D70 to copy 35mm slides?

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Hi all
I want to be able to "digitize" some old 35mm slides from a family event.
Does anybody have any recommendations, please. I have the standard D70 body
with the older analogue (film) camera lenses (F65). Is there an attachment
I can fit onto the body / end of the lens and point to a light source and
shoot the slide?
Thanks in advance for sensible suggestions
Cheerio for now
Norm.

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"N. Joy" <Any2@jfdi.net> writes:

> with the older analogue (film) camera lenses (F65). Is there an attachment
> I can fit onto the body / end of the lens and point to a light source and
> shoot the slide?

Yes, check with adorama or B&H. I'm not sure of the quality of the results,
but it's certainly cheaper than buying a scanner or hiring the scanning
done.
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"Roxy d'Urban" <not@home.com> wrote in message
newsan.2005.04.20.09.01.35.266000@home.com...
> On Tue, 19 Apr 2005 22:14:40 +0100, N. Joy wrote:
>
>> Hi all
>> I want to be able to "digitize" some old 35mm slides from a family event.
>> Does anybody have any recommendations, please. I have the standard D70
>> body
>> with the older analogue (film) camera lenses (F65). Is there an
>> attachment
>> I can fit onto the body / end of the lens and point to a light source and
>> shoot the slide?
>> Thanks in advance for sensible suggestions
>> Cheerio for now
>> Norm.
>
> I have a device that was given to me by an acquaintance. It is a homemade
> slide copier made out of perspex - essentially just a box with a light in
> it and a place to hold a slide. Apparently he used this thing on a copy
> stand with an F4s.
>
> I haven't tried it, but I see no reason why you couldn't do it with a
> tripod, a zoom lens (for proper framing) and a lightbox.
>
> --
> The good old days start now.

I was going to suggest an even simpler homemade method I used with my Nikon
995...hadn't had the need to try it with my D70 yet. I used an old desktop
flourescent lamp with a tranluscent panel I cut from the side of an ice
cream bucket that slid up under the bulbs and hung down perpendicular to the
light (a poorman's lightbox?). To this I attached a clip to hold the
slide/negative in place. I set up the 995 on a tripod about an inch and a
half away, set the camera in inverse mode (for negatives, not for positives)
set focus to macro, and shot away. With this setup, I was able to quickly
process about a 100 old negatives from about 1920 thru 1980 with pretty darn
good results. Some required a bit of color correction, but the older ones
came out very good.

I am not sure how this setup would work on a D70, as the macro is not as
good...I have also since aquired an old xray viewbox and will try it next
time I have the need.

Mike