Copy and enhance old 35mm Kodachrome slides
May 4, 2018 11:01:09 #
One of the great aspects of digital cameras is the ability to post-process the photos we take. I use my Sony A57 with a Minolta 50mm f3.5 macro lens to photograph old slides. This enables me to manipulate the image to produce the best final result. I can lighten, darken, sharpen, reduce the grain(noise), and adjust saturation. The accompanying photo of the Madrid Post Office was originally taken 60 years ago. I think that it looks as though I captured this scene yesterday. The original was taken with a Leica IIIg using Kodachrome ASA10. I was 24 years old on that day.
May 5, 2018 09:51:43 #
Streets wrote:
One of the great aspects of digital cameras is the... (show quote)
Nice! Record in raw mode, and you can hold more highlights and shadows for recovery in Lightroom or Photoshop (etc.). You can even do auto bracketing for high dynamic range processing. It’s amazing what you can pull out of old slides with a macro setup that you can’t get with a much more expensive scanner.
May 5, 2018 10:54:00 #
Burk, thanks for the reply. You got me thinking about my camera modes of HDR and paint: Ought to Be fun.
May 5, 2018 23:52:21 #
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