{"id":38966,"date":"2024-12-10T10:10:36","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T17:10:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/?p=38966"},"modified":"2024-12-16T09:37:06","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T16:37:06","slug":"valoi-easy120-film-scanning-device","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/2024\/12\/10\/valoi-easy120-film-scanning-device\/","title":{"rendered":"Valoi easy120 film scanning device"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><I>Nice but way overpriced.<\/I><\/p>\n<p>There are four key reasons why the inexpensive <a href=https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/2024\/02\/03\/nikon-d800-film-scanning-part-i\/ target=_blank>35mm film scanning device from JJC<\/a> was such a success:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Under $100\n<li>Assured parallelism of camera sensor and film planes\n<li>Superior definition to that from flat bed or dedicated scanners\n<li>Fast\n<\/ul>\n<p>Checking my LRc catalog I see that I ended up scanning 2300 35mm negatives and slides over an 8 week period working 2 hours or so daily (a rate of 20.5 scans per hour, including processing time at a cost of just 4 cents a scan) and were I using a traditional flatbed scanner I would still have another 12 months of wait time ahead of me &#8230;. and with lower definition results.  How about <I>1 hour<\/I> per high quality scan using a flat bed?  Talk of using the wrong technology.<\/p>\n<p>Now a 120 version of the JJC device has been announced by Valoi, using identical design principles but with one big if.  It\u2019s very expensive.  By the time you add a film holder, duster and the advance mechanism you are looking at $750.  Checking my physical albums I count 28 rolls of 120 film negatives and slides, or 336 images which works out to $2.26 and, no, I will not be taking any more film snaps on 120 or any other format, despite the imminent arrival of a gorgeous \u2018display only\u2019 Rolleiflex 2.8D from 1955.  All this extolling of the purported superiority of film over digital is straight out of <a href=https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/2005\/07\/31\/pseuds-corner\/ target=_blank>Pseuds&#8217; Corner<\/a>, attributable to people who (rightly) place a very low value on their time.  If that&#8217;s you and you want to pay twice as much, one of <a href=https:\/\/www.bhphotovideo.com\/c\/product\/1773208-REG\/pacific_image_primefilm_120_pro_plus.html\/overview?ap=y&#038;smp=y&#038;msclkid=a862322f14a01d560a57554f417ca276 target=_blank>these<\/a> is just the ticket.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=https:\/\/cinestillfilm.com\/collections\/scanning-finishing\/products\/easy120film-scanning-kit target=_blank><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pindelski.org\/Blog2\/Valoi.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<I>The Valoi 120 film scanning device.  Click the image for their web site.<\/i><\/center><\/p>\n<p>The specs state that 6&#215;4.5, 6&#215;6 and 6&#215;7 (no mention that I can find of 6&#215;9) film format masks are available, each at an outrageous $75 each for a simple piece of plastic.<\/p>\n<p>If a Chinese copy comes along at $200 or less I\u2019m a buyer.  Otherwise those 120 film originals can wait.  Meanwhile, if you have thousands of originals to scan the Valoi might make better economic sense for you than for me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nice but way overpriced. There are four key reasons why the inexpensive 35mm film scanning device from JJC was such a success: Under $100 Assured parallelism of camera sensor and film planes Superior definition to that from flat bed or dedicated scanners Fast Checking my LRc catalog I see that I ended up scanning 2300 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/2024\/12\/10\/valoi-easy120-film-scanning-device\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Valoi easy120 film scanning device<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[93],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-film"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38966"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38966\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39006,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38966\/revisions\/39006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}