DIY ( Do It Yourself) Scanner

This time, i would like to share some good stuff for you the analog camera lover or film user. In this digital era, it's kinda hard to find some place to process and scan your film with your-pocket-suitable-price. Well, i got some nice alternative. First, you process the film (here in Jogja you'll only need 50 cents or 5000 IDR for per roll for 35 mm color film and 75 cents or 7500 IDR for the Black & White film) and then you can make your own scanner. This is not my original idea, this belongs to somebody i don't know, i just learned it from toycam community and youtube. Here lemme show you how it's done.

You're going to need a shoe box, a daylight bulb and its connector to power source, several sheets of white paper or aluminium foil, a digital camera, and photo editor like photoscape or photoshop.
The steps :
1. Cover the inner side of your shoe box with white paper or aluminium foil.
2. Make a hole to place the bulb and another hole with size the same as the film in the top side of the box or the box cover. Don't forget to make some holder for the film.
3. To make it work, close the box, turn on the light, place the film and shoot it with digital camera. Here's a little tip, for black & white film, try to shoot as close as possible for a brighter result.
4. Last step, put the photos on the computer and invert them from negative picture to colored or BW with the photo editor program.
Here's a little image to help

Cover the inner part of the box

Place the bulb

Make a hole for the film and its holder

Place the film

Turn on the light and shoot !

Before the inversion

After the inversion

Another tip, don't make the film slot right upon the bulb cause you'll be catching the bulb shadow on the shoot like this

Easy right ? The plus is, you can scan whenever you want and whichever the frame and also catch the sprocket. The minus is probably the quality is not as good as the real scanner but just keep modifying, control the brightness of the light or the camera setting, maybe the result would be better than the real one.
I've been thinking about changing the DSLR camera with pocket camera since i don't have DSLR, this one i borrowed from my friend. If someone ever tried please let me know. I guess this is all i can share. Feel free to comment and don't be hesitate to ask me if you face some problem. Check out my flickr, thanks !