Re: digital proofing of negatives

[Eric Neilsen Photo <ejnphoto@sbcglobal.net>]

Sam, For me the only thing seems to be a good bottle of print enhancer 
available from Bob Kiss and enough time to enjoy the view in front of the 
light box with a loupe. The focus or lack thereof is also important as is 
the density range. I have also used  a consumer Hi8 video camera set up on a 
tripod and set to negative attached output  to a TV. Precut some large black 
matte board to mask the extra light. Works OK to preview quickly.

Have fun. I like the print enhancer straight but you may prefer Coke and a 
lime.

Eric


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "sam wang" <stwang@clemson.edu>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca>
Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2008 11:14 AM
Subject: OT: digital proofing of negatives


> 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