Digitize old negative films (and photo)

[Lars]

Thanks for the replies. I will continue to bother you a bit:
I have an old slide duplicator, but that only works with a full size body (which costs more than a scanner). Otherwise, that would be perfect. With a 1.6x you only get the centre of the slide. Also, I have heard that photographing slides will cause an increase in contrast and more loss of dynamic range compared to scanners. Any thoughts here?
Lars

[1Derrick]

Thanks for the replies. I will continue to bother you a bit:
I have an old slide duplicator, but that only works with a full size body (which costs more than a scanner). Otherwise, that would be perfect. With a 1.6x you only get the centre of the slide. Also, I have heard that photographing slides will cause an increase in contrast and more loss of dynamic range compared to scanners. Any thoughts here?
Lars

Hello - I found that shooting two exposures with a slide duplicator (I found a high end table top model for next to nothing) and combining the best (one for highlight detail, the other for shadow detail), gives amazing results (on my Canon 1Ds Mk3 or Mk2). It is more time consuming but worth the effort.