Homemade lightbox?

H

Higgy

Suspended / Banned
Messages
52
Name
Ben
Edit My Images
No
Hi guys, I am looking at trying to make my own homemade backlit lightbox (not like the tent type things I see on here).
My aim is to photograph some old slides. My inspiration came from a job that I went to at work and a chap had his own homemade lightbox set up. It was essentially a small wooden box lined with paper with an LED light in the bottom and a small opening in the top where the slide would slot into.

Has anybody made their own? Are there any guides I can follow to make my own?
All of the DIY guides I find are to make a Light tent type design which is not what I am after. Also if I was to buy a sheet of plastic is there a particular type of plastic I need at a particular thickness to allow light to pass through?

Thanks in advance!!
 
Hi Steve, how have you done this?
I know it sounds silly but I was thinking an iPhone blank white screen could do a half decent job!!
Any tutorial would be greatly appreciated
 
found an old scanner a deep base one , took the electronics out and replaced them with 2 emergency lights . and used a whit part of a fire exit sin to defuse the light.

Cheers Steve
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top