raid
Dad Photographer
Your image is very dreamy, maggieo.
lamefrog
Well-known
Fantastic series Robert, +1.
robert blu
quiet photographer
Day 8 of our road trip, Oslo, excellent weather! The Opera House is a beautiful architecture work, many possibilities for a photographer to find interesting images. I tried my best with the old sx 70!
robert blu
quiet photographer
@Bingley: when I'm in a hurry I place the photo as it is on the glass of the scanner, it works quite well but sometimes Newton Rings are visible and can be disturbing.
When I want higher quality scan I use a scan adapter by impossible: it has four recessed placed to place the photo and keep them not in contact with the scanner's glass, there is a light adhesive to hold the image. Because I'm using it since a long time the adhesive has lost its strength so use double side removable tape to fix the polaroids.
It works well for my use but sincerely I think the best way to digitize them should be top photograph them with a macro lens, which I cannot make because I haven't ! And I do not like the idea to buy one more camera+ a macro lens just to reproduce my polaroids (or to scan film).
When I want higher quality scan I use a scan adapter by impossible: it has four recessed placed to place the photo and keep them not in contact with the scanner's glass, there is a light adhesive to hold the image. Because I'm using it since a long time the adhesive has lost its strength so use double side removable tape to fix the polaroids.
It works well for my use but sincerely I think the best way to digitize them should be top photograph them with a macro lens, which I cannot make because I haven't ! And I do not like the idea to buy one more camera+ a macro lens just to reproduce my polaroids (or to scan film).
pyeh
Member of good standing
Robert, you don't have to buy a new camera, you can use your M10 with live view and some extension rings to digitize your Polaroids. Or get a macro lens and M-adapter. Novoflex make a good set of M-mount extenders, as does Leica of course.
Ko.Fe.
Lenses 35/21 Gears 46/20
Very classy image above!
maggieo
More Deadly
maggieo
More Deadly
When I'm doing SX-70 portraits at an event, I'll give the photo to the subject, but first snap a photo of it with my iPhone. I usually post them to Instagram.
Godfrey
somewhat colored
Thank you, robert!
I'm so behind doing my processing and posting! It's a problem. There's always something else to do these days.
Regards digitizing Polaroids: I use my multifunction scanner/printer when I'm in a hurry and quality isn't priority.
But my quality scans are made with a Leica CL and either a Summicron-R 50mm f/2 + ELPRO VIa close up lens or a Macro-Elmarit-R 60mm f/2.8 using a copy stand and a pair of cheap LED lights. (If you have a Leica M10, any close-up setup that you can rig using Live View will do the job...)
The biggest issue with this setup is positioning the lights to make even illumination without getting reflections on the photos' glossy surface... The light mounts on the copy stand are too short for the lights' beam spread; they need some diffusers, perhaps a pair of modest sized light boxes is called for.
Still, results can be very nice.
G
raid
Dad Photographer
Day 8 of our road trip, Oslo, excellent weather! The Opera House is a beautiful architecture work, many possibilities for a photographer to find interesting images. I tried my best with the old sx 70!
Well composed!
Archiver
Veteran
This is such a great thread! I love the Polaroids, they give such an emotional sense of the trip.
robert blu
quiet photographer
Thanks, I was already thinking about it !
robert blu
quiet photographer
Oslo again, sunny town at least when we have been there LOL: the Opera House is a beautiful place to enjoy photography !
Shot with the very old Polaroid sx 70 on the new Polaroid color emulsion
Shot with the very old Polaroid sx 70 on the new Polaroid color emulsion
Godfrey
somewhat colored
Nice once again!
I'm delighted with how nice the color in the latest PO color films has become. They've come a long way on that front.
And you've reminded me that I need to take my oldest SX-70—a 1973 camera that my uncle bought new and gave to me in 2012 or so—out for a walk soon. Just waiting on some more SX-70 speed film to arrive.
G
I'm delighted with how nice the color in the latest PO color films has become. They've come a long way on that front.
And you've reminded me that I need to take my oldest SX-70—a 1973 camera that my uncle bought new and gave to me in 2012 or so—out for a walk soon. Just waiting on some more SX-70 speed film to arrive.
G
robert blu
quiet photographer
Shooting old expired Impossible/Polaroid film is like to look for the angel of uncertainty...sometimes ...something happens...or not?
Day 15, Sweden, where are my friends?
Day 15, Sweden, where are my friends?
robert blu
quiet photographer
relax with sx70
relax with sx70
It's so nice to relax a few minutes !
photo taken by our friend Raid, thanks maestro!
relax with sx70
It's so nice to relax a few minutes !
photo taken by our friend Raid, thanks maestro!
raid
Dad Photographer
What a wonderful couple the two of you are!
Was this not in Tivoli Gardens?
Was this not in Tivoli Gardens?
robert blu
quiet photographer
Day 10: a sad moment traveling from Fagerness to Bergen.
robert blu
quiet photographer
Day 8: Oslo, installation by the Finnish artist Kaarina Kaikkonen " we are all the same"
On the rack where usually fishes are placed to dry the artist placed many shirts, each one was reared by somebody. She means we all behave like fishes, always in group, always following each other, all in the same direction. We are part of the nature and the nature is inside us.
On the rack where usually fishes are placed to dry the artist placed many shirts, each one was reared by somebody. She means we all behave like fishes, always in group, always following each other, all in the same direction. We are part of the nature and the nature is inside us.
Godfrey
somewhat colored
Lovely once more, Robert! 
I'm on day three of another road trip. Day one and two were Leica CL and iPhone 8 Plus days; today is Polaroid SLR670x day. I have two packs of film, one BW one Color, both 600, plus the tripod adapter and tripod. It will be fun to see what comes up as I wander from Los Angeles to San Diego.
G
I'm on day three of another road trip. Day one and two were Leica CL and iPhone 8 Plus days; today is Polaroid SLR670x day. I have two packs of film, one BW one Color, both 600, plus the tripod adapter and tripod. It will be fun to see what comes up as I wander from Los Angeles to San Diego.
G