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Default Photo negatives, slides copier recommendations?

On Sat, 31 Jan 2015 13:04:33 +0000, Bill
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Hi,
I'm looking for any personal recommendations for a copier that will copy
from normal 35mm neg's, slides and small glass plate neg's. Looking
around the web there seems to be a multitude of these, all with glowing
reviews! But does anyone here have any first hand experience of them?
I've scanned many photos before, but this will be my first time with
negatives, it would be good to get a few personal experiences before
diving in.

One problem I had with slides is that the thickness of the cardboard
or plastic holder means that the slide itself is a mm or two above the
glass, and my scanned copies always came out a little blurry. Don't
know if it's a focussing issue, or reflections due the small gap.
Tried taking a few slides out of the holder and laying them directly
onto the glass, much better result, but fiddly and time consuming!