On Thu, 23 Jun 2005 02:03:45 +0100, turtill wrote:



yes,
your eyes!

philo wrote:
Agreed. After you get accustomed to looking at negs, you begin to see
them as normal. Especially through a loupe. But if that's not in the
OP's immediate future, a contact sheet is an excellent way to view them
"normally".

<turtill@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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A contact sheet is something done in the darkroom to show the entire roll of
film on one piece of photo paper. It's done by putting the negatives in a
frame, then this goes over the photo paper, the paper exposed, then
developed. Unless you have a photo processing darkroom, it's not the most
practical suggestion. When I get my film developed (local shop) they make a
single print that shows the entire roll of film, numbered, so if I need
reprints I know which negative to take to the shop.

<turtill@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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So scan them. If you have a slide/negative scanner, it should have a
"preview mode" that will quickly display a low-res scan of the negative. If
you don't have a slide/negative scanner, you're not gonna get it done
anyway.

turtill@hotmail.com wrote:
In an unusual break from normalcy, Tim is right ... (just a'joshin,
really). Take a look at a contact sheet:
http://www.danhicks.net/danproof.htm (if you've not listened to Dan
Hicks and the Hot Licks, you ain't listened to music).
Simple as can be in B&W, only a little more difficult in color. But yes,
there's quite a bit of getting ready to do to make your own. Easier to
let a local lab do it.

Toolman Tim wrote:
*Can* be done with a sheet of glass, three 8x10 trays and an overhead
light and a few chemicals and the paper.

"Rôgêr" <abuse@your.isp.com> wrote in message
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True - but I never had the patience to line up the negatives in the dark
<g>! And getting the light right takes practice besides. I've not done
developing since like the late 1970s, and never got into color work. I
imagine a color contact sheet is much more difficult.

<turtill@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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keep thinking we need to do the same. Some of his photos won awards (local
and state level - nothing national). It would be good to get them into
electronic format...some of the slides are really beginning to age.

<turtill@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Cool! Definately worth the time to sort thru...good luck!

turtill@hotmail.com wrote:
I didn't mean to lay claim on those pics. I probably wouldn't have
allowed that contact sheet to be shown. Dan Hicks is, for lack of a
better term, a whacky performer, and very talented. But I have no
dealings with him at all.

When I was doing commercial still photography (I'm almost exclusively
video now) I can brag on being published internationally in the slick
magazines on a few occasions. I shot some of the illustrations for the
"Virginia is for Lovers" campaign, and also did a bunch of the Stihl
chainsaw national ads of the day (they would *not* allow me to do the
Stihl calendars. If you've ever seen them, you know why). Let's see,
some Tiperillo ads, some little known home improvement product lines,
etc. I actually had to suffer through hiring glamour models for $60 or
$80/hr (far, far higher now). I was having a blast.

Toolman Tim wrote:
If you have a dichroic enlarger available, it's really not much more
difficult than B&W. The degree of difficulty is overblown. I've taken
rank beginners and shown them how to do color work and they then claim
B&W is more difficult.

"Rôgêr" <abuse@your.isp.com> wrote in message
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Possibly - I think Dad was using some Omega Chromatic thing when I gave up
;o)

I still do some film - nothing fancy. My old Canon cameras are slowly being
retired. But if I could get my hands on an FD shift-tilt lens for my A1, I
just might get interested again. (Too bad I'm broke...)

I think Photo Shop can take the netive file, make a positive for viewing or
pinting.

"Not Me" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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that as well. That way he doesn't have to complete a scan doesn't want what
he sees in the preview.

Toolman Tim wrote:

Get a view camera, probably cheaper than the lens you're descibing. If
you do some sheet film exposures and then blow them up to 11x14 or
16x20, you'll be amazed at the detail. And all the swings, shifts and
tilts you can shake a tripod at. They are amazing tools, too bad they're
pretty much dying off.

Toolman Tim wrote:

I meant to mention in the other post, that was labeled the Chromega
Dichroic enlarger. I had a 4x5 Chromega mounted to a cement wall, you
couldn't shake it with an earthquake. Great equipment.

With foot jammed firmly in mouth on Thu, 23 Jun 2005 17:29:09 -0700,
"Toolman Tim" <no.spam.for.tcm@my.email.is.invalid> mumbled:

<snip>
Take the file (inside yer PC) and run it thru any ol' photo editing
software and make a negative of yer negatives.
You'll then have a positive.
Print.

uh Clem

Join the expectant crowd now at [this area].
Don't crowd the wheels.

Talk and debate with me here:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hale_Bobb/
Usenet:
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"Rôgêr" <abuse@your.isp.com> wrote in message
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Yeah...Dad had an old Graflex that he could manipulate like that. I work for
a company that makes architectural columns and we should be updating our
photo gallery. But so many largee building photograph poorly without the
ability to adjust the lens perspective. Then again, I probably wouldn't do
very well at that unless I got some extra training.

On Sun, 26 Jun 2005 05:36:19 +0100, turtill@hotmail.com wrote:

The simplest way to put slides into digital form is to project them
onto a screen and photograph the result with a digital camera. There
is no need for a slide scanner!

"valeofbelvoirdrinker" <pete@vob.net> wrote in message
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I have put thousands of slides on VHS tape for a friend. I put a white
cardbord up and filmed the slides close to the white board. Use the
Macro setting on the camcorder. and put the slide close to the lense.
It is best
when the weather is cloudy bright so they don't reflect. I hooked
up the camcorder to the TV for a monitor and could see just what
I wanted to film. The white board lets the film show without a
background peeking through. If the slides have discolored and
lost their blue/green color you can use a slightly bluegreen
background. Then if you want them on disc you can burn the
VHS copy to DVD. You can also add music by pluging in a
music player in the RCA space where the sound goes. Clarissa