I have taken pictures of old pictures with pretty good success, as long as
you're not looking for technical perfection, assuming you want them for
something like a Family Tree Maker album or something similar.
If photography interests you at all, you'll never be sorry for buying a
DSLR. I have Nikons and am totally satisfied, but I doubt that any of the
popular brands would disappoint you. I just saw a D40 with a kit lens for
under $500 and they all have entry level DSLR's in this price range now.
The Canon web site should provide you a lens compatibility chart, but you
won't use them much if they're not autofocus once you try the kit lens.
"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
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