Duplicating Slide

[Clem_C]

I was going through some very old slides that I had taken many years back. Most of them already faded in colour.

Then an idea dawn on me. Instead of throwing them away, I had a little fun experiment...

The actual shots were taken with a Sigma 70-210 f2.8.

Placing the slides against a light box, I used my Tamron 90mm Macro to duplicate them. After some processing, here are the results. Any comments? Good enough?

[satay16]

looks nice to me. just abit saturation makes it like a real digital picture.

[Johnston]

Not bad. Guess I should try some of my old slides liao.

[satay16]

Originally Posted by Johnston Not bad. Guess I should try some of my old slides liao.

if only i had a lightbox.

[Trigger Happy]

Originally Posted by satay16 if only i had a lightbox.

a friend of mine converted a DRAWER into one
just add flourescent tubes below a translucent acryllic sheet and voila... works very well with his slides collection.

[Johnston]

Originally Posted by Trigger Happy a friend of mine converted a DRAWER into one just add flourescent tubes below a translucent acryllic sheet and voila... works very well with his slides collection.

thats what i call COOL, steady poon pee pee.

[Trigger Happy]

Originally Posted by Johnston thats what i call COOL, steady poon pee pee.

the coolest part is slide out = on, slide back in = off. all via contact switch, no need to fumble with switches, and best of all keeping it is a simple sliding act.

[Johnston]

you, me & satay boy seems to be 'switching' from one thread to another huh?

[Trigger Happy]

Originally Posted by Johnston you, me & satay boy seems to be 'switching' from one thread to another huh?

lol i was thinking the same too. where is everyone else?! oh, i forgot tmrw is a working day.. on leave so diff mood. haha... surfing ebay and cs at the same time.

[Seeto]

Originally Posted by Clem_C I was going through some very old slides that I had taken many years back. Most of them already faded in colour. Then an idea dawn on me. Instead of throwing them away, I had a little fun experiment... The actual shots were taken with a Sigma 70-210 f2.8. Placing the slides against a light box, I used my Tamron 90mm Macro to duplicate them. After some processing, here are the results. Any comments? Good enough?

The slides are a tad high in contrast & saturation. I think you should tweak it a little to tone it down a little. This usually happens when we dublicate slides. That's y in actual slide duplication, low contrast slide film are used. But if you shoot digital or scan the slides in, it's easy to get around this problem.

[Clem_C]

I used to have a Nikon Coolscan II. But the scanning process is painfully slow and it takes forever to clean up the dust and scratches. So, finally gave it up.

I think this whole exercise is to show what can be done with relative ease and at no extra cost.(i.e. if you already own a Macro lens.) The results are definitely not as good as a proper scan pic but good enough for Webs or A4 print.

While going through the slides, what I really miss is the narrower DOF the FF offer. So, really a disadvantage in one situation could be an advantage in another, depending on what type of effect you’re after.

[zcf]

Originally Posted by Clem_C I used to have a Nikon Coolscan II. But the scanning process is painfully slow and it takes forever to clean up the dust and scratches. So, finally gave it up. I think this whole exercise is to show what can be done with relative ease and at no extra cost.(i.e. if you already own a Macro lens.) The results are definitely not as good as a proper scan pic but good enough for Webs or A4 print. While going through the slides, what I really miss is the narrower DOF the FF offer. So, really a disadvantage in one situation could be an advantage in another, depending on what type of effect you’re after.

just wonder, can this be work on film negative or not? After shoot, the negative the image capture?

[Seeto]

Originally Posted by zcf just wonder, can this be work on film negative or not? After shoot, the negative the image capture?

Why would you want to duplicate a neg? All you need to do is to print it out decently large, at least 8x10 inch, then put it on a copystand and take another photo! It's as simple as that.

Alternatively, if you don't own a copystand, put the photo on the floor by your window on a bright day, then either using a tripod or just by standing over the photo, position your camera directly over the photo and shoot. You'll get the same effect. In colour negs, there are more things you can play around with as compared to slides, in terms of exposure and contrast.

[TME]

Hi, colour look a bit false...

[Clem_C]

Those slides were taken over ten years ago and had developed an orangey cast. I had to process them a bit.

But even if the slides are new, I can assure you that they look rather different from digital.