Opteka HD² Slide Copier for 58mm Digital Camera Lenses

by Opteka

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B0017W7SHS
• Item model number: OPT-SLIDE-FI-3
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #15 in Electronics > Office Electronics > Copiers
• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 16, 2008

Product Description

The Opteka High Definition Digital Duplicator screws into the filter thread of the lens adapter or existing lens. This means it can be connected to almost all digital cameras. The built-in high definition close-up optics allow you to transfer slides into digital cameras easily with no lose in quality. You will actually enhance you pictures!

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Opteka Digital Duplicator, June 6, 2010

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C. JONES - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Opteka HD² Slide Copier for 58mm Digital Camera Lenses (Electronics)

I don't "review" much stuff but this is an exception. This little gizmo has exceeded my expectations in almost every way.

I had a small photo business for years so I had copied all sorts of graphics to film, but those days are pretty much gone. I have a large number of mostly 35mm slides that I wanted to transfer to digital - I'm still in the middle of the learning curve on digital. I decided I would try this copy attachment, "just to see". I had some concern about hanging the weight of a copier attachment on an all plastic digital camera. It turns out this thing weighs almost nothing.

But the real surprise to me was the optics. I would judge, for the price, the optical performance of this thing is astounding. The only issues I've had with slide copies made with this have been due to problems in the original slide, or simply incorrect auto-focus in the camera I've used the attachment with. I still seem to get the usual contrast "bump" that always occurs with film copies, but that's easy to fix in the computer. The only real issue that I can find to nit pick on this is that a lot of slide mounts tend to hang up on the little spring pressure pads inside the holder. You learn very quickly however, when a slide is fully seated in the holder so that's a fairly minor annoyance. Overall, I don't see how you could beat this for the price.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Opteka HD2 Slide Copier for 58mm Digital Camera Lenses, February 28, 2010

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This review is from: Opteka HD² Slide Copier for 58mm Digital Camera Lenses (Electronics)

This product works well. I am using it to copy slides digitally. I took photos using slides for 30 years and wanted to have some copies of favorite images on my computer. If you have a large number of slides to copy it could be slow going as it can only copy one at a time. There is a slight vignetting with my camera, a Canon Powershot Pro 1. This can be eliminated by not copying the whole slide, and zooming in at about 90%.
All in all, I am satisfied with the product.

4.0 out of 5 stars Surprisingly Good Results, February 2, 2012

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This review is from: Opteka HD² Slide Copier for 58mm Digital Camera Lenses (Electronics)

I was somewhat sceptical given the price however the results were very acceptable. I used my Canon Powershot G11. Colour balance was excellent and sharpness was much better than a standard flatbed scanner. Barrel is manufactured from metal while the slide tray is plastic.

Some hints on use:

1. Set-up the exposure at the lowest practical ISO speed. Higher ISOs may cause degradation due to noise reduction circuitry in the camera. Alternatively, shoot in RAW and post-process. I used auto white balance with good results.

2. Copier optics is designed to work with lens length set to 110mm (35mm equivalent).

3. Use a mid-range aperture setting with a remote shutter trigger to ensure sharp reproduction.

4. Turn-off image stabilization and focus-assist light (if equipped).

5. For high contrast slides, do not overexpose the highlights. Lighten the shadows in Photoshop or equivalent.

I have all these parameters set in the G11 as a custom setting so setup is quick and simple. Results with a large-frame sensor in a DSLR should be that much better.