Slides to Digital via DSLR

FWIW,

I just wrote a blog piece on how I transferred my 35mm slide collection to digital using my 5D Mk II. I hope you find this useful. I don't make any money on any of this, I just like to write and do some projects. This may not be the best way to do it, but for those interested, my blog piece may be of help. Let me know what you think.


By the way, the total cost to me was $0 as I did it with the equipment I already had laying around.


http://travelthroughpi​ctures.com …vert-35mm-slides-digital/


Thanx,
Bruce in Philly

Bruce in Philly wrote in post #14942922
FWIW,

I just wrote a blog piece on how I transferred my 35mm slide collection to digital using my 5D Mk II. I hope you find this useful. I don't make any money on any of this, I just like to write and do some projects. This may not be the best way to do it, but for those interested, my blog piece may be of help. Let me know what you think.


By the way, the total cost to me was $0 as I did it with the equipment I already had laying around.


http://travelthroughpi​ctures.com …vert-35mm-slides-digital/


Thanx,
Bruce in Philly

you don't even need to do all that, just put the slide at the end of a cardboard tube on the lens, go outside and shoot against a white background - slide-to-digital is easy!

Yeah there are a lot of ways to do it. If you want to maximize a full frame sensor then you need a macro lens to get 1:1 magnification.

Neat idea using the projector. I'm sure it speeds up the process when you have a lot of slides to dupe.

Good idea, & the results look great! Here's my Rube Goldberg setup: Do you Cobble? (Slide duplicator)

And some links for anyone else who would like more information: Scanning 35mm slides

Yea, good points all.

I had a single-slide adapter thingy for shooting slides but it takes forever to do one-by-one.

To improve upon what I did, the following:

- Use a macro lens to fill my sensor
- Shoot a neutral gel or filter or whatever to determine the "system's" color bias
- Experiment with different diffuser material to increase the light a bit so I could get a faster shutter speed
- Find a higher temp lamp
- Put bean bags or something on the camera to anchor it from shutter vibrations
- I am sure there are other tweaks to improve this system

I do believe that you can get this system to be as good as any other rig, and you get the speed. No? I am just an amateur so I am making many assumptions here.

Peace,
Bruce

I think, you don't need to buy 1200$ scanner, if 120$ will do nearly the same as 1200$.
And it is much more easier compare to:

Just in case, I have 120$ scanner and using it for film pictures I'm taking.

PhotosGuy wrote in post #14946023
Good idea, & the results look great! Here's my Rube Goldberg setup: Do you Cobble?(Slide duplicator)

And some links for anyone else who would like more information: Scanning 35mm slides

Spiratone flashes! I had those back in the 70s. But mine have all died of old age.

But Spiratone also used to market a slide duplicator that had its own simple, built-in macro lens. You mounted it on your camera body. I see such duplicators for digital cameras that use the owner's lens, but nothing like the old Spiratone duplicator that had its own macro lens.

RDKirk wrote in post #14946467
Spiratone flashes! I had those back in the 70s. But mine have all died of old age.

But Spiratone also used to market a slide duplicator that had its own simple, built-in macro lens. You mounted it on your camera body. I see such duplicators for digital cameras that use the owner's lens, but nothing like the old Spiratone duplicator that had its own macro lens.

I remember that duplicator, but I had a Bowens Illumitran back then.
I'm surprised that the Spiratones are still good, & my Vivitar 283's haven't died yet, either! I haven't had a good excuse to upgrade. ; )