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HELP. Converting Slides to Digital

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GenBaldur

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Hey there, I am in need of help. I am trying to convert my dad's hundreds of old slides to digital with my DSLR. 

My problem is that the digital photos crop the existing slides with my current equipment. 
My equipment; Nikon D5000, the AF-S Micro Nikkor 60mm, BR-5 adapter ring, and the Nikon Slide copying adapter ES-1.

Also, I have the Nikon Dx 18-200mm Which I am not using for this project currrently. 

I could be wrong, but it is my understanding that the Dx format of the camera is still cropping the the 1:1 reproduction of the lens..? 

What is the cheapest (without sacrificing quality) way to get around this stumbling block? 

I will attach photos to hopefully make more clear my problem. 

Thank you in advance for your time and patience. 
Andy 

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I don't know of any way to get 100% of the slide you're duplicating using this method or indeed any slide duplication method that doesn't involve removing the slide from it's mount. Perhaps one of our other members knows of a way.

 

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The slide mount crops the slide to somewhere between 94 and 96%. The DX sensor with a slide copying unit that is made for FX crops much more, of course. Can you rent a slide scanner somewhere? This won't get the parts of the slide that are hidden in the mount, but it will scan things in a timely fashion. Otherwise, you could rent an FX body and see what you can get with the ES-1. If this works, a D700 isn't *that* expensive used anymore and is a nice way to get into FX.

 

You could use a PB-6, PS-6, PK-11A and a 105 mm MicroNikkor with an aperture ring to get the full slide area on a DX body, even if the mount will be visible at the edges. This is how we did it before 2007 as there were no FX Nikons yet. A 60 or 55 mm will give far too much magnification with the bellows.



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I have duped thousands of my slides using a 55mm Micro-Nikkor and various adapters and extensions that will get me to 1:1 with an APS-C camera. Your 60mm will work, but you would have to come up with a similar collection of extension and adapters to get it to work for you. I haven't used it personally, but I recall reading about people having good luck duping slides with APS-C Nikons using the ES-1 and an AF-G 40mm Micro Nikkor.

 

I found a YouTube video where the guy explains how he did it. Sounds very simple to me:

 







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