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7th Mar 2018, 4:19 pm | #1 |
Hexode
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Diss, Norfolk, UK.
Posts: 386
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Light Box from old monitor?
Hi,
I want to make a photographic light box for slide copying, 150x100mm would be large enough. I had the thought that one could be made from an old LED monitor. It would have to be an LED type I believe since I want to run it from DC or highish frequency to eliminate strobing with the DSLR I intend to use which I may want to operate at varying shutter speeds. Has anyone tried this or have any ideas? Trevor |
7th Mar 2018, 5:28 pm | #2 |
Retired Dormant Member
Join Date: Aug 2017
Location: Bristol, UK.
Posts: 136
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Re: Light Box from old monitor?
Markus Fuller has done something similar, although you may find his video a bit simple: https://youtu.be/VvVN5kHHg0Y
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7th Mar 2018, 8:41 pm | #3 |
Dekatron
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Brentwood, Essex, UK.
Posts: 5,349
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Re: Light Box from old monitor?
When I made a negative/slide copying jig a few years ago I just used a sheet of flashed opal glass and a conventional GLS bulb. Proper flashed opal glass does provide prettywell absolutely uniform illumination, but is quite expensive. Fortunately the largest size of negative I contemplated needing was 4" x 5" so the cost was reasonable.
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