How to Scan with a Digitaliza

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How to Scan with a Digitaliza

February 07, 2012 7 comments 14 likes

General information about this awesome product and a how to use video in combination with an Epson scanner.

Everybody knows that Digitaliza is a very special scanner mask used to get your 35mm’s film sprockets. But several of us have encountered the scanner-mask compatibility problem. As a scanner, I used the V330 Epson which is a vey common scanner. But this one only scans 35mm film and only one stripe per scan.

For this to work, you either use a cardboard of about 7.3cm (from the left side of the scanner) and 2 cm (up from the bottom) to align the Digitaliza, or just mark with a non-permanent pen (erdnusskeks’s idea). Basically, you load the 35mm film in your Digitaliza, align it and preview, if you don’t like the position, correct and re-scan.

Photos by pvalyk

I give full credit to erdnussekeks how advised me about using this combination.

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written by pvalyk

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7 comments

pinkpix

Cool! I have the Epson V500 so I'm going to test this floppy method http://www.lomograph(…)g-quick-tip :D

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clemeister

I have the V330 too, but I put a cardboard on the right side of the scanner glass... lol I see you have the bluish line running on one side of the scans, in between the sprocket holes. I eliminated them by putting the film type as 'black & white negative' even though it's colour. It still comes out fine, though.

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mrkroket

Thanks for the tips! I also own a V330 and it's a bit tricky at the begining to get the films scanned with digitaliza! But after several times you get your own method that works! :D

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sabress

it doesn't work with my epson v600 not 120 nor 35 film scanning mask ;?

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pvalyk

@sabress obviously I have no idea @clemeister the scans with the bluish line are not from scanning with V330

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erdnusskeks

thanks for the credits pvalyk, really sweet of you :) (wished my name was written correctly though ;) ). i really wonder about the bluish line as well, i have no idea where that comes from because i can't imagine my photolab to do a crappy job. so the explanation that it's the v330 seems logical to me... in any case, thanks for the advice, @clemeister !

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pvalyk

@erdnusskeks i didn't wrote your name. I just wrote a link to your Lomohome, I'm sorry that it's not written correctly. the bluish line, as I said before, is not from a v330 scan, it's from some scans of a "photo-labs" crappy work, as you previously said.
Thanks for your support!

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