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Post by victorgrant on Feb 2, 2018 16:45:04 GMT 10
Hi, This is a document describing my alternative to film scanning of slides. I did this, since I have many many slides to scan, and this approach provides high quality, and lightning speed. Kev will be posting a follow up to this message with a link to the jpg of my setup. The JPG file is a shot of the setup I created for copying slides using my Nikon D70. The macro lens I use is a Tamron f 2.8 1:1 macro lens. I added an old "rubber" flexible sunshade to the front, just to keep out stray light, The bellows assembly and slide holder date back probably over 40 years, from my collection of such stuff associated with my Pentax Spotmatic days. I had to so some jury rigging to fit everything together. It may well be overkill, but since I had the items, the various adjustments that I had available made it much easier to position and fine tune everything. The SB800 on the camera is generally run in "auto TTL mode". I usually set the lens to about f8,and the shutter to 1/60. And of course, I can instantly see the result of each COPY, using the camera's preview mode on the LCD. I use this primarily to confirm exposure. For more you can check this Online Promotional Video
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