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Reddit mentions of Lomography Smartphone Film Scanner
Sentiment score: 2
Reddit mentions: 2
We found 2 Reddit mentions of Lomography Smartphone Film Scanner. Here are the top ones.
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- Great way to instantly scan and instantly share your 35mm films with your smartphone! Portable and easy to use.
- Works With All 35mm Films
- Now with a completely NEW and IMPROVED APP for iOS!
Features:
Specs:
| Height | 2 Inches |
| Length | 7 Inches |
| Weight | 0.6 Pounds |
| Width | 6.5 Inches |
Awesome!
Film development is a little intimidating at first, but very rewarding (plus it saves you a few bucks!). I’d start with black+white chemistry, that’s the simplest process and it works at room temperature.
You’ll need:
Scanning is only done after you’ve developed everything and got the negatives dry. You can start a holy war here discussing scanners, but if you have a light box and a DSLR (or an iPhone and a jig to align it!) you can get very good scans on the cheap. Lomography sells such a jig for phones:
https://www.amazon.com/Lomography-Smartphone-Film-Photo-Scanner/dp/B00BZSZL64
Only you can decide how much dpi is enough for your scanning needs. You can buy a brand new Aztek Premier and scan at 8000dpi if you want, or you can take pics of your negatives with your cell phone.
But a lot of people are fine with 2000dpi from a lab scanner or flatbed, even though it's only 6 megapixels for a 35mm frame. The Plusteks are a pretty good option since 3250dpi gets you some pretty large files. However, they are so slow that if 3250dpi is the approximate target, I'd say you're better off buying a used d800e and a macro lens, because you can scan a whole roll in ten minutes and then when you're done with that, you also have a nice dslr and lens instead of a big brick of a scanner sitting on your desk that doesn't have many other uses.