I'm looking to take the plunge, and after some research have decided that camera scanning is the way to go.
@FishyFish are you still as happy now, a few months down the line. I really like the look of the Valoi system.
My bank account needs to take a bit of breather after going a bit mad with some 35mm gear, so I'm probably looking to buy in a month or so.
Same, but looking at the 120 system for the negs and slides from my M645 system....
Yes, I'm still really happy with it. It's fast and produces great results. If I had to nitpick, it would be the following points (which may be down to my own use and equipment, rather than the system).
First, I find that my lens focus shifts slightly between shots. It's only a tiny amount, but can be enough to knock the film grain a little out of focus making the results slightly softer, so I tend to use Live View to check and adjust focus for every frame. I'm not sure of the cause - possibly the surface I have my camera on transmits vibration from the mirror-slap of my DSLR when I fire the shutter and this moves the focus very slightly? Regardless, even with checking the focus each frame, the process is still vastly faster than any dedicated scanner - a full 36exp roll in ten mins.
Second, while I get very good results and can easily focus on the film grain (and I'm reliant on the LCD of my 10 year old D810 to do so), I have noticed that frames can be slightly softer at the edges than in the centre. It might be down to no lens being as sharp at the edges than in the centre, even the two very good macro lenses I have access to (a Sigma 105mm f/2.8 EX DG OS HSM, and a Nikon AF-S Micro NIKKOR 60mm f/2.8G ED), but it is noticeable sometimes on some "scans", whereas my Reflecta Proscan would have uniform sharpness edge-to-edge. Again, this could be due to my setup and technique, and it's not noticeable in every shot. Also, this is only noticeable if I pixel peep and zoom in at high resolution. In normal viewing it's unnoticeable. It also seems to be less noticeable on grainier films, so could be down to me not focusing effectively on finer grained stocks.
I'm waay too nitpicky, I think.
You can see all my uploaded scans using the Valoi Easy 35 v2 here, all of which can be viewed at silly resolutions.
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There's also a Valoi Easy 35 group on Flickr where you can see other people's results:
Group for your amazing photographs scanned with VALOI Easy35 system. V1 and V2.
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