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The Negative Supply Basic Film Carrier 35 MK2 Will Save You Lots of Money

Chris Gampat
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07/13/2023
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Some of us like letting the lab scan our film, but others find solace in the meditative process of doing it ourselves with a DSLR, mirrorless camera, etc. If you’re the latter person, then the Negative Supply Basic Film Carrier 35 MK2 is probably going to excite you quite a bit. For only $79, it lets you have lots of the features of the company’s Pro Film carrier at a much more affordable price point.

Here’s what the new Basic Film Carrier 35 Mk 2 offers, according to the company’s press release:

  • Standard Border 35mm Cassette (included by default with our Basic Film Carrier 35 MK2 or our Pro Film Carrier 35 – includes interchangeable masks for half, standard, and panoramic frames)
  • Full Border 35mm Cassette (Shows fuller borders than ever before and includes interchangeable masks for half, standard, and panoramic frames)
  • APS Film Scanning Cassette (Replacing our previous generation and providing superior film flatness)
  • 110 Film Scanning Cassette (Replacing our previous generation and providing superior film flatness)
  • 126 Film Scanning Cassette (All new thanks to requests from our user base)

Essentially, if you shoot a lot of film, it will help you save a ton of money. If you’re using a film lab, you’ll only need to pay for development. Typically, scanning is where it gets very expensive, as I’ve paid over $100 before for scans on a roll. With the Negative Supply Basic Film Carrier 35 MK2, you can do it at home. But the thing is that you need to keep the film-scanning light table clean.

We recommend using it with the basic 35mm kit, which we reviewed a while back. Here are the pros and cons from our review:

PROS

  • Film strip holder keeps your film roll absolutely flat
  • You can scan a roll of negatives very quickly once you get the initial set-up done.
  • Basic Riser MK1 copy stand is super steady and can support a DSLR with a large macro lens
  • Light source is evenly lit
  • Feels classy to the touch
  • Scanning film with this kit is a quick and really fun experience.

CONS

  • Power cable easily slips out from the 4×5 light source unit
  • Some might want an adjustable light intensity
  • Pricey when you compare it to automatic 35mm scanners

The Negative Supply Basic Film Carrier 35 MK2 is 3D printed and we’re confident that it’s going to feel great considering our findings in the previous review. If it doesn’t, then we’d be quite shocked.

Negative Supply has been overall very good about getting their products out to their customers. However, there’s the exception with the LM1, which we reported on and followed up on recently. The company is still working on the LM1, and is providing feedback on the project as it progresses. The Negative Supply Basic Film Carrier 35 MK2 is the type of product that would be fully in the company’s control though. Henceforth, we think that photographers should be able to get their hands on one with no problems.

What seems really nice here is that you’re getting the ability to scan in a few different film formats and that it works well with half-frame too. Technically speaking, scanning half-frame film shouldn’t be all that difficult to do.

We’ll call one in and see how they perform in our own independent review to come.

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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.