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Subject: [Leica] Interesting article on digitizing film
From: jbmmllug at jbm.org (Jeff Moore)
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2017 18:59:16 -0400
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Thanks, Tina!  Since I have the 100 Apo macro and Elpro and an M240
but no SL yet, I'll totally grab an ES-1 soon and give it a try!

I've got a daylight-balanced LED light panel I'm figuring I could
point it at, unless you have hints on lighting best practices (short
of stepping outside and using the sun all the time).


On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 6:24 PM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm using the Nikon ES-1 Slide copier with the Leica R 100 Macro lens and
> the Elpro 1:1 extender and numerous step up and step down rings to make
> everything fit.  I'm still experimenting!!  It works fine on the M240 but I
> want to make it work on the SL, too.  The limitation on that seems to be
> the R to T off brand converter that I have.  I've ordered a Leica R to SL
> converter that should work - $750!!!!!!!  It had better perform miracles.
>
> I'll keep you posted.
>
> Tina
>
> On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 6:16 PM, Jeff Moore <jbmmllug at jbm.org> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, Sep 9, 2017 at 7:14 PM, Howard L Ritter Jr <hlritter at twc.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Does the Nikon slide copier actually fit the 100 mm macro?s barrel or
>> did you have to do something creative?
>> > And is the Nikon ES-1 slide copy attachment the one you?re using?
>>
>> I have similar questions!  Is it the Nikon ES-1 you've been using, and
>> is there any fiddliness involved to get it to stick on and align
>> properly on the 100mm APO-Macro-Elmarit-R?  Does it position a slide
>> at an appropriate distance from the front of the lens?
>>
>> The ES-1 is so non-Leica relatively expensive at 60 bucks that it
>> definitely seems worth trying, if it doesn't not-fit in some fatal
>> way.
>>
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>
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> Tina Manley
> www.tinamanley.com
> tina-manley.artistwebsites.com
> http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html
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