[Leica] in which kyle posts a HASSELblad image

[hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (G Hopkinson)]

Ken, I think because Kyle was asking about digitising (35mm!) negatives by 
photographing the negative directly (with a Leica D200 I
guess), then use a PS action to remove the mask after inverting the image. I 
have no idea if this is possible, But surely the
quality loss would be great. But the intent apparently was to avoid using a 
scanner. So Kyle's mooted method is to load bulk 35mm
colour neg film into a 120 camera, followed by digitally photographing said 
35mm negs with an APSC DSLR then applying juju with PS. 
SWEET BARKING CHEESE! Did you have some magic tofu when you thought this up 
;-)
I would think that scanning 120 film with an inexpensive Epson or Canon 
flatbed might be the simplest option for using that 500C/M,
if conventional printing is not viable. Take a look at say the BW work of 
Daniel or Nathan for BW 120 negs scanned with flatbeds.

Cheers
Geoff
Who is probably completely wrong and unlike Kyle has never sold a bazillion 
photo books.

-----Original Message-----
Subject: RE: [Leica] in which kyle posts a HASSELblad image

Kyle,

I'm just curious as to why it is necessary to remove the mask from neg film.
I use Nikon Scan and SilverFast software, and they seem to work fine.
Sometimes if I get something obviously out of whack, I'll use the gray
balancer in PK Color 2.  Thx

Ken  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-
> bounces+kcarney1=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Kyle Cassidy
> Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2008 9:02 AM
> To: lug@leica-users.org
> Subject: [Leica] in which kyle posts a HASSELblad image
> 
> 
> So, just the other day, I was out with my Leica 500/cm which I've
> accessorized to the point that it now has a strap, the image isn't
> backwards when you look into it, and there's a focusing tab on the lens.
> it still has no light meter, but we're getting somewhere ....
> 
> http://www.kylecassidy.com/lj/2008/i-can-has-hasselblad-1.jpg
> 
> one thing i noticed when i got my FLIM back is that i'd often focused
> about 2 inches behind the eyes. would a split image focusing screen help
> me with this? should i spend another $50 on this gadget? (or is that a
> doodad?) or should i spend $50 on FLIM and practice more? i've been
> thinking of spooling some 35mm fuji color (which i have crates of) onto a
> 120 roll, which would, technically, mean i'd only be paying to get the
> stuff developed, BUT then scanning becomes an issue, which brings up
> question #2:
> 
> DOES ANYONE HAVE A PHOTOSHOP ACTION THAT REMOVES THE ORANGE MASK FROM
> FLIM?
> 
> if so, i'd just digitally photograph my negs and invert them. otherwise
> i'd have to find someone with a flatbed and a negative whatnot. it's all
> getting so complicated. why do you think they call it a HASSELblad?
> 
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