
The 6 Best Fujifilm 35mm and 120 Film Stocks: A Hands On Review
Updated on Apr 11, 2023
Take that, now wind it back. Fujifilm offers both film and digital goods for every creative. Which do you prefer?
Being both affordable and incredibly simple to use, the Basic Film Carrier 35 guarantees fast and sharp scans of your 35mm film, both for cut strips or uncut rolls.
Quickly and easily scan up to 6x9cm negatives in a single capture. Guarantees film flatness with a magnetic hinge mechanism, full rolls can be scanned in 60 seconds or less.
Select from two of Negative Supply's most popular light sources specifically designed for scanning photographic film. Compact and bright, these are great light pads for both color and black-and-white film. See the breakdown below.
With a solid aluminum base and machined aluminum head, Negative Supply's new Basic Riser MK2 boasts a height adding 3 inches over the Basic Riser MK1 and uses a texturized, solid aluminum base. This is ideal for users looking to scan 35mm and 120 with effective focal lengths of ~100mm.
This device allows you to scan the full image area of your 35mm film + sprocket holes to capture that awesome, unmistakable look of 35mm film.
This accessory holds the Basic Film Carrier 35 firmly to the 4x5 Light Source Basic and helps mask extraneous light when scanning.
The 4x5 Light Source Basic was Negative Supply's very first light source and Negative Suuply developed it to accurately scan 35mm up to 4x5. The 99 CRI light source is highly color accurate and consistent. It’s compatible with all Negative Supply adapter plates and accessories so you don’t ever need to worry about your accessories not being backwards compatible with Negative Supply's tools.
Their newest and most advanced light source to date is also tied for the brightest light source Negative Suuply make with the 5x7 Light Source Pro! The Light Source Mini is 4 full stops brighter than Negative Supply's Light Source Basic and effectively as color accurate (*see below). This light source is meant to scan 35mm and 120 film up to 6x9 which is the maximum image area of our 120 film carriers.
CRI doesn’t tell the full story of a light source’s color accuracy. CRI is a metric used to tell us how a light source renders color based on human perception. What this does not tell us is how this light will render on film or in Negative Supply's case, a digital camera. The TLCI value will give us a more complete view of color accuracy and more directly relates to film scanning. The TLCI value is averaged from the 24 colors from the MacBeth Color Checker Chart with the maximum value of 100 being the best. Light sources that score 90 or higher are often seen as high-quality light sources that will cut down on post-production time.
After extensive testing they determined the following:
4x5 Light Source Basic 99 CRI: Scored a 98.3 for TLCI and 99.0 CRI
Light Source Mini 97 CRI: Scored a 98.0 for TLCI and 97.3 CRI
That means that scans from either of these light sources will show effectively no difference even in tricky color scenes. If you’re scanning 35mm and 120 film Negative Supply's Light Source Mini 97 CRI is absolutely the right choice for you.
Updated on Apr 11, 2023
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