copying very old black and white photographs

I need to copy some very old black and white portrait
photographs. They can't be scanned because they are mounted
in glass frames and are very fragile. They are borrowed and
I cannot take them out of their enclosure. I must make do
with them under glass.

I have a Nikon Coolpix 950 that I don't think will help
me here. Please let me know if it can.

My other camera is a Canon AT-1 that I haven't used in
over 20 years. I have a set of macro lenses for it, and
remember copying photographs with it. I used some special
b&w slow speed film as I recall, and a tripod, lighting,
and aperture shutter speed guesses or tests.

Helpful suggestions on how to best copy these pictures
is welcome. e.g. what film, aperture, shutter speed
should I begin with?

Or, assuming I'm going to need to do this more in the
future (I have begun some serous genealogy), should I
bite the bullet and buy a digital SLR? If that route,
what is an economical digital SLR? I suppose that if
I bought a Canon digital SLR, I could use the handful
of AT-1 lenses I have?

Thanks in advance for advice!

John
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