Equus Loc: Puget Sound

I second the Epson scanner. I have the V600. The software that comes with it is excellent. It is however a $300 solution but the results are excellent. I had a negative from pre 1945. It made short work of that negative and the result was totally useable. It also does an excellent job of making faded prints look good. A little tweek in PP or Affinity or Gimp would be ok but I am not doing it to all the slides and prints I am copying

twb930s Loc: Aldie, Virginia

My advice is to get an Epson scanner as a few have recommended above. That's what I use and it works extremely well. Another solution is to get a used Nikon LS-2000 or 4000 scanner. They do an excellent job, but the scanning speed is somewhat slower. You can usually get a good working LS-2000 for $200 or so, but they only scan one slide at a time. The LS-4000's are better, but are $500 to $600.

Ednsb Loc: Santa Barbara

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burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

I use a Viltrox 116-t LED panel. CRI 95+, size around 4x6”. I use it with The Essential Film Holder, sold by a guy in England. I have his 35mm strip film, 120 strip film, and 35mm slide holders. It keeps film FLAT.

https://clifforth.co.uk/ (details)

https://youtu.be/hqSvTJ0s5MM (Demo video)

I’m using a Lumix GH4 with 30mm macro lens on a home brew copy stand made from PVC plumbing parts and a 3’ dowel about an inch thick.

Ednsb Loc: Santa Barbara

Probably a stupid question but does it support 35mm slides still in frame?

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

Yes. You need the accessory for that. See the web site linked above.

I should note that these EFHs are made to order. It took six weeks between order and receipt… but was worth the wait!

David in Dallas Loc: Dallas, Texas, USA

I'm not familiar with 120 slides--are they square? I have a lot of older 127 superslides (1.625"x1.625") and no scanners that are not flatbeds can handle those (without cropping to 35mm format). I suspect similar problems would exist when attempting to copy them using a digital camera.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

See my post above… no issues with any slides in 2” by 2” mounts.

xposure

e at high res. I have 2. They work great. 35mm and 2 1/4 various holders come with them. Much less and easier than using a camera.

xposure

Epson makes a few scanners that have negative and slide adapters that can scan at High Res. (missing from above post)

smussler Loc: Land O Lakes, FL - Formerly Miller Place, NY

You answered what I was wondering - is D7000 a DX. I copied about 100 slides with my D5600 and the 40mm Micro. Worked great. I had my camera on a tripod, not necessary, but made things easier. I bought my 40mm off of eBay, where I've bought all my lenses since getting my camera. No tubes needed - just the 40mm Macro and the adapter. My adapter is an ES-1, also purchased off of eBay. Neither is where I am right now. I'm looking at my eBay purchase records. I remember back when I was buying those items, I had to do a lot of hunting around on the internet to see if that combo would work. Little documentation on Nikon site about using the slide copier with a DX camera - as I remember. Instructions with ES-1, I think were all for FX camera, with 60mm Micro.
Back in Apr-2019, I paid $187 for the lens and $46 for the adapter - auction purchases, not buy it now's.

Once I get moved to my new house, I have about 1500 slides to look through and decide which to copy. Slides taken in the 1950's thru the mid 1970's or so. Most time consuming part for me is cleaning the slides of dust. One of my favorites - my sister wearing her new hat. A lot of dust seen - haven't figured out how to clean these slides, this one from around 1966. I used no special lighting, just indirect sunlight. Majority of slide is covered. Having camera on tripod, makes it easier to reposition the slide. This one not quite right - note black triangle along left side.

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smussler Loc: Land O Lakes, FL - Formerly Miller Place, NY

Thanks for that info Thomas. I too was facing slide so it looked as I thought it should SOOC. I'm bookmarking this thread, a lot of info here. I want to check out the light also. Any suggestion for eliminating dust from slides? Dust is stuck on good. Rocket blower doesn't cut it . . . I think I may have used a q-tip and household glass cleaner - some are that dirty. . .

smussler Loc: Land O Lakes, FL - Formerly Miller Place, NY

DELETED - Answered already

David in Dallas Loc: Dallas, Texas, USA

My concern was not whether or not the slides would physically fit, but whether or not the entire image would be captured. Obviously 35mm format does not fit a square image.

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I have transparencies in 120 film which are 6x6, 6x4.5, 6x7, and 6x9. I've had mounted, at one time or another everything up to 6x7, and projected them on an old medium format projector. The Mamiya Cabin was a bit rich for my blood at the time.

As I mentioned, I dismounted all the transparencies, and used the Epson V850. You can dismount the 127 slides and use the medium format holders. The existing mounts already "crop" a bit of the image, which is why I like all slides dismounted for scanning. You'd likely need to take care when using the holders, to ensure that the slides are squarely mounted. However, any off-square images can be corrected in post-scan editing.