My $3.00 Slide Copier
Feb 19, 2020 10:16:58 #
Material list: A 2 1/4 x 1/4 x 24 slat from H.D. or Lowes.
Gorilla wood glue.
a 1/4 x 20 screw, or bolt
When built per photo you can backlight with light from monitor screen or any light source that is convenient.
A macro lens is required. camera distance to slide distance will vary with camera/lens combo.
I use a Minolta 1:2 macro lens on camera mounted to slat. Turn off anti-shake! this is necessary as the camera and slide will be welded.
The photos are the directions. The height of the slide stage will vary with your camera set-up a well as the distance of the slide to the hole used for the camera mount. I found that a short slot, rather than a simple hole will make precise positioning easier.
The attached 51 year old slide copy indicates that it works pretty well, if not perfectly.
Gorilla wood glue.
a 1/4 x 20 screw, or bolt
When built per photo you can backlight with light from monitor screen or any light source that is convenient.
A macro lens is required. camera distance to slide distance will vary with camera/lens combo.
I use a Minolta 1:2 macro lens on camera mounted to slat. Turn off anti-shake! this is necessary as the camera and slide will be welded.
The photos are the directions. The height of the slide stage will vary with your camera set-up a well as the distance of the slide to the hole used for the camera mount. I found that a short slot, rather than a simple hole will make precise positioning easier.
The attached 51 year old slide copy indicates that it works pretty well, if not perfectly.
Feb 19, 2020 10:25:14 #
I don't know that it works perfectly unless your original slide was that blue to begin with.
Feb 19, 2020 10:30:36 #
I explored a few variants like this but the light source problem can be daunting.
Feb 19, 2020 10:44:22 #
Fotoartist wrote:
I don't know that it works perfectly unless your original slide was that blue to begin with.
Yes it is. One nice feature of this process is the fact that you can P.P.. You can sharpen, de-noise, or most anything you do with any image that comes out of your camera. In this case, the only thing I did was sharpen. If you would like I can send you a P.M. with the same photo with less blue.
Feb 19, 2020 11:17:12 #
Don, the 2nd son wrote:
I explored a few variants like this but the light source problem can be daunting.
For my efforts, dust has always been a problem with anything other than a multipass scanner.
Feb 19, 2020 11:23:28 #
rehess wrote:
For my efforts, dust has always been a problem with anything other than a multipass scanner.
I use a lens brush or a blower as needed.
Feb 19, 2020 11:26:29 #
Looks great to me. No dust, no noise. The blue cast is likely white balance issue which is easily fixed in post. Just for laughs and practice I loaded the image into one of my editors and easily corrected the blue cast.
I have a ton of slides I've been planning on converting for years. Scanning is too slow for me, but I might give this a go, looks easy enough to build. Most or all of my slides are just snapshots, not works of art so if I can get this result easily, I'm good to go.
Thanks for posting your setup.
I have a ton of slides I've been planning on converting for years. Scanning is too slow for me, but I might give this a go, looks easy enough to build. Most or all of my slides are just snapshots, not works of art so if I can get this result easily, I'm good to go.
Thanks for posting your setup.
Feb 19, 2020 12:29:52 #
Why wait to fix color balance in post?
Do a custom white balance and you’ll be really close, if not dead on, depending on the original slide.
Nice set-up though.
Simple is almost always best.
Do a custom white balance and you’ll be really close, if not dead on, depending on the original slide.
Nice set-up though.
Simple is almost always best.
Feb 19, 2020 14:16:04 #
GoofyNewfie wrote:
Why wait to fix color balance in post?
Do a custom white balance and you’ll be really close, if not dead on, depending on the original slide.
Nice set-up though.
Simple is almost always best.
Do a custom white balance and you’ll be really close, if not dead on, depending on the original slide.
Nice set-up though.
Simple is almost always best.
To copy the slides and make them look the same as the slides I would white balance on the light source (that is without the slides in place) and also setting the exposure without the slides so that it gets almost pure white. After that simply copy the slides with the same settings. The result should look very close to the slides. Of course old slides tend to have bad color balance and saturation etc.. that can be taken care of in post.
Feb 19, 2020 14:40:08 #
BebuLamar wrote:
To copy the slides and make them look the same as the slides I would white balance on the light source (that is without the slides in place) and also setting the exposure without the slides so that it gets almost pure white. After that simply copy the slides with the same settings. The result should look very close to the slides. Of course old slides tend to have bad color balance and saturation etc.. that can be taken care of in post.
Exactly what I would do.
The example the OP posted was from a 51-year-old transparency and some color shifting is inevitable.
Feb 19, 2020 15:34:58 #
Very nice I will be building one tomorrow. I don't have many slides but some I have a very valuable to convert them to digital would be super.
Feb 19, 2020 15:37:21 #
GoofyNewfie wrote:
Exactly what I would do.
The example the OP posted was from a 51-year-old transparency and some color shifting is inevitable.
The example the OP posted was from a 51-year-old transparency and some color shifting is inevitable.
Fortunately modern equipment can often undo shifting.
Feb 19, 2020 16:09:14 #
rehess wrote:
Fortunately modern equipment can often undo shifting.
I need some of that for my body!
Feb 20, 2020 06:18:57 #
Simple and clever. Someone else posted something similar a few years ago.
Feb 20, 2020 08:32:44 #
Get an engineer to draw up detailed plans for this!
Parts > $3.00
Tools req's > 947.35 (+ tax)
Parts > $3.00
Tools req's > 947.35 (+ tax)
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