RE: Halifax project

2006-03-16 Thread Shel Belinkoff
I only looked at six pics, and to my eye, the quality is terrible, especially for 4x5 negatives. Sorry, not at all impressed. Shel [Original Message] From: Vic MacBournie Here is an interesting way to use your digital camera. I inherited a pile of 4X5 negatives from my father who used

Re: Halifax project

2006-03-16 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Neat stuff! They look very good. This is basically how I've been working with some Minox 8x11mm negatives. I use the DS, a 2x teleconverter, an extension tube set, and an A50/2.8 Macro lens to net 2x magnification. With the Minox, captures like this represent getting about a 5Mpixel image

Re: Halifax project

2006-03-16 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Come on, Shel, be nice. They need rendering work, for sure, but as fairly raw scans they are good data. Godfrey On Mar 16, 2006, at 12:56 PM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: I only looked at six pics, and to my eye, the quality is terrible, especially for 4x5 negatives. Sorry, not at all impressed.

RE: Halifax project

2006-03-16 Thread pnstenquist
I can't say I'm amazed at the quality, but I think you have managed to record the look of what were rather ordinary snapshots. Scanning, even on a flatbed with photo attachement like the Epson 3200, would be a better solution and would probably take only a bit longer. I did enjoy the pics. Old

Re: Halifax project

2006-03-16 Thread Tom C
Yes very charming! Tom C. From: Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net To: PDML pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Halifax project Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 13:04:55 -0800 Neat stuff! They look very good. This is basically how I've been working with some

Re: Halifax project

2006-03-16 Thread Aaron Reynolds
At my wife's practice they've gone to a paperless office, which made filing x-rays a pain in the butt. So now they slap 'em on a light table and shoot 'em with a digital camera that's had exposure and focus locked in. Much faster and easier (and less expensive) than trying to scan a great

RE: Halifax project

2006-03-16 Thread Bob W
-Original Message- From: Aaron Reynolds [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 16 March 2006 22:03 To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Halifax project At my wife's practice they've gone to a paperless office, which made filing x-rays a pain in the butt. Over here the medical

Re: Halifax project

2006-03-16 Thread Aaron Reynolds
On Mar 16, 2006, at 5:26 PM, Bob W wrote: Over here the medical profession advises strongly against filing them there. We have rounded edges on our x-rays up here, so it's not so bad. All I can think of now is the guy I went to school with who used to lick his fingers after peeling apart

RE: Halifax project

2006-03-16 Thread Vic Macbournie
using a non conventional capture device for this purpose, the quality is pretty damn good. vic From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: RE: Halifax project Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 12:56:32 -0800 I only looked at six pics

RE: Halifax project

2006-03-16 Thread Shel Belinkoff
OK ... ;-)) Shel [Original Message] From: Vic Macbournie Shel : When I said I was amazed at the quality, what I meant was I am amazed at the quality considering I am just shooting the negs with a digital camera and inverting them in PS. I recognize that using a scanner would be a

RE: Halifax project

2006-03-16 Thread Jens Bladt
Thhey are very nuce, Vic. There are som burbned out highlught - I wonder of your or you father caused this? (Looks like tje digital did this to me) Regards Jens Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Vic MacBournie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 16. marts 2006