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RockitRon
Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 7646
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Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 5:18 pm Post subject: Kodachrome No More |
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Another old famous name falls victim to the digital age - Kodak has announced that it is to stop producing Kodachrome slide/transparency film. http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/jun/23/kodachrome-colour-film-photograpy-paul-simon-afghan-girl
In the days when I had a Pentax SLR (weighed a ton, fiddly screw-fit lenses) I always preferred slides, especially for scenery, and things, and tried hard not to bore everyone at Christmas with slide-shows of our summer hols.
When son came along in 1988 everyone wanted prints quickly and easily, so slides got the elbow, although I still have boxes of them, plus projector and two screens (I "inhertited" one) in the loft.
You can buy a "digitiser" to transfer them to PC. I've read mixed reports of these - does anyone have any experience of them? Indeed, does anyone still take slides, or, like me, just have them in storage? _________________ Ron |
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Helen May
Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 19385 Location: Cheshire
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Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 7:55 pm Post subject: |
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Saw an item on the news about this Ron.
My OH has cupboards full of slides, mostly of aircraft, but about 3 years ago switched over to digital as obtaining slide as becoming more and more difficult.
I suggested on of those 'digitisers' to him but he seems to think the specification isn't high enough for him, heaven knows why?? I'm sure they would be fine for most pictures though.
H _________________ 88 - 91 FM this is Radio 2 from the BBC!
I said it live on air in the studio with Jeremy Vine on 10/3/2005 |
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RockitRon
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Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 11:11 pm Post subject: |
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The main criticism of them seems to be that the end result looks over-exposed and loses some sharpness/detail. I think it might be worthwhile to wait for future, hopefully improved models. _________________ Ron |
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Helen May
Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 19385 Location: Cheshire
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Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 9:07 am Post subject: |
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They will come I'm sure Ron. A Christmas or birthday present when they do and some cupboard space back.
I've loads of negatives, can you do the same with them?
H _________________ 88 - 91 FM this is Radio 2 from the BBC!
I said it live on air in the studio with Jeremy Vine on 10/3/2005 |
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RockitRon
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Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 4:11 pm Post subject: |
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I believe so, H. The ads in the Sunday papers all mention negatives as well as slides.
My slides are mostly scenic, of holidays to places like Scotland, Norway, Austria and the former Yugoslavia, before I got married. They would certainly be looked at more often if I put them on disc/PC. _________________ Ron |
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colby
Joined: 06 Feb 2009 Posts: 1216
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Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2009 4:17 pm Post subject: |
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Helen May wrote: | I've loads of negatives, can you do the same with them? |
Certainly, Helen. Just flip from positive to negative in the image editing program (eg: Photoshop or whatever).
The key to good slide/neg scanning is to ensure that they're clean (use a compressed air can) and that you scan at high resolution.
Many of the low cost scanners aren't that good, though, and are only recommended for simple archive usage. _________________ (signature and avatar removed, violated forum Rule 2.) |
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