Patent ID: 6711347
Filing Date: 2004-03-23
Classification: G03B

Abstract:
A device for aligning the lens axis of a camera with a backlighted photographic slide to permit copying, comprising in combination a platform having forward and rearward portions, supporting at the forward portion a diffuser chamber that comprises;(a) a slide-illuminating panel extending upwardly from and transversely across said platform, said slide-illuminating panel having a central aperture corresponding to the dimensions of a photographic slide, (b) a diffuse reflector panel extending upwardly from and diagonally across said platform, one end of said reflector panel being connected to one end of said slide-illuminating panel, and (c) the upper surface of the forward portion of said platform, the rearward portion of said platform being provided with means for mounting a digital camera at laterally and vertically adjustable positions, so as to permit alignment of the camera lens with the center of said aperture, said rearward portion being provided with tilting means to elevate it, whereby a photographic slide placed over the aperture is held in place by gravity.