[Leica] Re: Slide copying

[allen.graves at charter.net (Allen Graves)]

I use the Nikon ES-1 + Nikon 55 Micro+PK-13 extension tube on the 
D200, with either clear blue sky of a light box as my light source 
and it works quite well. The ES-1 is a simple tube that mounts on the 
55 micro and is designed use with it back in the days of film 
<grin>.. It certainly gives good, quick results but is not as good as 
a dedicated slide scanner.

Nikon also made a slide copier for the Coolpix 5000, but it didn't 
work very well when I tried one that a friend had-very poor 
resolution and a lot of noise

Allen

>On Jul 18, 2006, at 5:04 PM, Richard wrote:
>
>>I've often though this would be a good way to make digital slide
>>copies, too, analogous to making them on film.  You'd get lower
>>resolution with most cameras and less exposure control than with a
>>good slide scanner but it would be an awful lot faster and might be
>>more than good enough.
>>
>>Has any one tried to copy slides this way and were you satisfied with
>>the results?
>
>Slide copiers have been around for some time. Heiland made a line of 
>copiers which contained a calibrated light source. You attached your 
>SLR to the moving arm, slipped a slide in the mount on the 
>illuminated base, focused, clicked the shutter and Presto, you had a 
>slide copy. Even Leica got into the act. The original Digilux and 
>Digilux Zoom offered a slide copying accessory that screwed into the 
>tripod socket. A close up lens equipped slide holder was positioned 
>over the camera lens, you slipped in a slide, pointed the defice 
>toward a light and clicked the shutter. You now had a digital copy 
>of the slide at the full camera resolution of 1.3 mp.
>
>I suspect that with a good 5 to 8 mp dSLR and a precision copying 
>stand like the Heiland, you would get as good digital copies of 
>slides as with a scanner.
>
>Larry Z
>
>
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