Nikon Slide copying equipment

[icnoble]

Does anyone know anything about the Nikon Pb6 bellows and Ps6 slide copying attachment. I have the opportunity to buy the pair for £200. What sort of results should I expect. I will be using a nikon D700 and 50mm f1.4 lens.

 

[Liam]

I have never used a camera to scan slides but for that price you could get a half decent flatbed scanner such as the new Epson V600 which is meant to be quite good.

 

[Voyager]

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[icnoble]

I have never used a camera to scan slides but for that price you could get a half decent flatbed scanner such as the new Epson V600 which is meant to be quite good.

True, but I could use the bellows for close up work

 

[HoppyUK]

Does anyone know anything about the Nikon Pb6 bellows and Ps6 slide copying attachment. I have the opportunity to buy the pair for £200. What sort of results should I expect. I will be using a nikon D700 and 50mm f1.4 lens.

50 1.4 is not ideal. You need a macro lens (or an enlarging lens) to get the best out of a very small, 2D subject like a slide at 1:1.

That said, you will get the best result by far by scanning and I would send them away to get them done professionally. Should be much better quality and also if you have more than a handful to do, manual scanning is one of the world's most tedious tasks

 

[Tracer]

I think you could get good results out of this if you use a macro lens or enlarging lens as suggested - better than the flat bed scanner. It would also be a lot quicker than a scanner once you have got it all set up, with flash for constant lighting.

I have a Nikon Coolscan V but it is very slow, and I feel I have never learned to get the best out of it. Part of the problem is that my slides are not completely flat in their mounts -- the DOF on the scanner is very shallow so that I cannot get the corners in focus. It does a good job on film strips, though.

Maybe I should look out for one of these Ps6 jobs myself...