S8 frame blow up as 35mm still?

[mattias]

put it on a light table and shoot it with a camera equipped with a "tele macro" lens. i did this with a 16 mm frame and a digital camera and i must say it looked a lot better than what my transparency equipped flatbed scanner could produce. i guess blowing up to a slide would work just as well. make sure you bracket and maybe even experiment with a slight flashing, since you might get to much contrast buildup copying from reversal to reversal.

/matt

[mattias]

damn, third try. don't blame me if this shows up several times... ;-)

you could put it on a light table and shoot it with a camera equipped with a "tele macro" lens. i did this with a 16 mm frame and a digital camera and i must say it looked a lot better than what my transparency equipped flatbed scanner could produce. i guess blowing up to a slide would work just as well. make sure you bracket and maybe even experiment with a slight flashing, since you might get to much contrast buildup copying from reversal to reversal.

/matt

[leesnedaker]

Is it possible to blow up a S8 frame to a 35mm still to use as a photo for something like an advertisment?

Thanks

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[chas_ucla]

I know you can get it scanned...I sent a friend a strip of S8 reversal and he played around with his slide attachment to scan it at high res and it looked pretty damn good.
I'm not sure a regular photo lab can blow it up but it would be interesting to find out.

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[Matt Pacini]

This is one of the things I plan on doing when I get my Workprinter (this week!!!!!).
Should be a breeze to shoot of the condenser lens with my Nikon FM2.
Yahoo!

Matt Pacini

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[leesnedaker]

Matt,

I have read a little on the board about this workprinter. Whats it cost? I dont think I would use it much. How about tryin out the S8 to 35mm blow up and if it works good Maybe we could work something out and you could blow up some shots for me. I am filming skiing / snowboarding and may want some of the action on still photography.

Lee


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[AlexGfromUK]

This idea is perfectly possible and works well even if primitively done (I used the technique for my final major project at foundation art school). I Agree with mattias, you will get a much better result by using photographic duplication than by scanning.

I used an enlarger with the head turned sideways and then brought a zoom lens close up to the enlarger lens. This gave good backlighting to the film, and also meant I could get away without having to find a macro lens, as I don't have one.

Ultimately though, it would be easier to use a macro lens of longish focal length and just use a light box to backlight the film. One thing I can say is that I was well pleased with my results so don't give up on this idea, it produces a really cool asthetic in my opinion.

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