Larry Gustafson (gustafsl@ix.netcom.com)
Wed, 20 Jan 1999 12:34:51 -0600
At 12:21 PM 1/20/99 -0600, you wrote:
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>I've used a video camera to proof negatives with fairly good results. I
>used a Sony Hi-8 camera with a Snappy video capture. I put the negatives on
>a light table and use the "video still" setting on the Snappy. The image the
>Snappy software gives you is not that great, so I usually look at the image
>in Photoshop. It's a pretty simple and quick way to proof, but the key is
>calibration. I always set the video camera to the manual exposure mode,
>otherwise the auto exposure will fluctuate between different negatives.
>Laurence K. Gustafson
>gustafsl@ix.netcom.com
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As a second thought, it occurs to me that if someone could come up with a
good curve in Photoshop for pyro negatives, this same process could be used
to proof pyro negatives with excellent results.
Laurence K. Gustafson
gustafsl@ix.netcom.com
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