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7. I did that with a decent 35mm camera.
Mon May 21, 2018, 08:03 PM
May 2018

I made a light box using white poster board.
I curved the back panel to reduce 'halos'.
Cut a rectangular hole in one side the size of a slide.
With some thumb tacks to position a slide up tight in front of the opening.
A 'daylight' fluorescent bulb shining down through an opening in the top of the box.
Place camera so the view finder is 'filled' with a clear image of the slide.
I then used the camera's timer to snap the shot so I wouldn't shake anything.
Click. Change slide. Click.
I had several boxes of slides from the sixties that Dad had taken.
They all came out just fine.

Transfer the images to your computer for editing.

Bob's your Uncle.

Here's a couple with no editing from the 50's.

My first car:
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My Mom:
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From later taken with a better camera:
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