The folks at B&H Photo-Video can answer all those questions.  They also sell quality equipment at some of the best prices available.  All their sales have a 14 day no questions asked return policy.  They are well regarded and honest.
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/

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From: Jill <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: 05/06/03 03:07 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: camera and copy stand

>
> I am shopping for a camera and copy stand so that we can produce our own
slides from books for educational purposes.  I'm aware of fair use issues,
so please, no dissertations on that topic.  I've worked in slide libraries
on and off for years, but I've never paid much attention to exactly what
the
brand and model number of equipment I have used.  Ideally I'd like a copy
stand where the camera body is mounted on an arm that slides up and down,
so
that I don't have to buy a lens, and which projects a lighted grid onto
the
surface for ease in focusing.  After focusing, I flip a switch and the
grid
goes away and the tungsten lights come on.  Does anybody know what this
kind
of copy stand is called and where I can find one?   I really hate the copy
stands where the flat surface itself is cranked up and down, so I don't
want
one of those.  Any suggestions as to make/model/source?

thanks,
Jill R. Chancey, Curator
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Lauren Rogers Museum of Art
Laurel, MS
(phone) 601-649-6374
(fax) 601-649-6379

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