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Opteka HD² Slide Copier for Canon EOS Digital SLR Cameras | List Price: $99.95
Discount Price: $49.95
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Brand: Opteka
Binding: Electronics
Warranty: 10 Year Warranty
Features: - Built-in high definition² close-up optics allow you to transfer slides into digital cameras easily with no loss in quality, and it will actually enhance your pictures!
- Very easy to attach and use with any 58mm or 52mm threaded lens
- High Definition² - 2 times the resolution of standard high definition copiers
- Digital multi-coating greatly reduces the appearance of lens flare and ghosting caused by reflections
- Made in Japan, 10 Year Warranty
Opteka slide copier works great. [Posted on 2007-12-31]
I used a Canon Rebel XTI camera, with the Canon 55-135 telephoto lens. It required 2 step down rings, a 72-58, and a 58 to 52 to connect to the Opteka (about $15). The zoom lens allowed me to frame the slide precisely, and it easily focused correctly. Set the lens to manual focus (so as not to stress the auto focus motor in the lens). I put a 100 watt incandescant bulb about 1 foot from the back of the Opteka for light. This produced about a 3.2 meg digital rendition of each slide. You can do about 20 slides per minute. It takes a lot longer just to sort, group and align (right side up, correct face of slide to front) the slides than to insert the slides in the Opteka and shoot the picture. I built a little jig with stops at each end to limit the travel of the slide carrier so the slides always stop in the same horizontal position. With this, you dont even need to check the alignment of the the slide when you insert them- just insert slide, push the Opteka slide carrier over, and shoot the picture.
Great product. Shipped promptly by 47 Street Photo.
Good Product [Posted on 2008-02-20]
I've copied over 700 slides and have experienced excellent results. I used step down rings from 72mm to 52mm. At first, I had a problem with the step down rings cutting off the corners of my slides. This was solved by backing off on my zoom just enough to avoid the cut off's.
Beware this copier is not useful for negatives [Posted on 2008-02-27]
I bought the Opteka HD2 slide copier for the Canon EOS and then spend a few hours trying to learn how to use it. I copied a couple of slides with moderate success, using the unit attached to my 28-80 Canon lens. It was difficult to get the slide in focus and to get it lined up to shoot the image, but it was possible. What is not possible is to use it for copying negatives. Most independent editing programs (iPhoto, Photoshop Elements) do not have the necessary software to invert color negatives to positives. They can do black and white, but not color. So the Opteka, which has no software with it, just can't be used to invert color negatives. I had to send it back and buy a much more expensive slide and negative copier, the Nikon Coolscan V. I'm still waiting for delivery of the new machine, but I have high hopes, based on reviews by others.
doesn't work [Posted on 2008-03-22]
Quality wise unit was o.k. Tried to use it with several different lenses, but unit would not focus.There is no means on the unit to focus it.I found the unit worthless.
Slide Copier [Posted on 2008-04-15]
The device worked as advertised. The proper adaptor rings were furnished for my canon zoom lense. A photo bulb and reflective lamp shade works well as a light source for the correct color exposure. Under and over exposed slides can be corrected somewhat. Highly recommended.
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