So back in the day when I was training as a photographer in the military I was taught how to duplicate slides using a 35mm SLR camera. Needless to say, once I got out into the real world I never had any need for that particular knowledge again. However, I have recently inherited some large format negatives of some family photos and I would like to digitise them for preservation and archival purposes. I could send them off to a lab but I thought I would look into the possibility of doing it myself first. I've been looking at used negative scanners for sale online but I don't think any of them are going to be up to the standard of job I personally would expect. I have a full frame Nikon DSLR and a lens that will work well for copying purposes. So, I was wondering if it would be feasible to copy them myself with my camera like in the old days. Has anybody else had a go at it? Could anybody give me any pointers? Or should I just bite the bullet and send them into a lab? Looking forward to hearing other's opinions.
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