Categories: all aviation Building a Biplane bicycle gadgets misc motorcycle theater
Tue, 29 Sep 2009
Every once in a while, I'm struck by a random whim.
In going through old negatives a week or two ago, I came across one of a friend from highschool, Amy Tarlow. I remembered it being a decent picture, and on the negative it looked good. I didn't do anything about it, just kind of filed that data away.
Tonight, I was chatting with Amy on Facebook (the evil blog-killer), and randomly mentioned this negative I'd run across. She was interested to see it, and I (not having a scanner) lamented not having a light table available. Then, it occurred to me that I could tape the negative to the monitor, and that would be a kind of light table...
It's hardly something to get thrilled about, but I thought the outcome was pretty interesting, and actually quite acceptable for a quick-n-dirty try at coming up with a useable proof. Tape negative to monitor, load blank page in Firefox (handy all-white screen), shoot with G10. Voila, instant ~4 MP copy of the negative. Load it into Photoshop, tweak the levels (the negative is a bit overexposed and contrasty, but workable), et voila!
In related news, I'm getting close to being ready for some 5x7 shooting action, which will almost certainly involve the acquisition or construction of a light table to check out negatives. I have a modern 210mm lens (Schneider Symmar-S f/5.6 in a Copal #1 shutter) sitting on the living room table, which only awaits a lensboard to make it complete. I have a spot-meter on the way, and dark cloth waiting to be installed in the bathroom. It's close.
Posted at 23:52 permanent link category: /misc
Categories: all aviation Building a Biplane bicycle gadgets misc motorcycle theater