gessman wrote:
Sourdough, I'm thinking you may be a joker of some kind wanting to send a bunch of interested and helpful people on a wild goose chase. You claim to not be computer savvy but you managed to find your way to this forum and toss out some pretty good information about your photographic experience 65 years ago so you're not as computer illiterate as you describe yourself. Personally, I think you're trying to yank somebody's chain.
Give us the name of that gizmo on that back of "Science News" and we'll see if we can answer your question.
If you're for real, then I'd forget that gizmo on the back of the mag and get prepared to learn some new stuff or forget it. There are places where you can take your negatives to get them printed. You might want to think about that.
If you're not for real, stop the crap and quit wasting our time in here.
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Hey gessman,
Lighten up, please. I remember seeing these several years ago too. Here's a link to a product that was advertised in 2008:
http://www.mydigitallife.info/digitize-sweet-memories-via-slide-negative-digital-converter-slides-2-pc/
People are here with all levels of photography experience wanting info and help and general discussion, not to have their knuckles pounded. I don't mind sharing what info I can about a product I have experience with if someone asks.
Thanks for the quick and easy instructions Bob Mielke!
SunnyH53 wrote:
I don't understand how scanning negatives on a regular scanner enables you to print them as photos. I suspect that with the B&W negatives you do a reverse B&W edit (sorry, don't know the technical term). But with color?
I mainly use Picasa and am looking for a Photoshop class. I suspect it's something in Photoshop?
thanks.
I use an Epson Perfection V500 that scans transparencies, negatives and can also be an ordinary scanner. It automatically reverses the B/W or color prints. It can even "restore" the color of old slides that have faded if you ask it to. So if you ahave an old faded slide that has yellowed and hit "restore" it will make the colors pop as if it appeared when new. I shouldn't brag on it so much, I might jinx it and it will stop working! Once I've scanned slides or negatives into computer, I save the images as jpg, the most universal file for printing. Sometimes I'll save as a tif file if I want to do something more to it with photoshop. You can print these saved image files on your own printer, or send via email or download to a travel-drive or CD, take it to your favorite photo print place and print them out at the size you desire.
Had this camera for almost a year and still very unhappy with it. I purchased hurriedly before a vacation and wanted mostly for landscape and for extreme telephoto and macro shots. This camera seems to have a lot of trouble finding what it is I want to focus on. I don't want to use manual focus all the time, I want to be able to "point and shoot" and get the same great shots I got with a good quality Kodak I had before this that also had a long optical zoom. I only replaced that camera because it was dropped and won't focus at all now. It takes so many tries to get this Canon to find and focus on the part of the picture I want that the shot is over before I can capture it. Any advice appreciated. Thanks.
mommy115 wrote:
Yes, perfect and unconventional example of mirroring. I love it and it's cool to catch such a shot when you need a mirroring shot.
Ditto to what everyone has said. It's a nice shot and a creative interpretation of the parameters of the contest.
I think it's very creative and interesting. It's a technique you could market to businesses needing ads or logos or even cities wanting to market their amenities. I'm a visual artist and when I first got Photoshop 7 (which I still use on a Mac) I was spending a lot of time just playing, finding it another way to express myself artistically. Never sold my photography, but I did volunteer for a local theatre and produced programs and ads for two years. It isn't difficult to enter photography contests, however be aware that many will cost you just to enter. If possible, enter contests that will accept your entry electronically, so you don't have to print it before you find out if your work is accepted. AND enter shows that award cash prizes and/or offer work for sale that you get a good percentage of the sale price back. Good luck!
My (about 3 year old) Epson works well for me for transparencies and large negatives. HINT: don't copy at large resolution. I did and each file took up at least 20MB. That takes too long to process and it isn't necessary for printing out a nice clear picture or even putting on a CD or DVD for watching on TV. Epson has nice automatic tweaking features like color correction, scratch removal, etc. Also, it copies faster than most because its light doesn't have to warm up for a long time before the scan. Good luck!