Need a slide and film scanner

[Felisek]

I think a lens and an adapter are a better idea. I have investigated this once for myself, as I have a few thousand old slides sitting on the shelf. As it was a while ago, I cannot tell you all the details from the top of my head, but I found that a cheaper solution is to get Nikkor Micro 40 mm f/2.8G and an appropriate (third party) adapter. ES-1 adapter is a bit overpriced, considering that it is just a piece of plastic. You can use a flash as a source of white light. I'm going to do this at some point.

 

[aroy]

Thanks aroy. I was looking at the Nikon ES-1, but it seems that it also requires a tube adapter and I was thinking through how I'd keep everything consistently set up for thousands of slides. I need to look this option again. The upscale Epson V700 actually includes a focusing lens below the glass to overcome the usual flat bed scanner shortcomings with slides.

hark's copies of 35mm slides using an Epson V600 look pretty good, even without editing. I'm thinking of going the V600 route and seeing what develops (pardon the pun). <g>

One of the articles on the net shows you step by step how to set up the 60mm Macro with ES-1 and an adapter tube for DX sensors. With FX you need nothing. The major advantage of this setup is extra resolution and consistent copy. For colour negatives you still have to use Photoshop or other dedicated software to reverse the colours and subtract the orange tint.

The 35mm slides and colour negatives have a lot of data both in terms of resolution and colour depth. A flat bed scanner will not do justice to either, though it is fine if you just want to digitize the film for archiving purpose.

Here are some links

How to Copy Scan Convert Color Negatives with ShotCopy
http://www.johnamon.com/2010/08/how-to-copy-35mm-film-with-dslr-camera/
http://www.johnamon.com/2010/08/invert-colour-negative-in-lightroom/
Color Negatives

 

[Sandpatch]

One of the articles on the net shows you step by step how to set up the 60mm Macro with ES-1 and an adapter tube for DX sensors. With FX you need nothing. ...

Interesting. I'd definitely need the tube. I'll check the links to learn more. Thank you!