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Re: My grandpa's pictures

Posted: Tue Jul 30, 2019 2:44 pm
by titrisol
Well, thanks to @captainslack who gave me a Pentax Bellows II with slide copier I began looking at negatives and slides which i also "borrowed" from my mom

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My mom at Lago San Pablo 1967

Thanks Nathan!

Re: My grandpa's pictures

Posted: Tue Jul 30, 2019 10:46 pm
by PFMcFarland
That's my plan also, once I get more organized around here. I've got a set for my Nikons. Do you use natural light, or a flash unit?

PF

Re: My grandpa's pictures

Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2019 1:58 am
by alexvaras
Keep going! It's wonderful to see all these photos back! )

Re: My grandpa's pictures

Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2019 9:01 am
by titrisol
PFMcFarland wrote:That's my plan also, once I get more organized around here. I've got a set for my Nikons. Do you use natural light, or a flash unit?

PF
PF
I like to eliminate as many variables as possible and make the processes repeatable

Years ago I bought a light table from GEPE in 4x5 format for a project of measuring the color of foods in real time during processing
After the project was over the equipment became surplus and I kept the light table
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That has been a good light source, since it is constant in color and luminosity (when using a 9V adapter ) and is the one I used for copying my grandfather's glass plates. BUT it is showing signs of age, and some areas are darker than others.

However, while preparing for that I got a LED light source from Amazon (it was less than $10) which was not good for the glass plates because it iluminates in "stripes". These days I tried a heavy paper diffuser (i.e. a cardstock sheet) over it to even out the light and it works fine as illumination for the slide copier
Exposures are in the order of 1/8 to 1/2" @EI200 depending on the density of the slide but since it's all static that is no problem

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Slide copier rig with a bellows and LED light source

Re: My grandpa's pictures

Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2019 1:06 pm
by Santiago Montenegro
Una maravilla!

Re: My grandpa's pictures

Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2019 11:28 pm
by PFMcFarland
I've got a slide viewer light box that should fill the bill if the color is good. I'll have to dig all that out some day.

PF

Re: My grandpa's pictures

Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2019 10:04 am
by titrisol
This one was not a negative, but a paper photo that my mom had for ages
THis time, I helped her change the glass on the frame and took pictures of the photo in order to assemble them later (hugin)
The result was not bad; and the picture itself was a handmade panorama (as observed in the seams by 5-6) and as a child we always made fun of the super thin man (6)
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1922 Almuerzo Universitario U Central del Ecuador

This pic is important, as many of the people in there were important in my country and hospitals, streets, school, etc bear their names (3-4-12-14-19-20-21-22-23-30-31)
#21 was my mothers grandfather
#22 was my father grand-uncle

Re: My grandpa's pictures

Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2019 1:29 pm
by alexvaras
I liked a lot this one, now I know the story much much better, thank you! :)

Re: My grandpa's pictures

Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2019 10:49 pm
by PFMcFarland
I thought this was done with a Kodak Cirkut Camera, but your explanation disproved that.

PF

Re: My grandpa's pictures

Posted: Mon Aug 19, 2019 12:59 pm
by titrisol
Some of the slides had a note in my gramps handwriting.... worth keeping?
I am dumb, so I just figured out how to work in layers to keep the notes legible while working on the pictures themselves

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Plaza Grande Quito 1921