Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/01/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]They look great. If it was me I'd not use alcohol on them until I checked with Tina and or googled the hell out of it. On 1/17/14 2:19 AM, "Peter A. Klein" <pklein at threshinc.com> wrote: > Susan and Jim, thanks! I'm scanning with a Canon FS-4000 and VueScan. I > scan at full resolution and 48 bits with multiple-exposure passes and > the lightest of 3 IR cleaning settings. IR cleaning doesn't completely > work with Kodachrome but the lightest setting helps a bit with some dirt > and scratches, and doesn't do noticeable damage. Then I pull the 48-bit > TIFF into Picture Window Pro. I clone out the remaining crud that will > be visible at Web size, do a curve adjust if need be, and save a 24-bit > TIFF. I generally don't mess too much with white balance unless it's > really off--I want the pictures to look like Kodachrome. Then I reduce > to screen size JPG and sharpen a bit. > > My standards are probably a bit lower than Tina's as the pictures are > for family history, not stock sales. But if I see one I really like, I > go all-out. The shot of me in the sink was one of those, I going to > print that one. > > Tina's recent posts on scanning got me thinking about trying scanning to > Raw or DNG and using Capture One, but right now I was eager to get into > the pictures, so I used the process I know. I may try cleaning the > slides with Isopropyl alcohol--that has worked before, but I didn't want > to risk damaging any of the most precious slides. > > Mark, yes, the indoor shots are with flash. The Bolsey B2 had a > companion flash unit with about a five-inch reflector. I think it took > two C-cell batteries. I don't know if I still have the flash or not. It > was big compared to the camera, and it took bulbs that you pushed in and > turned a quarter turn to lock. I remember my mother used clear bulbs in > the early days, plus a filter. Then in the 60s she switched to blue > bulbs, which allows her to use daylight Kodachrome without a filter. > > Kodachrome is a miracle. The pictures look like they were taken last > week, and they are 60 years old. > > --Peter > > Mark Rabiner wrote: >> Did they use a flash which took type a flashbulbs?!? >> Looks like it.! >> >> >> On 1/17/14 12:24 AM, "Peter A. Klein" <pklein at threshinc.com> wrote: >> >>> I finally found "The Motherlode"--all the slides from my childhood. > They >>> were in the 27th box of 30 boxes left by my late parents. If you'd like >>> to see some 1954 Kodachromes of me as a very wee lad, click on. >>> >>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at > N04/11990571304/in/photostream/ >>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at > N04/11990188085/in/photostream/ >>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at > N04/11990999876/in/photostream/ >>> >>> Bolsey B2 rangefinder and Kodachrome (the original, ASA 10. Yes, I mean >>> ten). I still have the camera. >>> >>> --Peter > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Mark William Rabiner Photographer http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/