Well I had to try didn't I

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

Re: Well I had to try didn't I

Good try real. What a pity it didn't turn out as you'd hoped. I have tons of old slides too - I expect most of us do. Luckily I have a flatbed scanner that has a slide attachment that can scan four at a time. Tried it before and it works very well. Now you reminded me of something to put on my "to do" list for the winter.

Re: Well I had to try didn't I

I have to say that you do like a challenge don't you, realspeed! I guess that like anything to do with colour these can fade and deteriorate with time.

Like most of us I too have a lot of old slides, most were probably taken around 50 years' ago. I do have a flat bed scanner but lack the attachment required to scan slides. At one time, quite a while ago now, I looked into finding companies that will undertake this. Then there were quite a few but I found the cost was way over what I was prepared to pay. A good service could have been had from the one I might have used, all very streamlined using the post.

With each company it was always the initial set-up minimum charge that made it so costly. The more slides, the less cost per slide but added to that each time the initial set-up minimum charge made it just too expensive. I still have the slides, having seen this thread I might check out what the costs are now. Technology has improved so costs might have come down due to that.

Re: Well I had to try didn't I

I've got a Canon scanner with an attachment that will work with black & white negs/B&W positives/colour neg or positives. Works really well the only problem I have is that it will only do 35mm films and I have quite a lot of old 120 film. I have mocked up a set up using the same gear but it cuts a bit off the neg cover so I can usually jiggle the neg a bit but it's not perfect like it is with 35mm film.