Lab Microscope stand as Copy Stand

Someone on the “Let’s see…” thread uses one here. They’ve had to increase the height by a bracket and then tensioned the weight with a cable, heavyish camera and lens though. Those Chinese stands do look a little flimsy. If you only want to copy 35mm then a decent bellows slide duplication setup (Nikon PB-6 etc.) avoids the need for a stand at all and is easy to set up and store, or possibly the Nikon ES1/ES2 setup. Certain enlargers can be adapted but they’re not particularly cheap either unless you’re lucky enough to come across one on the local marketplace/freecycle.

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