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Anyone use the Arca-Swiss Monoball Macro-Table rail? And suggestions for negs digitizining equipment


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Arca-Swiss Monoball Macro-Table Classic 802336 B&H Photo Video (bhphotovideo.com)

 

How did you like it? It is kinda a costly system to get into. Lots of pieces needed to make it function. I was interested in it for copy stand use for digitizing negs and chromes.

 

I'm also thinking of a Novoflex table mount copy stand.

 

Novoflex Magic Studio Macro-Repro Stand MS-REPRO B&H Photo Video (bhphotovideo.com)

 

I've got a medium size Kaiser copy stand and love it. But I wanted to make a small system with quick set up for negs and chromes. Or I could use the Kaiser if the Novoflex does not work out.

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There are alot of ways around it good sir,

 

FOR example since the theme of the rig is to use a camera attached to a macro bellows.. all you need to do is get a tripod head that can attach to a cheapo macro bellows, can get them for 50$ or less at B&H and then tip the head to vertical and simply arrange the setup so that the bellows is aimed at the floor.

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I have a Novoflex macro rail with a slide holder. It's long enough to use q 90 mm macro lens to copy medium format film. For 35 mm film, I use a Nikon ES-1 or ES-2 holder with a Nikon 55/2.8 Micro lens. It's all about focusing, film handling and stray light exclusion. In both cases, I'm using a Sony A7Riv camera.

 

Slides are easy. For negatives, I use Adobe Lightroom with NegativeLabPro conversion plugin. I've tried a lot of ways, but NegativeLabPro is fast, accurate, and foolproof.

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