Slide film copy with digital camera - any experience?

[Carmelo75]

very interesting, that's mre or less what I was thinking to build... what is the material of the white tube between the slide duplicator and the tele? do you know where I can buy a cheap slide duplicator on the net?

thanks a lot, carmelo

[ziggy53]

Originally Posted by Carmelo75

very interesting, that's mre or less what I was thinking to build... what is the material of the white tube between the slide duplicator and the tele? do you know where I can buy a cheap slide duplicator on the net?

thanks a lot, carmelo

The tubes are originally from a powdered soft drink container that may be unique to the USA market. I like them just because they are about the right size and they allow some light to diffuse inside to the front of the slide, reducing contrast. (In effect it is a bias light.)

Reduced contrast is, in this case, a benefit as copying without tends to plug the shadows. If you don't use a bias light then 2 exposures, separate exposures to optimize shadow and highlight capture, allow more control at the expensive of time and trouble in post-processing to merge the 2 exposures.

I purchased the slide copier component from KEH.com.

[Carmelo75]

Originally Posted by ziggy53

The tubes are originally from a powdered soft drink container that may be unique to the USA market. I like them just because they are about the right size and they allow some light to diffuse inside to the front of the slide, reducing contrast. (In effect it is a bias light.)

Reduced contrast is, in this case, a benefit as copying without tends to plug the shadows. If you don't use a bias light then 2 exposures, separate exposures to optimize shadow and highlight capture, allow more control at the expensive of time and trouble in post-processing to merge the 2 exposures.

I purchased the slide copier component from KEH.com.

interesting... in fact, I was planning to play with exposure blending to fix some difficult slides I have. I had also in mind to shoot at higher magnification different parts of the slides and stitch the shots together (at least for a few I like most). Will post my results when I'll have something.

[pathfinder]

I will be interested to see your results of shooting portions of a slide and stitching the results together. I suspect the film grain will be more apparent than expected with this technique, and will look forward to seeing your results with interest.

On a sidenote, I just received my latest copy of Shutterbug yesterday, and in their question and answer column, someone asked about copying slides themselves, and the author's suggestion was to use scancafe.com as learning to scan has a significant learning curve as well as equipment needs.