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Subject: [Leica] And to add to your day! :-)
From: r.s.taylor at comcast.net (Richard S. Taylor)
Date: Tue Jul 18 17:20:59 2006
References: <2B102DE3F7C92A4798E4F184BB5EB50B01BDF24F@gsmbnmp17es.firmwide.corp.gs.com >

Thanks Mike.  Maybe I'll give this a try.  Was your setup a typical 
slide copy set up:  light box, slide holder on a double bellows and 
macro or reversed 50 on the camera?

>Yes I tried this with my 20D and the results were surprisingly good -
>even better, you get the controls from Adobe RAW for processing the
>images, which probably gives you more control than a dedicated scanner
>(you can even take two different exposures and compose them in Photoshop
>if required.) The best bit is the speed that you can copy slides by this
>method. It is well worth experimenting ...
>
>Mike
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: lug-bounces+michael.francis=gs.com@leica-users.org
>[mailto:lug-bounces+michael.francis=gs.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
>Richard S. Taylor
>Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 1:11 PM
>To: Leica Users Group
>Subject: Re: [Leica] And to add to your day! :-)
>
>Ted -
>
>(snip)
>
>>Today? Hey modern science to the rescue and swiftly. Sun was shining,
>>so out the door, set print into deck chair, digital 20D and Leica 60
>>macro lens in hand, stopped down to f8.0, focus and be there.... click,
>
>>click  KISS and it was done! :-)
>
>I've often though this would be a good way to make digital slide copies,
>too, analogous to making them on film.  You'd get lower resolution with
>most cameras and less exposure control than with a good slide scanner
>but it would be an awful lot faster and might be more than good enough.
>
>Has any one tried to copy slides this way and were you satisfied with
>the results?
>
>(snip)
>
>
>>Yesterday a video crew were at my home shooting a final test segment
>>for a TV programme on BRAVOTV. Yep about the old guy himself. Neat eh?
>>;-) The producers were confident this was an excellent test segment and
>
>>the real time taping will probably be done in the next 6 weeks. :-)
>
>Hope this Bravo is the same as the Bravo channel here.  You'd be an
>interesting interviewee for sure.  You must let us know when it's
>expected to be broadcast.
>
>(snip)
>
>>Dang it's been a great couple of days! :-)
>>
>>ted
>
>... and may you have many more.
>
>--
>Regards,
>
>Dick
>
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-- 
Regards,

Dick

Replies: Reply from michael.francis at gs.com (Francis, Michael) ([Leica] And to add to your day! :-))