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Walleye

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8. I'm still working on a good system, but basically it involves a backlight on the slides and a macro lens on my digital

Reply to Bundbuster (Reply #7)

Fri Jul 19, 2024, 04:36 PM

Jul 2024

Camera, with a paper towel tube cut to the length of the focus. It’s not perfect, but the quality isn’t bad. The Kodachrome hold up very well but the Ektachromes and probably any Kodacolor might suffer some fading, but these have been in their boxes in a closet for a while.

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NYC W. 48th St. circa 1984. Looking out my apartment window. [View all] Walleye Jul 2024 OP

How cool is that??? Thank you!!! niyad Jul 2024 #1

I love old photographs! Diamond_Dog Jul 2024 #2

Yes, I did. I liked living there. I left to get a job for a newspaper. It's tough to live there. Walleye Jul 2024 #3

A time capsule of a different/missed environment Traurigkeit Jul 2024 #4

Years ago i built a mall light box for my copy stand. Scruffy1 Jul 2024 #5

Thanks for the suggestion. I am trying to develop a system. Walleye Jul 2024 #6

How are you digitally copying now? Bundbuster Jul 2024 #7

I'm still working on a good system, but basically it involves a backlight on the slides and a macro lens on my digital Walleye Jul 2024 #8