Nikon F Rail System

The DAM Useful Camera Rail System turns your camera into a high-quality, high-volume scanner. These are built from vintage Nikon F slide duplicator film stages and Arca-compatible mounting hardware. They provide a perfectly aligned method for using your DSLR or mirrorless camera and macro lens for camera scanning.  This unit can accommodate mounted slides and unmounted film. It has “arms” to support film strips, which makes it an excellent choice for scanning film strips and rolls. NOTE: the slot for mounted slides in this unit can only accept thinner slides, like the ones produced at commercial labs (cardboard and plastic mounts. These units are modified in a couple of ways: I removed the diffusion glass so that it can produce even, full frame illumination against a light table or other diffuse light source. Additionally, I’ve filed out the corners of the negative stage so that you get a nice black border on negative scans. And finally, I’ve cut some slots in the film support arms t