"John" <jhy001@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>I need to copy some very old black and white portrait
> photographs. They can't be scanned because they are mounted
> in glass frames and are very fragile. They are borrowed and
> I cannot take them out of their enclosure. I must make do
> with them under glass.
>
> I have a Nikon Coolpix 950 that I don't think will help
> me here. Please let me know if it can.
>
> My other camera is a Canon AT-1 that I haven't used in
> over 20 years. I have a set of macro lenses for it, and
> remember copying photographs with it. I used some special
> b&w slow speed film as I recall, and a tripod, lighting,
> and aperture shutter speed guesses or tests.
>
> Helpful suggestions on how to best copy these pictures
> is welcome. e.g. what film, aperture, shutter speed
> should I begin with?
>
> Or, assuming I'm going to need to do this more in the
> future (I have begun some serous genealogy), should I
> bite the bullet and buy a digital SLR? If that route,
> what is an economical digital SLR? I suppose that if
> I bought a Canon digital SLR, I could use the handful
> of AT-1 lenses I have?
>
> Thanks in advance for advice!
>
> John
Since you have a set of macro lenses for your AT-1, you will have no
problem
using it for copy negatives. Lighting the pictures under glass will be
difficult, but not impossible. Use two or more lights at 45 degree angles
to
the picture. A more shallow angle may be easier. Frankly, I would use a
film
camera for this project, as the negatives will be easier to store and more
robust over the years. If you shoot with digital and burn to CD/DVD, you
will have to re-copy every couple years to provide for any deterioration
of
the disk and to convert to whatever storage medium becomes popular in the
future. Your negatives, on the other hand, can always be viewed by holding
them up to the light, and printed either optically or scanned.
As for using your AT-1 lenses (Canon FD mount) with a Canon digital SLR,
sorry, no. You will need an adapter, which has a 'helper' lens in it to
provide infinity focus. This helper lens may or may not be of equal
quality
to your Canon lenses.
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