Street Scenes

Interesting series - although if the Kodachrome slides were converted to b+w in Photoshop that is hybrid workflow and out with APUG's scope...

Thanks, I wondered about that. I am trying to save some very old slides. I may copy them via film instead.

Why not enlarge to b&w panchromatic film?

Thomas Bertilsson said:

Why not enlarge to b&w panchromatic film?

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I have never used panachromatic, I need to do some research. Thanks for the tip.

Too old to care said:

I have never used panachromatic, I need to do some research. Thanks for the tip.

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Panchromatic film = any b&w film that is sensitive to all colors of the color spectrum, meaning a slow style sheet film, like FP4+ or TMax 100 would work. If you can't get the exposure times sufficiently short, try using neutral density filters. The idea is to get a normal negative that you can enlarge or contact print from, and that way you'd have a 100% analog process.

I take it that these slides are 35mm and if that is the case you may be able to acquire a slide copier that will fit directly to your 35 mm SLR. After that as Thomas says it is just a matter of copying the slides directly onto your B&W film of choice.

Thanks Vincent, I have a double bellows/slide copier for a Pentax and an old K1000 that still works perfectly. I also have a Pentax 50mm macro lens that works well with this setup. I often use it to copy negatives with my Pentax K5 when I am in a hurry and have a bunch to work with and do not want to work in my darkroom or use my Plustek scanner. Thanks Thomas too, my research for panachromatic film did not show much available so I am going to try TMax 100. That is my favorite film with my Hasselblad. Now, I have several thousand slides to go through as a result of a 40-year career traveling the US and much of the world. However, it should be much faster than the Plustek. Thanks again for the suggestions.