Deluxe Slide Copier
Mar 10, 2021 14:02:09 #
RichKenn
Loc: Merritt Island, FL
I am 90 years old and live in an old folk’s apartment building so I don’t have a shop anymore. All I have is blunt scissors, cardboard, CraZArt washable school glue, a D7200 camera and a ton of old slides. So, I constructed a slide copier. No color balanced light. In the morning, I can put it in the sunshine at my east window. But it seems to work just as well in the same place in the afternoon. The exposures are a little longer. I shoot RAW so white balance in PSE 2020 is easy. I have a 40 mm, Micro Nikkor lens that requires the camera be quite close to the slide but that seems to be OK. This sample image is a beach house in North Carolina we rented for a week in the summer of 1964. I am amazed at how well the colors are preserved. Just think, some people spend a lot of money for a slide copier.
Mar 10, 2021 14:06:12 #
RichKenn wrote:
I am 90 years old and live in an old folk’s apartm... (show quote)
Good results, and it was a project that kept you off the streets and out of trouble. It also gives some cardboard a second life before going to the great recycle bin or a land fill.
Mar 10, 2021 14:12:18 #
Yeh, in this day and age copying slides with your digital camera if you shoot in raw and correct color and contrast in post gives you great results on a shoestring budget.
Mar 10, 2021 14:20:06 #
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Mar 10, 2021 15:05:50 #
Looks like a win, win project. You recycled something that probably would have ended in the trash.
Plus you are not using any electricity to copy your slides.
will
Plus you are not using any electricity to copy your slides.
will
Mar 10, 2021 15:39:13 #
fjdarling
Loc: Mesa, Arizona, USA
Congratulations on creating a very clever, successful and inexpensive solution to your need.
Mar 10, 2021 16:04:06 #
RichKenn wrote:
I am 90 years old and live in an old folk’s apartm... (show quote)
Hi, Rich,
Good job at DIY with great results.
I, also, have used a similar set up over the years and have been very happy with the results.
I do agree with you, Rich; there’s no real need for a commercial, razzle-dazzle snazzy assed slide copier when the dslr at hand does a super job!
Nice work, Rich!
Best regards,
Dave
Mar 11, 2021 06:17:43 #
Well done. The capability to save slides in RAW is awesome. I wonder of there are slide copiers out there that do that?
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Mar 11, 2021 09:27:22 #
I have a friend who works at the local brick and mortar store and we both used the Nikon 9000 Coolscan. Mine died, and he sold me my new Epson scanner. When we visited the other day, I asked him if he had finally purchased the Epson, and he said no. Instead he bought an accessory for his Nikon camera that is a slide duplicator. He's finding he gets great results from it. You've used a lot of ingenuity and imagination to make your own! Kudos.
Mar 11, 2021 09:38:34 #
IDguy
Loc: Idaho
Think I’ll give something like it a try. So far three attempts deliver unsat results:
1. Brookstone Slide Scanner
2. Kodak slide holder using iPhone
3. Projection on cheap cloth “screen” (evidently sent actual screen down the road some years ago).
As part of my project I bought a $20 slide sorter “light table”, which will be the background.
I think I can use the projector’s slide holder to hold images.
Z6 w 105 mm macro.
I’ll update if it works out...or not.
1. Brookstone Slide Scanner
2. Kodak slide holder using iPhone
3. Projection on cheap cloth “screen” (evidently sent actual screen down the road some years ago).
As part of my project I bought a $20 slide sorter “light table”, which will be the background.
I think I can use the projector’s slide holder to hold images.
Z6 w 105 mm macro.
I’ll update if it works out...or not.
Mar 11, 2021 09:40:15 #
IDguy
Loc: Idaho
AzPicLady wrote:
I have a friend who works at the local brick and mortar store and we both used the Nikon 9000 Coolscan. Mine died, and he sold me my new Epson scanner. When we visited the other day, I asked him if he had finally purchased the Epson, and he said no. Instead he bought an accessory for his Nikon camera that is a slide duplicator. He's finding he gets great results from it. You've used a lot of ingenuity and imagination to make your own! Kudos.
I looked at that: ES 2. It needs a 60 mm macro lens.
Mar 11, 2021 10:42:30 #
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