Digital BW, The Print

Clay, You do understand I mean bracketing your original film exposures, not
so  much a static light set up of a known light source. ; )  

 

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From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Clayton
Price
Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 8:29 AM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Scan a roll at a time

 

  

Hi Eric -
I ran tests first and did no bracketing. One advantage was that the 
digital camera exposure number gave me an ID that was easily changed 
to the
actual roll number in my negative files. So it was simple to change 
the number in bridge without even opening up the file.
With this method I'm able to find any frame I've shot in the last 40 
years, view the entire roll or a single frames on the computer 
screen, then pick the
negative I want to scan in high res. I never had dreamed that editing 
would be so simple, and the main advantage of photographing each roll 
(usually 6 strips),
as opposed to scanning it, is that I can do a roll about every 2 or 3 
minutes. Of course it takes a little more time in camera raw to 
convert to positives, but
it can be done in large batches.

My set up is that I bought a 2 1/4 enlarger on eBay(for $35), and 
basically only use the baseboard and column, plus the mechanism to 
raise and lower it. Then bought some
used brackets which enabled mounting my 5D to the set-up. The light 
box sits on the baseboard, and the whole mess takes up almost no room 
and is ready to go
just a few minutes.
Clay

Eric wrote:
Clay, you can add keywords to scans too. You can add data to the file 
name
as well. Let's hope you did not bracket too much when you shoot.

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