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From: "Brian Dipert"
Subject: Re: Outdated Kodachrome 64 slide film any good?
William (and others), which slide duplicators have you found useful with
the
Pentax DSLR line (or others with smaller-than-35mm sensors)? My
understanding is that it's not possible to use a standard slide duplicator
on a small-sensor DSLR body because you then get vignetting of the edges
of
the slide. I've found this Soligor duplicator:
https://secure.soligor.com/index.php?id=5&backPID=4&L=1&tt_products=6597&L=
1
(Zoom Slide Duplicator T2 for Digital SLR Cameras)
but it's unfortunately not available in the US. Suggestions welcomed!
I have a cobbled together thing that I use.
Start with an DSLR, put a short extension tube on it, then attach a bellows.
The tube gives the bellows clearance so it will mount past the prism. After
much experimenting, I found that the 77mm with a +2 clseup lens would pretty
much cover the full slide. I mount a slide copier on the front of that, and
use a piece of black poster board made into a tube to go between the lens
and the duplicator, since it's bellows are too short. What I really want to
do is have a longer mounting bar machined so that I can lose the close up
lens, and perhaps mount the 100mm Bellows lens in place of the 77, and I
think I have a bellows around here someplace that I could use to extend the
bellows on the duplicator.
William Robb
