Pro Slide & Film Copier / Duplicator + Specialty Photographic Instructions: For Canon, Casio, Contax, Epson, Fuji / Fujifilm, JVC, Kodak, Konica, Kyocera, Leica, Minolta, Nikon, Olympus, Panasonic, Pentax, Samsung, Sanyo, Sharp, Sony, Toshiba

by Specialty Photographic

Product Details

• Item Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B001AO1YBY
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 3, 2008

Product Description

Create digital images, movies or copies of your 35mm slides with your digital camera, camcorder, movie camera or 35mm SLR.  This slide copier screws onto the end of the camera lens or adapter -- just like a filter -- allowing the camera to produce digital images from traditional 35mm slides.

NOTE: No adapters are included with this copier. Your camera must accept threaded devices to use this copier; if your camera or adapter accepts threaded devices, but the size is not 52mm, you will need additional adapter(s) and/or stepping ring(s) that provide standard 52mm threads.

This copier includes, and is precisely integrated with, a professional quality, high definition, 52mm +10 diopter Macro Close-Up Lens. This lens can be removed from the copier and used separately on your camera for stunning macro close-up photography.

Depending upon your camera's zoom range, the image of a slide will completely fill the frame at about 100mm zoom, or zoom over 100mm and trim or crop the image as desired. Confine SLR (removable lens) cameras to approximately 80-120mm range for best results.

You can make prints from the resulting digital images.

Specialty Photographic © Copyrighted detailed instructions -- tuned and refined for more than eight years -- are included to ensure that you obtain the highest quality images.

An optional (not included) negative / slide / microfilm carrier accessory is available for this duplicator (Amazon catalog number B0011N43H6); it fits into the slide copier and enables copies to be made from un-mounted 35mm negative, transparency strips, black and white film, even 35mm microfilm. This carrier also has a slide carrier slot designed for use with mounted 35mm slides, facilitating the best possible image quality.

For Coolpix 5400, 5000, 4500, 4300, 995, 990, 950, 885 or 880 model cameras, use Nikon specific copier (Amazon catalog # B0001IU62S) instead.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Bad news!, August 19, 2010

By 

Andrew M. Johnson "Retired Doc" (Greensboro, NC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pro Slide & Film Copier / Duplicator + Specialty Photographic Instructions: For Canon, Casio, Contax, Epson, Fuji / Fujifilm, JVC, Kodak, Konica, Kyocera, Leica, Minolta, Nikon, Olympus, Panasonic, Pentax, Samsung, Sanyo, Sharp, Sony, Toshiba (Electronics)

I agree with the other reviewer that this is a cheap copier; the supplier did not send a slide or film carrier, and the optional one does not fit well. Worst of all, I have tried several excellent lenses with what I got, and all copied slides show severe pincushioning at all focal lengths. Don't buy it!

23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Garbage - find another option, June 1, 2010

By 

Michael R. Frey - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Pro Slide & Film Copier / Duplicator + Specialty Photographic Instructions: For Canon, Casio, Contax, Epson, Fuji / Fujifilm, JVC, Kodak, Konica, Kyocera, Leica, Minolta, Nikon, Olympus, Panasonic, Pentax, Samsung, Sanyo, Sharp, Sony, Toshiba (Electronics)

I got a cheesy-70's version of a slide duplicator, not even what's shown in the product description. Cheap plastic-mounted lens wouldn't screw into my Canon cleanly (at all), and needed to use my other actual HD macro, which has a metal lens mount, instead. The Bower Company is deceitful and so is Specialty Camera for selling it. Beware - this thing's worth about $30.