On Fri, 16 Jul 2004 00:35:09 +0100, Nick Clark wrote: >Works fine so long as you want to copy a section of the original. I haven't yet >worked out a lens combination to give a full 35mm frame on the APS sized sensor >(magnification 0.67). > >You also need to attach the adaptor ring to the camera then attach it to the bellows, >or do as I do and use a 12mm extension tube. This is due to the overhang on the prism.
Actually you don't need the 12 mm tube if you remove the mount from the bellows place it on the camera and then place the camera and mount back on the bellows. It gives you a bit more of the original image using a 50mm lens also - enough to make it work well. If you want to use P-TTL flash to light the original slide you need to modify the bellows mount so it tricks the *ist D into thinking there is an A lens set to A attached. The way I did mine the camera thinks there is an f1.0 A lens attached and you need to set the aperture control on the camera to the widest aperture. The P-TTL still works even if you set the lens at the end of fully extended bellows to f22 (I use this for macro shots of very small shells). An alternative setup for copying slides that I have used is a Minolta macro focusing rail with slide copier and small copy table setup. It doesn't actually have a lens mount so any brand camera can be used and with a 50mm 1:1 macro lens you can copy from full frame down to APS sized crop of the original. Using an A lens you can use P-TTL flash to light it as well. Hope this helps. Leon http://www.bluering.org.au http://www.bluering.org.au/leon
