axiom
Non-Registered User
When you take a picture of a negative (say via a slider copier) with a negative, do you get back your original image (ie. w/o reversal)(ie. a "postive")?
Q: When you take a picture of a negative with a negative.....
- Thread starter axiom
- Start date
- Latest activity Latest activity:
- Replies 5
- Views 1K
Particular
Disassembler, occasional reassembler
I got rather flat opaque positives when I tried this years ago. You could probably get reasonable results by boosting the contrast and controlling exposure, but I was not impressed. I also think the blacks weren't very deep, and the clear areas were not as clear as they would be in a slide.
If you are talking about color negs, forget it. They will still look orange.
Perhaps if you use something like lith film it could work. It is an easy experiment to do.
If you are talking about color negs, forget it. They will still look orange.
Perhaps if you use something like lith film it could work. It is an easy experiment to do.
JohnnyT
Established
It would work at some point I think, but I doubt you'll get over the color shift ;d
KenR
Well-known
If you photograph a negative, the new negative will appear to be a positive image of the original scene, but probably not a good one. Negatives are relatively low contrast compared with most outdoor scenes and so the now positive image (from the relatively low contrast negative) would need a lot of tweaking to look good. Reversal methods exist to make monochrome direct positives and would probably yield better results.
axiom
Non-Registered User
Understood!
Thanks for the quick answer.
With the current E6 processing cost, I was trying to come up some cheap way to get positives, but it seems like neg-on-neg is a bad idea.
Scratch that!
Thanks again everyone.
Thanks for the quick answer.
With the current E6 processing cost, I was trying to come up some cheap way to get positives, but it seems like neg-on-neg is a bad idea.
Scratch that!
Thanks again everyone.
Particular
Disassembler, occasional reassembler
If you would use 35mm cine film stock that could work, because that has a clear base as opposed to the orange base of still film. It is normal to make a projectable 'print' from the camera negative. You would not be saving money though. Also consider that with a negative process you are developing twice, as opposed to once with slides.
In my case, I was trying to get quick positives from b+w negs to use in a slide presentation without having to first make a print and then photograph that.
Before I had a color printer I once shot a series of photoshopped images off the screen on color film and then had them printed large for a presentation. It was low res, but they had a nice glossy glow to them.
There were all kinds of hoops to jump through before everything was digital.
In my case, I was trying to get quick positives from b+w negs to use in a slide presentation without having to first make a print and then photograph that.
Before I had a color printer I once shot a series of photoshopped images off the screen on color film and then had them printed large for a presentation. It was low res, but they had a nice glossy glow to them.
There were all kinds of hoops to jump through before everything was digital.
