On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 17:55:16 +0800, Nenad Djurdjevic wrote: >Anyone know if Pentax or an aftermarket manufacturer will, or has, produced >a slide duplicator for the *istD? I have a Makinon zoom duplicator that I >used to use with 35mm but it is useless on the *istD because of the 1.5 >multiplication factor.
I have 2 different setups. For both I use an AF360FGZ for illumination. One is a bellows M with a slide copier attachment. I have modified the mount to tell the camera that it is a lens set to A and I need to make sure that I set it to minimum aperture before use. I use my FA50f1.4 reverse mounted which allows me to zoom into a small part of the slide or the whole slide. I need to stop down to f22 to get the whole image in focus as the 1.4 is known for not having a flat field of focus. an f2.0 would probably be better, but I don't own one. The other is a Minolta slide copier and macro focusing rail using a Sigma 50mm f2.8 macro A lens. I can't zoom down quite as much but it gives me more control over positioning of the slide for crop shots. Leon http://www.bluering.org.au http://www.bluering.org.au/leon
