On 18/09/2012, Corey Bailey wrote: > Hi Don, > > Are you back-lighting the slides? If so, how? > The slide holder for the Nikon bellows that I am using has a bit of white plastic to go behind the slide. However, I found that its frame was casting shadows, so I removed it and am using a larger sheet of white Perspex (=Plexiglas) a few inches away. The light source is daylight, and the camera is set to Auto White Balance. I tried Custom white balance, but results were not so good. Many old slides have strong color casts, and the AWB goes part way to correcting them. (Using a Nikon bellows with an Olympus lens involves various adaptors - an Olympus bellows would make more sense, but I am using the equipment I already have. I made many very good duplicate slides with this combination 20 years ago.) If I was starting from scratch, I would try Sony's 30mm macro lens on the NEX. It has auto focus, which would be handy. For this combination, one would have to make up a simple wooden slide-and-camera holder. But I can't afford to buy a lens just to see how it works when I have an excellent lens already. > Great discussion, off topic or not. It saves me from having to join > more lists for this information. > Regards -- Don Cox [log in to unmask]