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emeritus · 18th May 2018, 9:46 pm

For capturing the negatives of my subminiature camera that takes 10 x 15 mm negatives on 16mm film I used a camera lens as a relay lens for my digital camera. With the negative illuminated via a piece of flashed opal glass and the rear of the camera lens facing the negative you can position it to give an image at infinity that you can zoom in on to get a large image on your digital camera. I used an f/2 58mm lens from my old Zenith SLR, at full aperture. Negative scanners often do not have good enough resolution for such small negatives. The method should work for microfiche frames.

18th May 2018, 9:46 pm	#17
emeritus Dekatron Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Brentwood, Essex, UK. Posts: 5,349	Re: Old catalogues -- worth keeping? For capturing the negatives of my subminiature camera that takes 10 x 15 mm negatives on 16mm film I used a camera lens as a relay lens for my digital camera. With the negative illuminated via a piece of flashed opal glass and the rear of the camera lens facing the negative you can position it to give an image at infinity that you can zoom in on to get a large image on your digital camera. I used an f/2 58mm lens from my old Zenith SLR, at full aperture. Negative scanners often do not have good enough resolution for such small negatives. The method should work for microfiche frames.