Well I had to try didn't I

[realspeed]

Thought I would see what I could do with nearly 60 year old colour slides of photos I took back then. Had a look to see about buying a gadget the goes on the end of a lens, but didn't have one the right lens mm size

So what about making my own then, more as a laugh than a serious efforts.
How to hold the slide was the first problem, then I hit on the idea of using a clothes peg . Yep that held but what to hold the clothes peg with?( blunted the ends off so they were flat)

Idea use a plastic pipe clip another problem solved, just needed to nail it to a block of wood. Solved.

So below is the setup

from left to right
white sheet of A4 paper as a light reflector from a CN-160 led light

Then further back the rig I made up holding the 35mm slide photo and frame
Next the camcorder on a tripod with the small screen facing sideways so i could check for focus etc

So as not to disturb used the wireless remote trigger/receiver to take the shot
and finally the edited result on the computer monitor

What a waste of time the photos were too far gone to do anything with

 

[trevorbray]

Looks like good fun though. Well done for trying.

 

[woof woof]

Aren't you going to save the digital picture even though it's of a degraded slide? I would. At least once recorded it wont deteriorate further and far gone though it may be at least you have the picture and any memory that goes with it.

 

[Dave Canon]

I used to scan mine but eventually the Nikon scanner died but there are still companies who will scan them for you. When I scanned my own, I used to scan 3 times with different light levels which allowed me to combine the three exposure and get more dynamic range than possible with a single scan. This was long before HDR was talked about.

Dave