Using an Enlarger to Digitalize Negatives
I was wondering if anyone might have encountered something I want. I have
discovered that half of what I enjoyed about my photography is now missing. I really liked the time I spent in the dark room using the enlarger. Have you seen, encountered, or heard of a way to use an enlarger to transfer negatives and slides to digital? I think I'm looking for something like a CCD plate that would take the place of the paper holder. However, none of my searches have returned anything that would seem to fit what I believe I want, the possibility that I'm looking for the wrong thing is rather high. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Seagull |
Using an Enlarger to Digitalize Negatives
Seagull_k1 wrote:
I was wondering if anyone might have encountered something I want. I have discovered that half of what I enjoyed about my photography is now missing. I really liked the time I spent in the dark room using the enlarger. Have you seen, encountered, or heard of a way to use an enlarger to transfer negatives and slides to digital? You could use it to focus the image into a digital camera or a flat bed scanner. It would take some careful adjustment to not overload the scanner or camera's sensor and burn them out. I've never heard of it happening, but I'm sure that if it can be done, someone who is not careful would do it. A reasonably safe way would be to use a rear projection screen, and project the image onto it from the enlarger and then have the camera pointed at the screen. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, N3OWJ/4X1GM My high blood pressure medicine reduces my midichlorian count. :-( |
Using an Enlarger to Digitalize Negatives
"Seagull_k1" wrote
Have you seen, encountered, or heard of a way to use an enlarger to transfer negatives and slides to digital? Physics problem: Q: "How would you use a barometer to tell the height of a building." A: "Take the barometer to the building manager and offer to give him a nice shiny barometer if he will tell you how tall the building is." In the same vein, place an add on Craigslist: "Want to trade enlarger for scanner. Please contact ..." That's not helpful, I know, but it is a better solution. A long time ago there was a recurrent thread about placing a flat-bed scanner under an enlarger. I think someone may have gotten it to sorta-kinda-work, but it doesn't have anything to recommend itself even in theory. I have discovered that half of what I enjoyed about my photography is now missing. So why not go back to a traditional darkroom for the times you feel the urge? It's easy to set up a temporary darkroom. If you work at night then the blackout problem is made much easier. Many of use have 'dry' darkrooms in which the running water is supplied by running with a bucket. Then scan the resulting prints. I find scanning silver prints gives much better results than scanning negatives. -- Nicholas O. Lindan, Cleveland, Ohio Darkroom Automation: F-Stop Timers, Enlarging Meters http://www.darkroomautomation.com/da-main.htm n o lindan at ix dot netcom dot com |
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