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
Your Nikon Ti35 is not a typical point & shoot camera 😎
I won't be surprised if it's a collector's item today.
A very rare Nikon indeed.
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.
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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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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For a scanner that cost $1,299.00 (B&H Photo), it's terrible.
Was a 35mm frame used for the slide?
Was a 35mm frame used for the slide?
Not lately but I do have them drawn up in CAD so I can make any size or groups I want. For corner sharpness I'm more apt to use Siemen star targets.
Ah! That makes sense. Blacklight is UV light, which can be used both to find fluid stains and to kill bacteria.
But yeah.... Not good for the eyes.
Tom
I'd need to know more about how you made this. I read that as being terrible. Looks like it was shot through a plastic bag. The chromatic aberrations on it are bad, but they can be partially fixed in software. This is not at all sharp.
It's the SilverFast slide from some of the software packaged with the scanner. Looks like 5,3 pr 5,4, but not 5,5. 5,4 is 2290 ppi.
I can probably do better with a macro lens.
Silverfast is on plastic film. I have a glass slide from Edmund Scientific but it's at another location.
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.
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.
Technically they are - scanners don't use bayer sensors so you get the true color and pixel resolution that bayer sensors cannot provide. But that's probably just plain theory and cameras with good lenses and corresponding software can provide the same results.
Although it is February, which is actually winter, we have had very high, spring-like temperatures for a long time - and the bees are already waking up. So I thought I'd show you this earlier pictures:
