tnleafer

I am looking for a macro copy stand and or a quality light source for copying up to 4 x 5 glass plate negatives with a dslr.

Retired CPO Loc: Travel full time in an RV

I bought mine from B&H. A bit expensive but it does a great job.

tnleafer

Which one did you get?

Retired CPO Loc: Travel full time in an RV

I don't remember a model number but it came with a baseboard, a geared column and a pair of LED light panels on their own move-able stands. Fairly expensive if I remember right but it has gotten the job done for over the last year and a half, almost two years now. I would buy it again.

ORpilot Loc: Prineville, Or

You can convert almost any film enlarger into a copy stand. Many people are giving these away. as for light source, I found an old discarded X-Ray film viewer. Or... use the discarded film enlarger head to illuminate the glass plates. Be creative... recycle/repurpose .... give new life to old equipment.

Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

I have an old copy stand that worked very well for me, I haven't used it in 30 or so years.
If you're interested PM me.
Unless you are copying hundreds of negs its not worth the expense.
Personally I would use my tripod and shoot horizontally , really it isn't rocket science.

tnleafer

Thanks for your offer, I have over 500- 9 x12 cm WW1 glass plate negatives to scan for printing. My goal is to get a small copy stand that I can use mostly sitting.

DAN Phillips Loc: Graysville, GA

I have the Testrite copy stand very useful.

GreenReaper

I "built" mine using advanced engineering techniques and locally sourced exotic materials (slamed it together from stuff I had laying around). Lets get down to the nitty-gritty. I hot glued a small box together using some foam white foam core board I had, found something to use as a diffuser, in this case an old white plastic table cover (less then 2$ at dollar general). A piece of glass from an old picture frame to lay my negs on. The diffuser was about 2+ inches below the glass. For a light source I had three inter-connected LED puck lights that I put in the bottom, about 3-4 inches below my diffuser. I used my DSLR on a tripod aboue my box. It was inexpensive and worked adequatly for my needs. I copied my negs emulsion side down, RAW format and played with exposure. I know there will be those that have a problem with my solution, but it worked.

BBurns Loc: South Bay, California

Where are you located?

tnleafer

Knoxville, Tn