John wrote:
> Thanks all for the sage advice!
>
> I looked up the Nikon Coolpix 950 manual. When I got it
> I didn't need the advanced features, so I forgot it
> actually has a macro ability. In the interest of time
> and money budgets, I'll be exploring that to copy the
> old pictures, at least at first. Since the photographs
> are not in excellent condition to start with, this
> approach may be adequate.
>
> The lighting tips were particularly helpful,
One thing you might try in order to avoid reflections of your camera in
the center is to shoot from a bit of an angle then do perspective
correction on the computer to square it up. Of course you'll lose
resolution on one side but as you say there may not be that much detail
anyways.
> and the
> note about needing a lens adapter should I ever get a
> Canon SLR for the AT-1 lenses. This kind of removes
> any Canon constraint when I do choose a digital SLR
> vendor.
>
> Thanks, John
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