Slides, Done

This photo of the Cathedrale St Nicholas in Nice is the last photo that my dad took on slide film - in September 2007. Fuji Provia - Camera not specified, probably Pentax *ist Over the last few weekends I have been rattling through "scanning" the rest of his slides. I say "scanning" because I've adopted a different approach - up to now I've been using an Epson V700 flatbed scanner and it's done me proud. But recently I've not been completely happy with the results from it on my own photos, so I started to investigate the possibility of using my Fuji digital to photograph slides and negs. I ended up buying a macro lens (a Nikon 55mm f2.8 manual focus) from ebay, a Nikon/Fuji adapter, some extension tubes so I could get close enough for the image on the film to fill the frame, an LED panel, and a copy stand.All set up in the garage, so as to reduce the amount...
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