the new image. Is there a fix?
Try a placid acrylic. White it should remove the texture.
Awesome!
Glad you liked it Héctor
great! the photoshop way is super
agreed
Fantástico!
Did you steal your Epilogue from David Fincher? Super Epic!
Never would have thought about doing something like this! Wish I had some slide or negatives to try this out on.
EDIT: HOLY CRAP DUDE THAT WAS AWESOME! 9:00
Fincher inspired for sure, just need some TRENT REZ in the soundtrack ;)
@@MarkHoltze HAHA love it man! I have an idea for my next video that is similar to your open but kind of Indiana Jones-esque
Excellent Mark👍. I rather not show this to my dad, I think he has around 7000 colour frames at home. I can already hear him: Flemming, I've got a little project for you😂
Lol!!! 7000 my gosh!!! Where to even begin? 😂
@@MarkHoltze well, year1964 I guess😂
@@71janas Oh gosh, probably some real GEMS on there!
Hi! is there a way to do this vice versa? I mean to transfer digital photos on the 35 mm slide film? I have a slide film projector and a few old romanian stories for kids, and I was wondering if I can put some of our family photos on a slide film to show them to my daughter.
Not sure, you’d need a very different setup. I’m sure it can be done, but I expect maybe third parties handling this easier and more efficiently than ourselves. Could be wrong
@@MarkHoltze I'll let you know if i find a third partie in my country to do it.
You Rocks man!!
Thanks Luis! So do you mate!
Great video Mark! It's a good idea to get those old negatives out and start digitizing them. Do you think this would be possible with a flatbed scanner or the quality just wouldn't be there? Only reason I'm asking is because I have got a whole lot of film negatives.
Flat bed might work, but the images will most likely be small, low quality. Try a test to see if that works, good for batching and might work for your needs. If you do, let me know how they turn out.
On your luminous table it was way better to use a black mask around your slides and negs, in the way you did it you lose tons of contrast and saturation…
Agreed, just did a second batch and technique is improving ten fold! Thanks mate!!!
Thx
My pleasure
Cool mustache ;)
Rock N Roll
man your parents were some good looking folks back then! :)
lol! so hip to be cool!
wow holy shit thats so fucking cool
You sound like Ryan Reynolds
Now I have a lot to do and not enough time... lol
Well that's GOOD! Bank it for when you're bored ;)
Love the epilogue. I think you need to do a video with Make.Art.Now. ;) Check out Josh's latest.
Just watched it, absolutely incredible! He produces some of my fav videos. Robot assistant is brilliant, like Knight Rider but 21st century ;)
You could have saved yourself some time in PS by inverting each channel instead of the RGB.
I found when I did that the results varied a bit too much depending on the negative. Felt this way gave me a bit more consistency. Still a very fast and easy way to do it mate you are right!
Thanks Nico!!
Mark Holtze also another trick might be to call up the tools as adjustment layers so each change can be displayed or hidden to see what works
That is sooooo slow way to digit your films.
I mention it’s not a process to do in bulk, it’s fine for a few selected ones and either way, it’s using what you have assumingely. Do you have a faster way? I’d love to hear it that doesn’t involve using a third party scanning device :)
@@MarkHoltze No, I don't know any faster way. But its amazing that you can't feed films to scanning devices like in devices you use watching films. Like 30 in a tray...