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Do you want to copy slides, negatives and photographs...

Here's a sure fire way using your digital camera that really works...
Check out the sample "How to..."  menu bar above. You will be amazed how fast and easy it is - with just a click of the shutter - to copy slides, negatives and photographs with your digital camera.  Eliminating expensive, slow, awkward, time consuming scanners with their marginal results.

The ShotCopy devices holds images in front of your camera lens for easy copying -  one right after the other.  It's so simple - with the click of the camera your picture is digitally captured - ready to load to your PC. Ready to email to family and  friends or burning to a CD or DVD.

No fancy lighting required. Just a white reflector to bounce the light on to the image being copied. What could be easier.

When you copy negatives you can reverse the negative to a positive image either in your camera or using the software that came with your PC.

To copy photographs is even easier.

Explore the menus above to see for yourself how easy it is to convert your slides, negatives and photographs to digital images using your camera and ShotCopy.

Archiving Photos...
Negatives, Slides, Prints – to Digital Images
Learn about the past and future of photographic archiving for the 21st century.

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Uploading your photos
to the Internet...
Why have a photo album that sits in the closet until family shows up for the  holidays? Load all your pictures to the Internet to share with family no matter where they live..

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ShotCopy is...
ShotCopy is the device that will allow you to use your digital still camera or digital camcorder to quickly and easily copy your slides, negatives or prints (up to 4X5) to digital images.  Just make sure to test your camera before you buy to verify the camera can focus clearly to within inch of the camera lens.

Think about it...
Flatbed Scanner, Slide/Negative Scanner or ShotCopy and your digital camera...

The Flatbed Scanner was originally designed to scan text but later expanded, with software, to include photographs.  Why would you want to copy a photograph while waiting for flatbed scanner wand move slowly across your image when you can capture the same image with one click of your digital camera? It is even saved as a digital photographic (jpg) file; no waiting for a scanner conversion.

The Slide / Negative Scanner – is simply a digital camera hidden in a box with a slot to receive your slides and negatives. Why would you want to buy an expensive, low resolution digital camera in a box that can only do one thing when you can use your digital camera? 

ShotCopy offers you the best of both worlds without the slowness of a flatbed scanner or the expense of a slide/negative scanner. With ShotCopy you are only one click away from capturing your photos to your PC – saving you both time and money.
 

ShotCopy Design

ShotCopy is designed to allow digital cameras to be mounted on a solid wood base while slides, negatives, and prints are held stationary in front of the camera lens for copying.  It's easy, it's fast and it's fun!  ShotCopy has a small footprint that takes up very little space on your desktop. ShotCopy brings you a long way from  the days of bulky copy stands with their hot flood lights.

 

Cameras have changed and will continue to change into the future...

No more film processing and waiting hopefully for positive results.  Digital cameras are here to stay as film takes its place in history.

ShotCopy is a universal camera copy device that will not become obsolete as cameras change into the future, like some of the dedicated devices being used today.

Don't let your photographic memories be lost in the shuffle of new technology.  Bring them along with ShotCopy and your digital camera.  Don't leave your precious memories behind to fade away and vanish.  Revive them with ShotCopy.  Let ShotCopy help you keep your family tree from being lost to history.

 

Le Merveilleux 1/4 Plate Camera, c1888
ShotCopy - Sony Mavica used 3.5" floppy Disk late 1990's

Canon Evolt Series Digital Camera with interchangable lenses c2008

Canon HF100 Hi-Def Video Camera c2008

Canon SuperShot S80 c2007

What does the future hold for photography?

The way we view and use pictures has changed...

Gone are the days when slide projectors were used to view slides.  Now we have digital video projectors and devices that allow us to  hookup our digital cameras to our PC's and TV sets to view our home movies and pictures.  But wait a minute, how about all your slides negatives and prints.  ShotCopy allows you to use your digital camera to easily digitize your photos with one click of the shutter.

Iomega's PhotoShow

 

Video Projector

But your slides, negatives and prints have not changed...

Don't let your photographs fad away, become damaged or lost to history.  Let ShotCopy and your digital camera help you bring your photographs into the 21st century as digital images.  Once digitized there is a world of possibilities awaiting you.

35mm Slides

35mm Film

Converting your photos from film to digital images opens up a whole new world of possibilities...

Once your photos are digitized you can e-mail them to your friends; save them to your hard drive; burn them to a CD/DVD; display them on your PC, video projector screen or your TV screen.

You will never have to worry again about your pictures fading or turning yellow, or even worse, lost to an accident. By making copies of your digital photo files you can inexpensively copy and distribute your memories to your family, friends or associates for safe keeping. If lost, just ask your friends to make a copy of the photo disk that you sent them. That's it!

Use ShotCopy with your digital video or still camera

Don't let your family photographic history be lost to the ravages of time...
 Now you can use your digital still or movie camera to bring your memories into the digital age with ShotCopy - the slide negative photograph converter.  Now you can easily copy your photographs and share them with everyone through email, CD Photo Albums, Screen Savers, and TV slide shows.  No more screens or projectors to drag out! Now you can share you photos by watching TV.
 

ShotCopy and the
Camera in a Box...
o Why buy a camera in a box when you can use your digital camera to copy your slides, negatives and prints?
o Why fumble with cumbersome and time consuming loading trays?
You have images to copy - why spend your time fumbling around with clumsy trays and using software which you probably already own. With ShotCopy their are no trays to fool with.  ShotCopy gives you direct access to loading your slides, negatives and prints directly in front of your own digital camera lens for copying with a click of your camera's shutter.  No preloading of trays for copying required. Then you use the photo editing software that came with your digital camera to download and edit the digital photos on your PC.

Most of these cameras in a box have less camera resolution power than your present digital camera. ShotCopy keeps up with changes in camera technology - its just a matter of swapping out the old for the new camera with ShotCopy. Don't get stuck with an obsolete camera in a box technology to copy your precious photographs for future generations.

Think about it?  Why would you buy another camera that is built into a box that has less resolution power than your present digital camera?  When you can use your existing digital camera to do the work much faster?

ShotCopy is better by far because it is faster and easier to use.  Just load and click - insert the next slide - click.  In no time you will have all those slides, negatives and prints converted to digital images that you took with your camera ready to download and edit on your PC to share with family and friends.

Think about it - compare ShotCopy with other devices out there and you will realize ShotCopy's superiority over other devices. Plus, it never becomes obsolete as technology moves forward.  ShotCopy has been a proven technology since 1997.  All this time ShotCopy has been doing the job of converting slides, negatives, and prints with ease - saving untold hours of your precious time. 

Shop and Compare ShotCopy with other converter devices...
You will find ShotCopy is...

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Faster - no photo trays to load and unload.

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No waiting for scanner wands and file conversions for each image.

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No manufacturer proprietary  lens attachments.

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No more fixed intensity of backlighting for slides and negatives of different exposure densities.
ShotCopy makes common sense when compared to other converter devices...

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With ShotCopy you can use your existing photo editing software that came with your digital camera. Why learn a whole new software package just to copy slides, negatives and prints. Even worse, being stuck with dedicated and limited software features that came with converter device!

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No more using slow scanner technology that was designed for scanning documents.

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No more cameras in a box with their limited and easily obsoleted technology as newer cameras come on the market with higher resolution, speed and improved storage capability.
Make a wise investment in ShotCopy that will last a life time as technology continually moves on into the future.

Prove it to yourself - order a ShotCopy today and see what it can do for you.  We know you will love it - this is why we offer our 30 day money back guarantee.

Why digitize your photos?

What is the advantage of converting slides, negatives and photographs to digital images?

  • You can share your images via e-mail.

  • You can create CD-ROM or DVD Disk Photo Albums that can be easily copied and shared with your family, friends or business associates.

  • You can touch up and correct your images at will.  Restore your faded and cracked photographs; plus, preserve deteriorating slides and negatives.

  • By converting your photographs to digital images you can reduce the possibility of loss of priceless treasures by distributing copies of your photographic memories to more that one location.  Image if you lost your cherished photographs through  fire or thief.  What is the value to you for memories that can never be recovered?

  • You can display your digitized photos on a computer, TV and organize them on  your PC for quick recall.  You can even print hard-copies of you memories or e-mail them to family and friends. Think of the fun you'll have sharing historical memories that are now digitized for the world to see.

  • By digitizing your photographs you don't have to dig through old dusty photo albums or even worse; shoe boxes full of unlabeled slides, negatives and prints.

  • Once you've transferred your images with the help of ShotCopy to your PC you can arrange, copy and touch-up your images any way you like; any time you want; and share them with whomever you wish; quickly and easily.