bluebell railway

[jpgr]

a couple of scanned slides.

 

driver

 

[ChrisLumix]

Like  that second shot - what are you using to scan slides?

[jpgr]

ohnar c1337 slide duplicator - it zooms from 0.6 to 1.6 so it works ok for crop sensor cameras.

connected to the camera via a t mount adaptor. all mounted on a tripod and facing indirect sunlight through a net curtain.

connected to eos utility to use the laptop screen for previewing the shot and taken using a wired remote control.

the times are between 4 to 6 seconds.

i can't get some of the slides into focus and dust and hairs are a pain, but you can scan them pretty quickly once it's all set up.

the scan of concorde was done using this method.

i originally bought a cheap dedicated scanner from amazon but the light wasn't the same across the whole slide - the centre of the image was a lot brighter.

it also tended to emphasise the grain of the slide.

when i get time i will try this with negatives.

 

[JHFoto]

One is fine but two is blurred.......

[Clicker]

One is fine but two is blurred.......

Does that spoil the second image a lot for you ?

[JHFoto]

Does that spoil the second image a lot for you ?

Yes it does

[NannyFerret]

That can easil be sorted in a claryfying program or re—shooting the picture and comparing the two, but I didn't notice anything that would stop me from liking the picture.

I like them both and love to see the little trains.

[ChrisLumix]

I find it not blurred but also not sharp, if that makes sense? In other words, as if taken with a cheap lens but not out of focus. I don't think that detracts in any way from the shot. I personally think we tend to get too hung up about sharpness.

[jpgr]

yeah, the picture is soft as in not blurred but not sharp.
some sites sharpen images when they are uploaded. this one doesn't so i need to sharpen them a bit more.
anyway, i used my pixel sharpener on the train driver and came up with this.

any more sharpeness and his suit starts looking like something out of 70's disco.

i've found a couple more