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The New Nikon ES-2 Film Digitizing Adapter Will Make Film Scanning So Much Easier

Chris Gampat
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Last updated on 08/24/2017
08/24/2017
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Last Updated on 08/24/2017 by Chris Gampat

In addition to the new Nikon D850 DSLR, the Nikon ES-2 Film Digitizing Adapter is making its debut too. What’s that? Film? Yes. By using this adapter with Nikkor macro lenses and a flash, you can get high resolution scans of your 35mm negative or slide film images. When you’re using the Nikon D850, the camera will work to convert the images in-camera to positives. Considering the world’s rise in analog film photography and Nikon’s history in the film industry, it makes a whole lot of sense and is a really nice move to see Nikon doing this.

Who shoots film? Well if you’re reading this, you’re probably not a typical Phoblographer reader; but lots of readers of this site still shoot film despite a few comments on our Facebook page. There’s been a rise in analog film photography in the past few years too and in order to support that without making another Coolscan scanner, this is more than adequate as methods of doing this have popped up on the web as well. I only wonder about how it will work exactly because I feel that in order to get the most latitude from a film scan you need to do multiple passes and shoot it as an HDR. At least that will give you a flatter negative to work with in post.

But to also be fair, I shoot film so that I don’t have to work in post-production as it is. Again, do note that there isn’t an LED panel on the adapter. You’re best off still using a lightbox or a flash to illuminate the film in addition to locking your white balance to get consistent color output from each image. I only wonder how it will make black and white film look.

The ES-2 film digitizing adapter will have an SRP of $149.95. And this photographer is EXTREMELY FRICKEN EXCITED to test it out eventually.

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.
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