I’m trying a new setup. It’s in an early stage but I’ll post an image and update it, if I’ll be able to edit the post by the time the rig is completed.
Camera and Light sit on SmallRig 1798 carriers, the carrier in the middle is a 1775.
Aputure AL-MX provides ample power for captures at around 1/100 at its 50% setting.
The rods are from the hardware store, longer and cheaper than what SmallRig offers.
Overall length including the camera, which hangs in free air, is approx. 57 cm or 23 in.
I can copy negatives from FF up to 6x9 cm, which was the design goal.
If I attach my EOS M6, smaller negatives can be covered. I might use the M6 for MF negatives because it has fabulous AF - and a few pixels more than my DSLR.
The next step will be the negative carrier based on a Durst Sirioneg that I already have. I have two ideas and will see which one gets the go. The goal is to get a rig that prevents things from shifting around, which will be helpful for “factory scanning” lots of negatives.