Slide Copy Attachment

[Larry Ierley]

Has anyone tried to use a slide copy attachment on their digital camera? If so, how did it work? What lens did you use?

 

[arley clark]

Has anyone tried to use a slide copy attachment on their digital
camera? If so, how did it work? What lens did you use?

I tried it on a d30 and the 1.6 problem ended up croping the picture too much!

 

[Joe]

Has anyone tried to use a slide copy attachment on their digital
camera? If so, how did it work? What lens did you use?

I have had very good results using a Nikon PB4 Bellows/PS4 Side copier and a 55mm f3.5 Micro-Nikkor with my Canon D60. I have one of the DVD-Technic Nikon F to Canon EOS adapters and it has allowed me to use my (old) slide copying gear on my (new) Canon D60. I have no trouble filling the frame with the slide or cropping a fair amount.

I have had good results illuminating this "rig" with a Canon 420EX flash with stofen diffuser mounted via the off camera shoe cord 2. Quite a quick way to "scan" a pile of slides with decent "optical editing".

 

[Frank Patton]

Larry,

I gave up trying to get quality results and moved on to a film scanner (Canon FS4000US) to do the job. BIG difference.!!! Much more convenient, much better results, especially in consistent light balance. Why spend so much time screwing around with flash trying to do this?

The cost will make you choke if you compare to optical slide copying equipment. Keep this in mind. Buy a good used film scanner (recc Canon, Nikon, and Minolta models), archive your film shots in digital, then when done sell the scanner (if you are done). Shouldn't lose anything if you do it right.

My first film scanner was actually a Minolta Dimage Dual Scan II (scan positives and negatives I guess, though all models I have seen also do so). Lower res than new Canon I mentioned above, but results from it were clearly superior to my attempts from the Canon Pro90IS and then the D60.

I sold that Dual Scan II about 18 months ago for less than $300 and it was in pristine shape... so you CAN do this.

Frank P

Has anyone tried to use a slide copy attachment on their digital
camera? If so, how did it work? What lens did you use?

 

[Larry Ierley]

If I could find one at a reasonable price, I would do it, but I live in a rather primative area and You don't find equipment like that at a reasonable price. If I buy an adapter, supposedly I can scan slides with my Epson Perfection 1650. I may experiment with that first.

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Frank P

Has anyone tried to use a slide copy attachment on their digital
camera? If so, how did it work? What lens did you use?

 

[Frank Patton]

Larry,
What area do you live in?

-FP

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Frank P

Has anyone tried to use a slide copy attachment on their digital
camera? If so, how did it work? What lens did you use?

 

[Larry Ierley]

I live about 20 miles SSW of Harrisburg, PA. Around here they think a Kodak Brownie is the latest technology. If I want any serious camera equipment, I usually order it out of New York City.

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-FP

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Frank P

Has anyone tried to use a slide copy attachment on their digital
camera? If so, how did it work? What lens did you use?

 

[Frank Patton]

Humm!

Sounds like you are somewhere around route 15? Used to travel that area extensively before moving to Calif. Pretzels, Harleys, Navy supplies, auto flee markets... how'm I doing?

For an item like a film scanner you should check out eBay. I know you will read many horror stories here on DPreview, but honestly, you have to be brain dead or stupid to get scammed there. Just stay away from sellers with bad feedback, or a low number of feedbacks, and use a credit card service to make purchases so that you have some leverage. The leverage is through your credit card co., not through the services.

I just checked and there is a Minolta Dimage Scan Elite F-2900 that is currently bidding at $110 (buthas not met minimums yet) and can be bought instantly for $250. It is USB or Firewire connection and will give excellent quality. The seller has a high feedback rating with over 100 transactions.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2922338659&category=15223

Frank

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Frank P

Has anyone tried to use a slide copy attachment on their digital
camera? If so, how did it work? What lens did you use?

 

[Rolf K]

Has anyone tried to use a slide copy attachment on their digital
camera? If so, how did it work? What lens did you use?

Rolf wrote:

Larry, all the problems with slide copying has been solved and it is much faster and cheaper than a GOOD scanner.
Here is how I do it:
http://www.pbase.com/sinoline/35mm_slide__film_copy
Rolf

 

[Larry Ierley]

Frank:

Actually, the location should have been 20 miles SSE of Harrisburg, PA.

I live very close to TMI, the nucular power plant that had a partial melt down. I can see the cooling towers from my front yard when their are no leaves on the trees. Hershey is about six miles away and they have one of the largest auto flea markets in the country, every fall. I will check out the scanner you mentioned, my problem is that I have no idea which ones are good and which one's to avoid.

Thanks;

Larry

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For an item like a film scanner you should check out eBay. I know
you will read many horror stories here on DPreview, but honestly,
you have to be brain dead or stupid to get scammed there. Just
stay away from sellers with bad feedback, or a low number of
feedbacks, and use a credit card service to make purchases so that
you have some leverage. The leverage is through your credit card
co., not through the services.

I just checked and there is a Minolta Dimage Scan Elite F-2900 that
is currently bidding at $110 (buthas not met minimums yet) and can
be bought instantly for $250. It is USB or Firewire connection and
will give excellent quality. The seller has a high feedback rating
with over 100 transactions.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2922338659&category=15223

Frank

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-FP

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Frank P

Has anyone tried to use a slide copy attachment on their digital
camera? If so, how did it work? What lens did you use?

 

[Michael Furtman]

Larry,

I've tried two different slide dupers on two different digital cameras, and the results were the same no matter how much I fiddled with settings -- the images always come out very contrasty, so much so that even Photoshop doesn't restore them to anything I'd ever want to show anyone.

Get a good film scanner. The new Minolta Dimage Dual Scan III is a real value at the price. I think I paid less than $300, and it beats the pants off my old Nikon and Olympus scanners. There's a good review of it at

http://www.imaging-resource.com/SCAN/DSEIII/DSEIIIA.HTM

Mike
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visit http://www.michaelfurtman.com

 

[Frank Patton]

Rolf,

In all fairness, unless those are about 100 dpi resizes from Photoshop, or Ekrachrome slides from 1965, then they pale in comparison to what even a medium capability scanner can produce. Not a dig... just an observation. If you disagree, then please upload a 180 res 800X600 saved in jpg quality 10.

Thanks,
Frank

Has anyone tried to use a slide copy attachment on their digital
camera? If so, how did it work? What lens did you use?

Rolf wrote:
Larry, all the problems with slide copying has been solved and it
is much faster and cheaper than a GOOD scanner.
Here is how I do it:
http://www.pbase.com/sinoline/35mm_slide__film_copy
Rolf