How Do You Build A Slide Film Light Box?
Photographers and hobbyists who have boxes of slides that need to be organized and digitized may find it useful to create a portable and inexpensive light box to illuminate slides. You can build a light box using materials from home improvement and budget furnishing stores. The light box provides a stable surface to hold slides and backlighting to view the images so you can take a digital photograph of the slide. You can also adapt this light box design to meet needs beyond viewing slides, such as creating a lighted picture frame, tracing surface or small, lighted display. Choose a picture frame with wide sides (such as 3 or 4 inches all around) to create a table-like top over the light box. Turn the picture frame over so that the glass is facing down and place on a flat surface. Remove the back plate of the picture frame that holds the picture in place. Measure the area at least 1/2 inch from the picture opening (this should be slightly larger than the picture size). For example, the
