RE: Any words of wisdom for slides to DSLR with bellows + slide attachment?
Darren Addy wrote: > We have a web project at work that involves digitizing some 35mm > slides. > I have an Epson Perfection V600 Photo which could do the job, but I > decided to snag a Pentax Bellows II and slide attachment off of eBay > and hope to do the job with my K-3. > > By my calculations, the K-3 should give the equivalent of a 3840 dpi > scan. I've got an off-camera flash attachment, for illumination so I'm > hoping that once I get the bellows and lens combo set up correctly that > I won't have to move anything... just feed the slides in and out. > The old Bellows II is an m42 but I've seen people using them with > modern K-mount DSLRs, so I'm assuming it is possible. > > Those of you that have been down this road, any words of wisdom or > "gotchas" to look out for? Or are there other advantages to using the > scanner (like automatic dust removal, maybe?) that might convince me to > feed the scanner instead of this setup? > -- > Life is too short to put up with bad bokeh. A subject I am all too involved with is scanning slides and trying to find different ways to do so. I've come to the conclusion that there are no shortcuts, and I also use an Epson V600 which does an excellent job. It, as you know, only scans 4 slides at a time and I believe the V850 does 12. That, in hindsight would have been quicker, but I found the V600 at a super price. I've also got a Nikon Coolscan IV, but the results aren't any better than the V600, and it will take you as long to scan 1 slide. What else? I've tried the tripod set up over a lightbox with a K3, and not been over impressed. I've tried the bellows set with the slide attachment and extension tubes and then you have light issues, or have difficulty getting all of the frame of the slide in focus (but OK for parts of a slide - like a pre-computer crop). I've had remote diffused flash guns set up behind the slide to get the right light exposure - but it will drive you nuts. The only in camera way I've found works is to use a full frame camera; Nikon do two lenses I think which are suitable a 58mm and (the one I've used) a 60mm macro with the ES-1 slide carrier attached. Better results, but there are still focus and light issues to get consistent images you will be happy with. You know where this is going Use the scanner! Malcolm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: Any words of wisdom for slides to DSLR with bellows + slide attachment?
Mark C. mentioned light fall off using a bellows setup, and I have had the same issues with a similar arrangement. I also found it very fiddly to establish focus, even using auto-focus, and it was all too easy to knock the set up out of kilter when putting the slides in. The light source has to be very even and of the right colour temperature to make the job as easy as possible, too. I started digitising 242 slides from the late '60's last year, using an Optek scanner, but found there was significant unevenness in the light pattern, so switched to an Epson V500 to do the job. That scanner handles 4 slides at a time, and you can set the resolution to a very high number if you wish. Probably for web images you don't need such high resolution, so the scanner will complete the scan of each set more quickly than happened with mine, where I needed 2400dpi and dust removal as well! HTH John in Brisbane -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Darren Addy Sent: Friday, 11 September 2015 08:25 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Any words of wisdom for slides to DSLR with bellows + slide attachment? We have a web project at work that involves digitizing some 35mm slides. I have an Epson Perfection V600 Photo which could do the job, but I decided to snag a Pentax Bellows II and slide attachment off of eBay and hope to do the job with my K-3. By my calculations, the K-3 should give the equivalent of a 3840 dpi scan. I've got an off-camera flash attachment, for illumination so I'm hoping that once I get the bellows and lens combo set up correctly that I won't have to move anything... just feed the slides in and out. The old Bellows II is an m42 but I've seen people using them with modern K-mount DSLRs, so I'm assuming it is possible. Those of you that have been down this road, any words of wisdom or "gotchas" to look out for? Or are there other advantages to using the scanner (like automatic dust removal, maybe?) that might convince me to feed the scanner instead of this setup? -- Life is too short to put up with bad bokeh. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Any words of wisdom for slides to DSLR with bellows + slide attachment?
Depending on what quality you need and how many slides you have, the cheap way I used may work: To make a digital slide show to run at my son's rehearsal dinner, I pulled slides from different times during his childhood, and had his fiancee's mother send me some of hers--maybe 60 or 70 slides in all. I set up my K-5 with 50mm macro lens on an inverted tripod, over my light box. I made a mask to shield everything but the image area of the slide. Centered it, focused using live view, and exposed. I got very usable DNG files that I touched up and converted to jpgs. Rick On Sep 10, 2015, at 6:24 PM, Darren Addy wrote: > We have a web project at work that involves digitizing some 35mm slides. > I have an Epson Perfection V600 Photo which could do the job, but I > decided to snag a Pentax Bellows II and slide attachment off of eBay > and hope to do the job with my K-3. > > By my calculations, the K-3 should give the equivalent of a 3840 dpi > scan. I've got an off-camera flash attachment, for illumination so I'm > hoping that once I get the bellows and lens combo set up correctly > that I won't have to move anything... just feed the slides in and out. > The old Bellows II is an m42 but I've seen people using them with > modern K-mount DSLRs, so I'm assuming it is possible. > > Those of you that have been down this road, any words of wisdom or > "gotchas" to look out for? Or are there other advantages to using the > scanner (like automatic dust removal, maybe?) that might convince me > to feed the scanner instead of this setup? > -- > Life is too short to put up with bad bokeh. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. http://photo.net/photos/RickW -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Any words of wisdom for slides to DSLR with bellows + slide attachment?
I suspect the scanner will do a better job. My Epson 850 makes gorgeous scans from 35 mm transparencies. Just printed a razor sharp and beautifully rendered 18 x12 print from a 30 year old Kodachrome. Paul via phone > On Sep 10, 2015, at 7:33 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > I've scanned many, many slides over the years using all manner of different > setups. Each has its pluses and minuses. > > I worry about using older bellows units with DSLRs because of dust. Bellows > are great at capturing dust in their many nooks and crannies. > > One of the more successful copy setups I've used is a micro-fourthirds camera > fitted with ZD35mm macro lens and a Nikon ES-1 slide copying attachment. A > 35mm frame is captured at about 1:3 and you can let the AF work for each > frame, making for very crisp results. > > The same ES-1 fitted to a Micro-Nikkor 55mm mounted on Sony A7, Nikon D750, > or Leica M-P also nets excellent results, with more pixels. But you have to > manually focus, and carefully. > > A Spiratone Vario-Dupliscope does the same and allows you to do some > cropping. > > But by and large, I have done most of my slide capture with a Nikon Super > Coolscan 9000 which I set up to scan in batches of six at a time. It's the > slowest process that takes the most work, but returns the best quality and > consistency. > > Godfrey > > >> On Sep 10, 2015, at 3:24 PM, Darren Addy wrote: >> >> We have a web project at work that involves digitizing some 35mm slides. >> I have an Epson Perfection V600 Photo which could do the job, but I >> decided to snag a Pentax Bellows II and slide attachment off of eBay >> and hope to do the job with my K-3. >> >> By my calculations, the K-3 should give the equivalent of a 3840 dpi >> scan. I've got an off-camera flash attachment, for illumination so I'm >> hoping that once I get the bellows and lens combo set up correctly >> that I won't have to move anything... just feed the slides in and out. >> The old Bellows II is an m42 but I've seen people using them with >> modern K-mount DSLRs, so I'm assuming it is possible. >> >> Those of you that have been down this road, any words of wisdom or >> "gotchas" to look out for? Or are there other advantages to using the >> scanner (like automatic dust removal, maybe?) that might convince me >> to feed the scanner instead of this setup? >> -- >> Life is too short to put up with bad bokeh. >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Any words of wisdom for slides to DSLR with bellows + slide attachment?
I've scanned many, many slides over the years using all manner of different setups. Each has its pluses and minuses. I worry about using older bellows units with DSLRs because of dust. Bellows are great at capturing dust in their many nooks and crannies. One of the more successful copy setups I've used is a micro-fourthirds camera fitted with ZD35mm macro lens and a Nikon ES-1 slide copying attachment. A 35mm frame is captured at about 1:3 and you can let the AF work for each frame, making for very crisp results. The same ES-1 fitted to a Micro-Nikkor 55mm mounted on Sony A7, Nikon D750, or Leica M-P also nets excellent results, with more pixels. But you have to manually focus, and carefully. A Spiratone Vario-Dupliscope does the same and allows you to do some cropping. But by and large, I have done most of my slide capture with a Nikon Super Coolscan 9000 which I set up to scan in batches of six at a time. It's the slowest process that takes the most work, but returns the best quality and consistency. Godfrey > On Sep 10, 2015, at 3:24 PM, Darren Addy wrote: > > We have a web project at work that involves digitizing some 35mm slides. > I have an Epson Perfection V600 Photo which could do the job, but I > decided to snag a Pentax Bellows II and slide attachment off of eBay > and hope to do the job with my K-3. > > By my calculations, the K-3 should give the equivalent of a 3840 dpi > scan. I've got an off-camera flash attachment, for illumination so I'm > hoping that once I get the bellows and lens combo set up correctly > that I won't have to move anything... just feed the slides in and out. > The old Bellows II is an m42 but I've seen people using them with > modern K-mount DSLRs, so I'm assuming it is possible. > > Those of you that have been down this road, any words of wisdom or > "gotchas" to look out for? Or are there other advantages to using the > scanner (like automatic dust removal, maybe?) that might convince me > to feed the scanner instead of this setup? > -- > Life is too short to put up with bad bokeh. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Any words of wisdom for slides to DSLR with bellows + slide attachment?
Darren, I never found the right lens combination to use with the bellows to capture the whole slide. Regards, Bob S. On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 5:24 PM, Darren Addy wrote: > We have a web project at work that involves digitizing some 35mm slides. > I have an Epson Perfection V600 Photo which could do the job, but I > decided to snag a Pentax Bellows II and slide attachment off of eBay > and hope to do the job with my K-3. > > By my calculations, the K-3 should give the equivalent of a 3840 dpi > scan. I've got an off-camera flash attachment, for illumination so I'm > hoping that once I get the bellows and lens combo set up correctly > that I won't have to move anything... just feed the slides in and out. > The old Bellows II is an m42 but I've seen people using them with > modern K-mount DSLRs, so I'm assuming it is possible. > > Those of you that have been down this road, any words of wisdom or > "gotchas" to look out for? Or are there other advantages to using the > scanner (like automatic dust removal, maybe?) that might convince me > to feed the scanner instead of this setup? > -- > Life is too short to put up with bad bokeh. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Any words of wisdom for slides to DSLR with bellows + slide attachment?
I used an old m42 screw mount bellows for several years with my snowflake photos. I was leery about putting the m42 to K adapter onto DSLR / SLR, just because removing the adapter can be fiddly. So I put the adapter on a 12mm extension tube and mounted the bellows on that, then mounted the tube onto the camera. No worries about quickly dismounting the bellows and using the camera. I saw light falloff in the corners of the SLR's I used this rig with (I was using that bellows set back when I was shooting snowflakes on 35mm film) but no light falloff on the APS C DSLR. Personally I'd use the scanner - it would probably be slower but if you can load up a set of slides and batch scan them then it may be less demanding on your time, even if slower. The only thing I'd worry about is if the DMax of the scanner is up for the slides - scanning slides can be a challenge. Mark On 9/10/2015 6:24 PM, Darren Addy wrote: We have a web project at work that involves digitizing some 35mm slides. I have an Epson Perfection V600 Photo which could do the job, but I decided to snag a Pentax Bellows II and slide attachment off of eBay and hope to do the job with my K-3. By my calculations, the K-3 should give the equivalent of a 3840 dpi scan. I've got an off-camera flash attachment, for illumination so I'm hoping that once I get the bellows and lens combo set up correctly that I won't have to move anything... just feed the slides in and out. The old Bellows II is an m42 but I've seen people using them with modern K-mount DSLRs, so I'm assuming it is possible. Those of you that have been down this road, any words of wisdom or "gotchas" to look out for? Or are there other advantages to using the scanner (like automatic dust removal, maybe?) that might convince me to feed the scanner instead of this setup? --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.