Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/01/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]No. Don't use alcohol! This is what you need to clean film: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/71147-REG/Photographic_Solutions_PEC.html and lots of PEC pads - soft and fiberless. Only use it if there are spots you can't get off with a blower or clone out in PS. Your scans look great! I'm scanning Kodachromes from the 1970's right now. Tina On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 2:37 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > 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/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Tina Manley http:// <http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/>www.tinamanley.com