Old slides

[JDinTulsa]

Found these old slides in storage and needed to get them digitized. After finding out the price ($0.50 ea) at a local place, decided to use my A6600 to copy them. The only lens I have right now it the 18-135 OSS however, they're coming out pretty good. If nothing else, I've learned how to use the spot repair tool in LR! These were all originally taken with a Canon A-1 in the mid-80's! I still have about 400 slides to copy!

• ILCE-6600
• E 18-135mm F3.5-5.6 OSS
• 135.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/200 sec
• ISO 200

 

[Uncle Kevriano]

I've got some slides to convert that my parents took in the 60s. Cue embarrassing childhood and baby pics. Nice job here.

 

[Saint Alan]

Hi, how did you hold the slides, and illuminate them for copying? I have played around with this but it never worked well.

 

[JDinTulsa]

Hey Alan, I used a small light pad (about 12" x 20") and set my tripod over it with the center post inverted. Then set the camera as close as possible. It would probably work better with a macro lens, but I don't have one for the A6600 yet. Using the 18-135 lens, the camera was about 1.5 feet above the slide. I had to crop them way down! I also need to clean the slides better next time but, I learned a lot about using the Spot tool in LRC!

 

[Slug]

I have a light box specifically made for sorting slides from the 1980s. I use a Sigma 105 mm macro lens adapted to my Sonys and it works quite well.

• ILCE-7RM3
• 105mm F2.8
• 105.0 mm
• ƒ/10
• 1/25 sec
• ISO 1600

 

[Slug]

The light box has three light tubes inside so it's necessary to set a white balance on the camera to suit the light source. I used it to organize slide presentations back in my teaching days and now as a means of slide copying.

• DMC-FZ300
• 4.5 mm
• ƒ/4
• 10/600 sec
• ISO 100

 

[Slug]

Hi, how did you hold the slides, and illuminate them for copying? I have played around with this but it never worked well.

 

[JDinTulsa]

The light box has three light tubes inside so it's necessary to set a white balance on the camera to suit the light source. I used it to organize slide presentations back in my teaching days and now as a means of slide copying.

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I like it! I think I can make something like that! Will give it some thought and try building one when I get the chance! Thanks for the pic and the idea!

 

[Saint Alan]

That's a good idea, must put it on my list of things-to-do-when-I-get-time.