Following Alans lead, I set up my Canon R5 with a 35 f1.8 macro lens and two extension tubes, a 13mm and an 18mm. This allows 100% magnification.
I use a tripod and my pano rail to mount the camera. I also have a 4x5 Logan light table to provide the light. I added a slide holder which I taped to the light table to position the slide. I used shims to level the slide holder and a camera level to level the camera. It’s pretty Rube Goldberg but it works.
My slides are not too good. I always thought they were out of focus, but after scanning many of them, I see that they are just soft. Many were shot with an old low end Tameron 70-210 that was not a sharp lens and I tended to use f32. Some of my images were not too bad, and I suspect they were shot with my Nikon 50mm f1.8.
I used a Varity of films, Kodachrome 24 and 64, and Fuji 400. Grain is visible in all but really bad in the 400. I find that for the really noisy sky’s I can mask the sky and in ACR reduce texture 100% and get a decent look. Nr seem to have little or no effect on this grain.
Even though I stored these in acid free sleeves, there is lots of dirt on them. I clean each slide before making an exposure, but some require a lot of post processing clean up.
I find that the slides don’t need a lot of correction with respect to WB or saturation. Its mostly a process of clean up, increasing DR and sharpening.
The funny thing is when I get it set for 100 magnification on one slide, the next may be less. I have found my best results are when I work at about 85% magnification. I am still getting around 7000 pixels on the long end.
They all look soft compared to my digital images, but some have memories that cannot be repeated. It has so far been a fun experience. I have done about 100 from a 20 year collection.
I am showing a few samples that are not too bad, but saving my best for the presentation forums.
A few from Butchart Gardens in 1998.
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#4 The Garden Wall in Glacier. Aug 83
My old barn, but with the sun burning off the dew. about 1982
I use a tripod and my pano rail to mount the camera. I also have a 4x5 Logan light table to provide the light. I added a slide holder which I taped to the light table to position the slide. I used shims to level the slide holder and a camera level to level the camera. It’s pretty Rube Goldberg but it works.
My slides are not too good. I always thought they were out of focus, but after scanning many of them, I see that they are just soft. Many were shot with an old low end Tameron 70-210 that was not a sharp lens and I tended to use f32. Some of my images were not too bad, and I suspect they were shot with my Nikon 50mm f1.8.
I used a Varity of films, Kodachrome 24 and 64, and Fuji 400. Grain is visible in all but really bad in the 400. I find that for the really noisy sky’s I can mask the sky and in ACR reduce texture 100% and get a decent look. Nr seem to have little or no effect on this grain.
Even though I stored these in acid free sleeves, there is lots of dirt on them. I clean each slide before making an exposure, but some require a lot of post processing clean up.
I find that the slides don’t need a lot of correction with respect to WB or saturation. Its mostly a process of clean up, increasing DR and sharpening.
The funny thing is when I get it set for 100 magnification on one slide, the next may be less. I have found my best results are when I work at about 85% magnification. I am still getting around 7000 pixels on the long end.
They all look soft compared to my digital images, but some have memories that cannot be repeated. It has so far been a fun experience. I have done about 100 from a 20 year collection.
I am showing a few samples that are not too bad, but saving my best for the presentation forums.
A few from Butchart Gardens in 1998.
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#4 The Garden Wall in Glacier. Aug 83
My old barn, but with the sun burning off the dew. about 1982
