Re: [APML] Blast from the Past

["Brian Larmay" <astrobri@ameritech.net>]

By the way, what scanners did you use back then for astrophotos and what was
the common editing software?

Brian

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Larmay" <astrobri@Ameritech.Net>
To: "Discussion of Film Astrophotography" <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2003 1:25 AM
Subject: Re: [APML] Blast from the Past


> John, I like these vintage shots..
>
> I have a few old sky and telescopes/Astronomy mags I was looking through
and
> seen a few of you in there, but am sure the images arent anywhere close in
> representation as the original scans.
> Does anyone else have vintage film shots just to see in comparison how far
> film has come in the years?
>
> Thanks,
> Brian
>
> PS,
> John...was that a slide film?
> If so, was the green from how old the slide/neg was or was that just the
> nature of the film?
> I noticed a ffew of my archived E200 slides are getting a green cast to
them
> that are over 3 yrs old and I keep them in a plastic slide album.
> How do you store and archive?
> I have over 30 slide boxes accumulating that hold about 40 slides each and
> Im losing control
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John C. Mirtle" <jmirtle@shaw.ca>
> To: "Discussion of Film Astrophotography" <astro-photo@seds.org>
> Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2003 12:36 AM
> Subject: [APML] Blast from the Past
>
>
> > In an effort to lighten the mood..... I have been beating on a 15 year
old
> > image for the last couple of hours, and I think it finally has started
to
> > look like something. All you old timers might remember this film - it
was
> > shot on hypered Konica SRV400. The "hot" film of the late 80's. Lots of
> > green removal, and removed a wicked gradient. Minimum filter to shrink
the
> > stars a bit, finishing up with a bit of smart blur. All in all, I think
it
> > responded well to modern image processing. Yup, it was shot before the
> LAST
> > Gulf War. As usuall, comments welcome, your mileage may vary, my
position
> is
> > not necessarily the same as my governments....
> >
> > http://members.shaw.ca/john.mirtle/m20-1.htm
> >
> > John Mirtle
> > Calgary, Ab. Canada
> >
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