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This is different than what you get with digital cameras - different, not better or worse.

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A program that I frequently use for simple procedures is Photofiltre, a free image editor and a lightweight portable alternative to Photoshop.

I use Lightroom which is actually tuned to deal with groups of photos.

The basic post processing operations you need ( cropping, inverting colors, hue/saturation, color balance, color temperature, gamma curve, contrast, sharpening/blurring) can be performed with a lot of software, free or not.

If you don't, then either (a) you underexposed when copying with the DSLR or (b) you made the wrong moves in post processing the image. One way or the other you should be able to get close to this picture in terms of colors, intensity and contrast. Look carefully the colors and the contrast. a desk top lamp shining on a white paper on your table.

Before starting, inspect your negative/slide using reflected light coming from a surface e.g.

If this counts at all, once I started using RAW it became permanent.ДЄnd here is a bonus tip that I consider vital and comes from my personal experience: See the instructable of ChronicCrafter for some basic information.

This format will help you recover overexposed and underexposed areas and improve your final image.

If your camera has a RAW option, go on and use it, save both in RAW and JPEG.

Use the color of this stripe as a 'white' to restore color balance with your software. When possible, preserve a part of the border of the negative when taking the photo with the DSLR. Color negatives look reddish and when inverted bluish.

Restoring color balance is a delicate work.

I focus on the live screen using the x20 magnification marker This will also minimize the noise on the final picture.

The illumination should be intense enough, so that you can copy the faintest colors that may be on the negative.

A filament source (halogen or other) has a broader and more uniform spectrum and it is closer to perception of the human eye than LEDs for example (see figure).

The negative should be illuminated uniformly with a filament source.

The success of this method depends on many factors: I gained 1-2 stops of shutter time in this way. I substituted this by a simple cardboard reflector which has some advantages (a) homogeneous light due to refection and diffusion (b) faster to setup since it uses the desktop lamp (c) there is no need to use an opaque screen like an acrilic plastic which absorbs light. The light source I used a projector which of course is OK provided that you keep the projector's lenses clean.

These are mounted on the sliding platform with two screws and can be easily installed/unistalled. I made 2 screens: One for 35mm negatives and slides ( using both sides) and one for 6ењ† medium format negatives. I strongly suggest to anyone doing the same to make or buy one of these used in scanners.

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I decided to cut all my negatives in 5 frame pieces, as those I already have in archive and mount the stripes in a home made film holder.

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This made loading negatives a little more difficult and time consuming, plus they could be damaged more easily. Holder for the 35mm negatives In the old setup, the negatives were loose and stayed flat only in front of the screen. In addition, in the case of 6ењ† negatives I needed a larger distance between the frame and the camera, so I substituted the meccano part with a sliding platform, thus increasing the distance range up to 25cm. This was not really necessary since focusing the lens and using the magnification feature of the live view of the camera is more than enough. Moving platform I included a meccano stage in order to add precision in focusing. These are the aspects that I had to change: 1. The setup of the 2011 instructable is shown in the photo.