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Has anyone on the forum tried one of the slide copy adapter on a CP990? If so, how does it compare to a regular scanner? I can't copy slides or negatives with my current scanner and thought this may be a way to digitize some of my 35mm pictures. Your input is welcomed.

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I have it for a few days and don't have enough time to run through testing to compare with the H-P PhotoScanner (1st gen.). I ran through a few quick negatives with the adapter and the results are okay.
Audie said:
Has anyone on the forum tried one of the slide copy adapter on a
CP990? If so, how does it compare to a regular scanner? I can't
copy slides or negatives with my current scanner and thought this
may be a way to digitize some of my 35mm pictures. Your input is
welcomed.

Kindest regards,
Audie
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I tried the Nikon slide copier at the Nikon booth at Photo Show. It is very simple but secure which is the problem with the Happenstance copier which moves all over.

The quality is excellent but not up to the highest standards of slide neg scanners. However the speed beats any scanner I ve seen.

Bill
Curtner said:
Audie said:
Has anyone on the forum tried one of the slide copy adapter on a
CP990? If so, how does it compare to a regular scanner? I can't
copy slides or negatives with my current scanner and thought this
may be a way to digitize some of my 35mm pictures. Your input is
welcomed.

Kindest regards,
Audie
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I'll not go into details here but happily by e-mail if you wish but the Nikon copier does have limitations and without a shadow of doubt the best copier of this type (both slides AND negs coped with) is the SRB. Very readily shipped without hassle and beatifully engineered. Preliminary details on -
http://members.aol.com/srbfilm/page6.html
further details by e-mail to -
[email protected]

Naturally none compare with true scanners, but then where do you buy a scanner (a la Minolta Dual Scan II) for around $60 or so ????? I can give you a sample A4 file copied with it as a guide if you're interested. As always, quality of a slide/neg copy depends very much on the original. No 'silk purse from sow's ear' sort of thing applies to any, but if the slide is good then you'd be very pleased .

Eric
Audie said:
Has anyone on the forum tried one of the slide copy adapter on a
CP990? If so, how does it compare to a regular scanner? I can't
copy slides or negatives with my current scanner and thought this
may be a way to digitize some of my 35mm pictures. Your input is
welcomed.

Kindest regards,
Audie
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My experience with the ES-E28 slide copy adapter:

PRO:
1) Low cost
2) Well built
3) Good results with color slides (positive)
4) Good results with BW negatives
5) Very fast "scanning"

CON:

1) Only center of image will be tack sharp, with focus softening gradually as you move toward the edges.

2) Scanning color negatives is difficult, as the "invert" process is up to the user (long learning curve). In contrast, dedicated film scanners have built-in routines which take care of this automatically.

Regards,

George Cabrera
Audie said:
Has anyone on the forum tried one of the slide copy adapter on a
CP990? If so, how does it compare to a regular scanner? I can't
copy slides or negatives with my current scanner and thought this
may be a way to digitize some of my 35mm pictures. Your input is
welcomed.

Kindest regards,
Audie
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Hi!

Yes, I have the slide copy adapter ES-E28. It works and produces acceptable results if you don't have too high quality demands. I don't have a film scanner and use it when I want to digitize some slides for the web or Powerpoint presentations. Sometimes I have even made prints from them, but then the quality is not too good.
If you want to see some examples, you can go to

http://www.physto.se/~edsjo/bilder/southpole/index.htm

These pictures are taken with a Nikon F-801s with an AF35-105 lens on Fujichrome Velvia 50. The slide copy adapter is then used together with my CoolPix 990. The pictures on the web are slightly manipulated in Photoshop. In most cases I have only changed the brightness and applied an unsharp mask. As you will see, the sharpness really drops off towards the corners. I don't know if it is because the slides are slightly bent or because the lens is not perfect for this purpose. Anyway, you should be able to get a feeling for what the slide copy adapter can do from these pictures (even if the subject, the South Pole, is a bit odd...)

Regards,

Joakim Edsjo
Audie said:
Has anyone on the forum tried one of the slide copy adapter on a
CP990? If so, how does it compare to a regular scanner? I can't
copy slides or negatives with my current scanner and thought this
may be a way to digitize some of my 35mm pictures. Your input is
welcomed.

Kindest regards,
Audie
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Eric,

I vaguely recall seeing that there is a site or store in the USA that has this or a similar slide/negative copier at a price less than Nikon's. Do you or any reader know who?
Bob Freeman in Tallahassee/Leon County
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Eric said:
Eric
Audie said:
Has anyone on the forum tried one of the slide copy adapter on a
CP990? If so, how does it compare to a regular scanner? I can't
copy slides or negatives with my current scanner and thought this
may be a way to digitize some of my 35mm pictures. Your input is
welcomed.

Kindest regards,
Audie
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Bob,

This may be the one you are thinking about. I have one and it does a pretty decent job for the money.
http://www.happenstanceproducts.com/
Jim C.
Bob Freeman said:
Eric said:
Eric
Audie said:
Has anyone on the forum tried one of the slide copy adapter on a
CP990? If so, how does it compare to a regular scanner? I can't
copy slides or negatives with my current scanner and thought this
may be a way to digitize some of my 35mm pictures. Your input is
welcomed.

Kindest regards,
Audie
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Eric,

Sorry to disagree but you have been promoting the SRB unit for some time. Clearly it is better than the Happenstance unit but I really wonder if you have actually used the Nikon ES 28 .

This is clearly the best unit for the Nikon because:

1. It threads on directly to the 28mm thread. It is very secure and has a lock to adjust the angle.

2. It provides a carrier strip for negatives and another for mounted slides.

3. The Nikon unit has the ability to offset up and down to enable precise positioning for zooming/cropping into the slide/negative. Although you can accomplish this with the SRB you just don't have the same control.

4. The entire light diffusser assembly is more enclosed helping to make the exposures more consistent.

I paid $66 FOR the Nikon unit, the SRB unit cost me $46.20. The only thing that the SRB is better at is that price advantage. HoweverI quickly have found the for me that the Nikon unit would be still the way I would go if I had to pay $120 for it. And who knows with all the e merchants and deals out there you might even find the Nikon unit for the same price as the SRB.

Bill
Eric said:
Eric
Audie said:
Has anyone on the forum tried one of the slide copy adapter on a
CP990? If so, how does it compare to a regular scanner? I can't
copy slides or negatives with my current scanner and thought this
may be a way to digitize some of my 35mm pictures. Your input is
welcomed.

Kindest regards,
Audie
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