I loved this portable DIY 35mm film scanner with built-in light, and it could save me a lot of money — but it’s not as simple as it sounds
THE SO WHAT
The economics of niche imaging are tilting toward modular DIY rigs plus software, not turnkey hardware. For prosumer tools, the winning play is often great UX around a fiddly but cheap workflow, not another closed scanner box.
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