The Photography and Camera Thread

I've used the Broncolor Hazy and the USAF chart. My friend has a Hazy light with a burned out tube. Fixing it will cost thousands. I'm encouraging him to fill it with High CRI LED lights. The best thing about the hazy was the stand. It allowed you to easily get the light over-top of tabletop setups without a boom.
I started out on 4x5 using a friend's Sinar P and his Broncolor Hazylight. That was back in the early 80s.
When I turned pro soon after, I could only afford a Toyo-View 45G.
Had to go with a Bowens Quad Flash system instead of Broncolor.
Money was tight then.
 
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I'm thinking that was added for effect. Judging by the glowing straps on the bag I'd say it's a blacklight with a lot of purple content.

The ambulance I rode in last year definitely had white lights inside.

Tom
My kid is an EMT and took that photo during the ride to emergency site. Not for effect. Maybe they can see biological stains/blood spills better so they can wipe it down and sterilize it after they are done?
 
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Your Nikon Ti35 is not a typical point & shoot camera :cool:
I won't be surprised if it's a collector's item today.
A very rare Nikon indeed.
Haha. Yes, it was, and still is a special camera. Lovely sharp 35mm F/2.8 lens with in lens shutter. Matrix metering. Slow sync fill flash works at any shutter speed since in lens shutter. Nice bright VF. The analog needle pointer top dial is unmatched with the cool factor by any other camera though. Especially when the incandescent bulb back light is turned on.

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Cool we have a true photo pro here to ask questions. Amazing list of things you took part in for digital photo technology standards etc. very cool.

I remember hearing something like this from a famous photographer years ago:”The best camera is the one you have on hand that can get the shot”. Which means, often, the best camera is our phone. Back then, it was before everyone had a nice camera on their smartphone. Typically, it was a pocketable point and shoot that people carried (one reason I always had a Nikon Ti35 with me).

Here’s a cool photo we don’t often see, this is what the inside of a state of the art ambulance looks like. My question is what’s with the blue lighting? Must be a medical or safety reason for it.

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Perhaps some UV too, for sanitizing the surfaces.
Not good for eyes though.
 
I'm a big fan of "Camera Scans" for film over flatbed and even film scanners. The concept is fairly simple and the results are in line with what a scanner can do. You are taking a picture of your negative or transparency. It's much faster than scanning. I've scanned almost my entire film archive this way. I'm redoing some of the best using a Nikon Z8 & 100mm Macro.

Don't make the mistake of thinking these are in any way inferior to scans. A full frame 24mp camera with a good macro is higher resolution than the film and original lens, so nothing is lost. I've fully tested this. My favorite method involves tethering to Lightroom and shooting RAW files.

DAM Useful has equipment and techniques here: https://www.damuseful.com/collections/scanning-gear

Nikon also has the ES-2 Negative Digitizer System and in camera software for correcting color and tonality.
 
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