On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 20:34:08 +0100, "Lawrence Milbourn"
wrote:




"Paper2002AD" wrote in message
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I've got hundreds of old slides, some of which I would like to play about
with
if only I could get them onto the pc. I dont fancy paying loadsamoney for
a
light box thingy - how easy would it be to make my own, maybe
incorporating my
new LED torch (birthday present), which has a blinding light?

I saw a design a few years ago which used just two mirrors fastened by tape
at right angles and placed over the slide on the bed of an ordinary scanner.
I'm sure if you google around, the plans will still be out there.

What kind of results would one achieve by projecting the slides on to
the best quality screen possible, then photographing the pictures with
a digital camera? The quality might not be as high as the original
slides, but for quick persual in a web-based album, they might be
better than nothing. I, too, took hundreds of slides years ago, and
the last time I enquired at Jessops, a slide scanner was around £150.

MM