SLIDES ( again )

I've got boxes of 35mm slides in the closet.

I really don't want to buy a slide scanner.
It seems I should be able to use my KODAK 7330 camera
to do some slide copying.

Has anyone experimented with this ?

I'm thinking;
board with camera mounted at one end
magifying lens
slide holder
light source

???

Slide copy tubes used to be popular with SLRs....
maybe some sort of lash-up ?


rj

I tried to copy my slides with my digital camera and a slide copier
attachment, The results were usable but loss of resolution. I ended up
buying a Nikon coolscan II slide copier off EBay and used it then resold it
at a profit. I got better and faster results than I could with the camera.
Its a long process what ever you do, especially if the slides are old. The
coolscan is not the newest scanner but it does have digital Ice which
removes 99% of all dust spots and small blemishes with inferred. The newest
ones also do an automatic color correction for those faded ones. Most of
mine were 1960's and always kept in a steal box in the dark. However some
faded. I also did my fathers 1950's and some of his had mildew growing on
them. He kept them in the Kodak carousel carriers.

"RJ" wrote in message
...

I've got boxes of 35mm slides in the closet.

I really don't want to buy a slide scanner.
It seems I should be able to use my KODAK 7330 camera
to do some slide copying.

Has anyone experimented with this ?

I'm thinking;
board with camera mounted at one end
magifying lens
slide holder
light source

???

Slide copy tubes used to be popular with SLRs....
maybe some sort of lash-up ?


rj

I tried to copy my slides with my digital camera and a slide copier
attachment, The results were usable but loss of resolution. I ended up
buying a Nikon coolscan II slide copier off EBay and used it then resold it
at a profit. I got better and faster results than I could with the camera.
Its a long process what ever you do, especially if the slides are old. The
coolscan is not the newest scanner but it does have digital Ice which
removes 99% of all dust spots and small blemishes with inferred. The newest
ones also do an automatic color correction for those faded ones. Most of
mine were 1960's and always kept in a steal box in the dark. However some
faded. I also did my fathers 1950's and some of his had mildew growing on
them. He kept them in the Kodak carousel carriers.

"RJ" wrote in message
...

I've got boxes of 35mm slides in the closet.

I really don't want to buy a slide scanner.
It seems I should be able to use my KODAK 7330 camera
to do some slide copying.

Has anyone experimented with this ?

I'm thinking;
board with camera mounted at one end
magifying lens
slide holder
light source

???

Slide copy tubes used to be popular with SLRs....
maybe some sort of lash-up ?


rj

"RJ" wrote in message
...

I've got boxes of 35mm slides in the closet.

I really don't want to buy a slide scanner.
It seems I should be able to use my KODAK 7330 camera
to do some slide copying.

Has anyone experimented with this ?

I'm thinking;
board with camera mounted at one end
magifying lens
slide holder
light source

???

Slide copy tubes used to be popular with SLRs....
maybe some sort of lash-up ?


rj

In the November issue of Australian Photography there was an article about
this.
Basically the author used an old diffusion enlarger and mounted his Canon
300D with suitable close-up lenses and then took digital photos of the
slide.
He reckons it works! It gives him files of about 3Mb size.
If you want a copy of the article I suggest you write to their subscription
department
Have fun.

Gerrit - Oz

"RJ" wrote in message
...

I've got boxes of 35mm slides in the closet.

I really don't want to buy a slide scanner.
It seems I should be able to use my KODAK 7330 camera
to do some slide copying.

Has anyone experimented with this ?

I'm thinking;
board with camera mounted at one end
magifying lens
slide holder
light source

???

Slide copy tubes used to be popular with SLRs....
maybe some sort of lash-up ?


rj

In the November issue of Australian Photography there was an article about
this.
Basically the author used an old diffusion enlarger and mounted his Canon
300D with suitable close-up lenses and then took digital photos of the
slide.
He reckons it works! It gives him files of about 3Mb size.
If you want a copy of the article I suggest you write to their subscription
department
Have fun.

Gerrit - Oz

wrote:
I've got boxes of 35mm slides in the closet.

I really don't want to buy a slide scanner.
It seems I should be able to use my KODAK 7330 camera
to do some slide copying.

Has anyone experimented with this ?

I'm thinking;
board with camera mounted at one end
magifying lens
slide holder
light source

???

Slide copy tubes used to be popular with SLRs....
maybe some sort of lash-up ?


rj

I used a Nikon 4300 (3MP) with a Nikon slide copying adapter and it
worked very well. I made a homemade slide copier for my Canon S45 (4MP),
much as you proposed. It worked even better (better lens and more
pixels). In fact I preferred the results to that obtained on my 2800 dpi
H-P film scanner. The film scanner seems to pick up grain which is a
little bit annoying. Also digitizing with the camera is MUCH faster than
scanning.

Most digicams have a 4:3 aspect ratio, whereas slides have a 3:2 ratio,
so if you want to capture the entire original slide you will have to
photograph a little more than the slide and crop it in a photo editor to
the 3:2 aspect ratio. This is no big deal for me because I like to
adjust levels, color balance and sharpening with Photoshop anyway.
Bob Williams


Bob Williams

"RJ" wrote in message
...

I've got boxes of 35mm slides in the closet.

I really don't want to buy a slide scanner.
It seems I should be able to use my KODAK 7330 camera
to do some slide copying.

Has anyone experimented with this ?

I'm thinking;
board with camera mounted at one end
magifying lens
slide holder
light source

???

Slide copy tubes used to be popular with SLRs....
maybe some sort of lash-up ?


rj

I just came accross this website.
Maybe it is useful
http://store.yahoo.com/specialtyphotographic/

Gerrit

Would the Nikon coolscan II slide copier handle Agfa glass mounted slides.
I am now musing about the Canon 8400F 3200 X 6400 ($249.00 CAD) and the
9950F 4800 X 9600 ($599.00 CAD). I have thousands of color slides taken in
the sixty while in Africa. Many are mounted in glass frame. Some have
Newton ring. I do not know if I will be able to remove these rings?

"azscrewdriver" wrote in message
...
I tried to copy my slides with my digital camera and a slide copier
attachment, The results were usable but loss of resolution. I ended up
buying a Nikon coolscan II slide copier off EBay and used it then resold
it
at a profit. I got better and faster results than I could with the camera.
Its a long process what ever you do, especially if the slides are old. The
coolscan is not the newest scanner but it does have digital Ice which
removes 99% of all dust spots and small blemishes with inferred. The
newest
ones also do an automatic color correction for those faded ones. Most of
mine were 1960's and always kept in a steal box in the dark. However some
faded. I also did my fathers 1950's and some of his had mildew growing on
them. He kept them in the Kodak carousel carriers.

"RJ" wrote in message
...

I've got boxes of 35mm slides in the closet.

I really don't want to buy a slide scanner.
It seems I should be able to use my KODAK 7330 camera
to do some slide copying.

Has anyone experimented with this ?

I'm thinking;
board with camera mounted at one end
magifying lens
slide holder
light source

???

Slide copy tubes used to be popular with SLRs....
maybe some sort of lash-up ?


rj

Would the Nikon coolscan II slide copier handle Agfa glass mounted slides.
I am now musing about the Canon 8400F 3200 X 6400 ($249.00 CAD) and the
9950F 4800 X 9600 ($599.00 CAD). I have thousands of color slides taken in
the sixty while in Africa. Many are mounted in glass frame. Some have
Newton ring. I do not know if I will be able to remove these rings?

"azscrewdriver" wrote in message
...
I tried to copy my slides with my digital camera and a slide copier
attachment, The results were usable but loss of resolution. I ended up
buying a Nikon coolscan II slide copier off EBay and used it then resold
it
at a profit. I got better and faster results than I could with the camera.
Its a long process what ever you do, especially if the slides are old. The
coolscan is not the newest scanner but it does have digital Ice which
removes 99% of all dust spots and small blemishes with inferred. The
newest
ones also do an automatic color correction for those faded ones. Most of
mine were 1960's and always kept in a steal box in the dark. However some
faded. I also did my fathers 1950's and some of his had mildew growing on
them. He kept them in the Kodak carousel carriers.

"RJ" wrote in message
...

I've got boxes of 35mm slides in the closet.

I really don't want to buy a slide scanner.
It seems I should be able to use my KODAK 7330 camera
to do some slide copying.

Has anyone experimented with this ?

I'm thinking;
board with camera mounted at one end
magifying lens
slide holder
light source

???

Slide copy tubes used to be popular with SLRs....
maybe some sort of lash-up ?


rj

http://www.ardice.com/Business/Busin...gs/35mm_Slides