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[Clive K]

I have been doing some converting of 35mm and m/f slides using a borrowed light box and Panasonic bridge camera with macro facility. So far the results have been mixed. These are some of the better ones. The first two were taken against the light using a macro lens on my Contax RTSIII.





This one was taken using tubes attached to a C/Y convertor and 50mm lens



And a double exposure taken in the gate house of Roche Abbey using 120 film.

 

[GreenNinja67]

Hi Clive,

I've spent the winter doing the same with my dad's old 70's slides and some of mine from the 80's & 90's.

I too used a lightbox (Cabin L200 daylight balanced) with a copystand and an Olympus OM-D EM1 MK2 with 60mm macro lens.

I'm really happy with the results. Once through Lightroom I've managed to bring the colours back to normal.

I'd highly recommend using a dedicated macro lens on a mirrorless or DSLR if you want the best quality.

Here's some I digitised.


Studland Bay 1970




Queen's Silver Jubilee 1977



1990's




Brands Hatch 1990's




Brands Hatch 1990's

 

[Clive K]

Thanks for the tips. At the moment I only have the Panasonic bridge camera that will focus down enough. Once I have sold off a few other items I will have enough in my paypal account to fund a Nikkor 85mm micro lens that could be used on my dslr. This morning I made a card mask to blank off any unwanted light seeping around the slides.

It is a learning curve and I'm sure that I will have to redo most if not all of them. I'm getting a 9Mb initial image that ends up rendered down to 9" x 6" 5Mb @180ppi