[Leica] Viso iii

[pjtotoole at gmail.com (Peter O'Toole)]

Well, 1:1 maybe something I should not have said. I want to use my M8
for close-up, e.g., to reproduce/enlarge vintage photos ...and out in
the field -- e.g., Scott's testimony with his photos using the viso +
65 f3.5. Having done photo copy work with a 105 mm Vivitar macro, I've
gotten used to high res.  I cannot even fathom that a flatbed will
provide me with, e.g., tif files of any consequence for photoshop
work, toning, spotting, repairing, not to mention a credible
enlargement. The M8 + viso iii + whichever lens works best/closest --
that must be the best option. Further, I'm trying to simplify, and
expand my M8 capabilities -- reducing my variables -- which is not so
easy.

Thanks.
Pete

On 8/17/07, Mark Rabiner <mark@rabinergroup.com> wrote:
> > Mark,
> >
> > I want to reproduce old family, and other interesting vintage photos for 
> > 1:1
> > enlargement, mostly, and for web gallery use.  Based on the LFI article 
> > and
> > all the lug feedback, I will look for, in some chronological order, a 
> > viso
> > iii + adapter + 65 f3.5 black; and, bellows ii + photar 12.5, 50, etc., 
> > or
> > the removable (?) optics from a 90, or 135, as noted, etc.
> >
> > Pete
> >
> >
> >
>
> If by 1:1 enlargement you mean reproduction without enlargement it may mean
> you don't really need macro optics nor modern optics. So a head from an old
> tele would work maybe.
>
> I've done a whole lot of scanning though of family and other black and
> whites
> Which reminds me why don't you scan them?
> And the big thing is making them bigger.
> Its like seeing them for the first time. They open up and reveal themselves
> to you. The past.
> If what you are copying are contact prints the detail will be phenomenal 
> and
> it will feel like you've made a copy of the original neg.
> You'll see the little things you had on your dresser when you were a kid in
> the 50's and everything in amazing detail. Blow them up letter sized or
> 11x17! You'll be the hit of the whole family.
> Get an Epson flatbed.
> Print them with Epson inks on Epson paper.
>
> Mark William Rabiner
> Harlem, NY
>
> rabinergroup.com
>
>
>
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