That was SO helpful! I've just inherited myriad slide carousels, looked at all the slide copiers out there and realized I already have the Nikon and the 40mm macro lens so with your video, I'm set! Thanks!
Nice video! Actually Sony did keep the Minolta mount for a while during its DSLR days, except that at that time it wasn't the MD-mount of the film SLRs anymore, but rather the A-mount. ;-) As you know when they transitioned to mirrorless they introduced the E-mount.
Thanks. Great video. I shoot copies of my color slides with my lens whide open. This gives me a shallow depth of field and I can focus on the film surface and eliminate some of the dust on the glas in front of and behind the film.
I think about 10 seconds per slide or less would be do-able, and that is just for taking the images, If you want to do any adjustments in Lightroom or Photoshop, that would add to your time of course. I try to edit using a loupe and light table to choose ony the slides that are most important to me to save time.
@@JayPierstorff Do you know of any similar holder/tube arrangement that is length adjustable so that it could be used on a variety of focal length macro lenses?
First time I have ever heard them referred to an an "ILC" camera. Most references I have heard is "SLR." Is this method compatible with APS-C sensor cameras?
Sony DID retain the Minolta Maxxum (MD) auto-focus lens mount, but renamed it the Sony Alpha A-mount, as found on the Alpha 65v, Sony Alpha 77 Mark 2, and other camera bodies. Some time later, they came out with the Sony E-mount for their new line of Sony Nex cameras. Your Minolta macro lens could be used without any adapter on any Sony A-mount body. I recently bought one and have it working properly on an Alpha 77 Mark 2 body, as well as several Minolta Maxxum lenses from the mid-80s to the early 90s.
A Nikon LS5000 Coolscan produces a 4000 dpi image of a 35mm slide measuring 4000 x 6000 pixels at around 21 mbs. A camera scan with the ES2 and D850 produces a 8256 x 5504 pixel file at 45 mbs. Does this mean the camera scan image is better than the scanner file?
I haven't seen a scientific test on this, but from my experience I suspect this is the case. I owned an older Nikon Coolscan that produced unremarkable results (by today's standards) and took 38 seconds to scan each slide. Compare that to several seconds per slide with the ES-1and excellent quality with a modern camera, and most people would be hard pressed to search out a dedicated film scanner unless you have very specific needs.
Hi. When duplicating films or slides, the emulsion side must always be facing the camera. You should never photograph an image through the plastic base of the film. you will just need to invert the image horizontally after during batch processing.
Hi. You are not photographing the right side of your film. One thing you learn in photography school is that you never photograph a slide or negative through the film base. The emulsion side should always be facing the camera. You will get a reversed image from right to left and then you can just do a batch process to reverse all the images automatically.
@@danem2215 In France there are two levels of training in photography schools, the C.A.P. (certificate of professional aptitude) in two years and the B.T.S. (Higher technician’s certificate) in two more years.
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That was SO helpful! I've just inherited myriad slide carousels, looked at all the slide copiers out there and realized I already have the Nikon and the 40mm macro lens so with your video, I'm set! Thanks!
Nice video!
Actually Sony did keep the Minolta mount for a while during its DSLR days, except that at that time it wasn't the MD-mount of the film SLRs anymore, but rather the A-mount. ;-)
As you know when they transitioned to mirrorless they introduced the E-mount.
Thank you VERY much!
Thanks. Great video. I shoot copies of my color slides with my lens whide open. This gives me a shallow depth of field and I can focus on the film surface and eliminate some of the dust on the glas in front of and behind the film.
How long did it take to do 1500 slides with this setup?
I think about 10 seconds per slide or less would be do-able, and that is just for taking the images, If you want to do any adjustments in Lightroom or Photoshop, that would add to your time of course. I try to edit using a loupe and light table to choose ony the slides that are most important to me to save time.
Will the NIkon ES-1 work with a 90mm 2:1 macro lens stepped down to 52mm? What is the range of distance from the lens to the slide that it permits?
No, the ES-1 is really designed for a 60mm, so using the 90 you won't be able to see the entire slide, only a portion in the center.
@@JayPierstorff Do you know of any similar holder/tube arrangement that is length adjustable so that it could be used on a variety of focal length macro lenses?
@@robgerety I have know idea how this would work, but take a look www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/1597233
First time I have ever heard them referred to an an "ILC" camera. Most references I have heard is "SLR."
Is this method compatible with APS-C sensor cameras?
Not without some additional gear. Check this link for more info www.scantips.com/es-1b.html
Sony DID retain the Minolta Maxxum (MD) auto-focus lens mount, but renamed it the Sony Alpha A-mount, as found on the Alpha 65v, Sony Alpha 77 Mark 2, and other camera bodies. Some time later, they came out with the Sony E-mount for their new line of Sony Nex cameras. Your Minolta macro lens could be used without any adapter on any Sony A-mount body. I recently bought one and have it working properly on an Alpha 77 Mark 2 body, as well as several Minolta Maxxum lenses from the mid-80s to the early 90s.
No, it couldn't. That's a manual focus Minolta lens which is the MD mount, not the A mount.
I have a Nikon 105 macro lens. Will I be able to use it?
No, the ES-1 is really designed for a 60mm, so using a 105 macro you won't be able to see the entire slide, only a portion in the center.
D850 has a Digitize mode. I have D810 &D700 w/60mm micro & ES-1, will it work okay?
I don't have that exact gear to test , but as I understand it, any full frame camera with a 60mm micro/macro lens should do the job.
@@JayPierstorff Thank you!
A Nikon LS5000 Coolscan produces a 4000 dpi image of a 35mm slide measuring 4000 x 6000 pixels at around 21 mbs. A camera scan with the ES2 and D850 produces a 8256 x 5504 pixel file at 45 mbs. Does this mean the camera scan image is better than the scanner file?
I haven't seen a scientific test on this, but from my experience I suspect this is the case. I owned an older Nikon Coolscan that produced unremarkable results (by today's standards) and took 38 seconds to scan each slide. Compare that to several seconds per slide with the ES-1and excellent quality with a modern camera, and most people would be hard pressed to search out a dedicated film scanner unless you have very specific needs.
A tripod and the sun work nicely too
My lens is an AF-s Micro Nikkor 40mm 1:2.8G Is this considered a macro lens?
Yes!
Yes. For some reason, Nikon has referred to their macro lenses as Micro lenses, going back at least to the early 1970s.
Yes. For some reason, at least since the early 1970s, Nikon has generally referred to their macro lenses as Micro lenses.
The Nikon 60 mm micro lenses sharpusa 5.6 or so I’ve read
Hi. When duplicating films or slides, the emulsion side must always be facing the camera. You should never photograph an image through the plastic base of the film. you will just need to invert the image horizontally after during batch processing.
Hi. You are not photographing the right side of your film. One thing you learn in photography school is that you never photograph a slide or negative through the film base. The emulsion side should always be facing the camera. You will get a reversed image from right to left and then you can just do a batch process to reverse all the images automatically.
You never learn that in "photography school," and the effect is minimal to nonexistent what side you scan from.
@@danem2215 In France there are two levels of training in photography schools, the C.A.P. (certificate of professional aptitude) in two years and the B.T.S. (Higher technician’s certificate) in two more years.