Re: OT: digital proofing of negatives
sam wang wrote: > Now that I can finally make good scans of negatives, I need to wade > through huge boxes of negatives of various sizes and density ranges > to see which ones might be worth the time to scan. Has anyone rigged > up something to do that? > > I know some of the low end digital cameras include effects such as > "negative". Putting such a camera on a copy stand over a light box > seems to be the way to quickly go over a lot of images. Has anyone > done that? Which cameras could do that well? > > Or are there software to invert the image on the monitor if a camera > is tethered to the computer? > > By the way, batch scanning is out of the question because of the > differences between the negatives: size, density, etc. > > Thanks. > Sam I wonder if something as simple as a USB web camera could be used? If all you want to do is measure the density range - the low resolution of these cameras would not be an issue. I know most of these allow you to capture a still image - It would just be a matter of finding the appropriate software - I assume you use a Mac Sam - You may be able to use ImageMagik to invert a folder full of images. Gord
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