Hi Bill: The suggestion received to scan them on a flat-bed and then reverse the image in Photoshop should work well, but you must make sure you scan the plate emulsion side down, to avoid the possibility of diffraction effects through the glass, and to maximise sharpness. You will also need to watch out for Newton's Rings where the glass contacts the scanner's pressure plate.
Takes me back a bit - my first exposure to photography, outside family snaps, was making photomicrographs of hydraulic joint sections for the prototype of the Hawker Harrier, still in service with the RAF and the US Marine Corps. We did these using carbon arc light sources on 5x7 (or maybe 6x8) glass plates, developed by inspection in trays, then contact printed for filing. John Coyle Brisbane, Australia On Thursday, August 15, 2002 3:35 PM, William Kane [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > Hey gang, > > This is VERY off topic: My brother, an art major, just obtained a > > large amount of glass plate negatives. His medium is paint, though he > > has an interest in old photographs . . . anyhow, I'm trying to help > him > in finding a good solution for either scanning or reproducing these > images. > > We don't have access to a darkroom as of right now, but I may > think > about building one in the next year or two. > > Does anyone have any solutions for reproducing/scanning? I prefer > > scanning. We have a Microtek and a cheap HP . . . or might there be a > > way to use my Pentax LX to make negs of the plates? > > IL Bill > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
