On Dec 6, 2004, at 11:27 AM, Matt Littler wrote:
Yes, but why should that work better than a continuous light source?
I don't know about better, but its certainly more convenient in a number of situations. I use a Beseler slide duplicator that has both strobe and tungsten light sources built in. Think of it as one of their color enlarger heads turned upside down with a copy stand on top of it. You can dial in color correction with filters just as with the enlarger in a color darkroom. The quartz light can be used for exposure or just for focus and composition with the flash tube firing for final exposure. I've pretty much always preferred to use the strobe for the same reasons that I use them for my general studio lighting.... good consistent color quality over time, daylight color balance, short exposure times while putting out enough light to use smaller apertures, low power demands, generally cooler and more user friendly to work with over extended time.
I bought the Beseler unit back when I was making internegs for traditional darkroom printing. I have it fitted with a Kodak DCS 760 now and use it whenever I have to digitize a lot of film quickly. The quality is superb and its extremely fast and easy to work with. Beats the heck out of individually scanning a pile of slides in a typical desktop scanner. Since both the duper and camera were otherwise more or less sitting idle in my equipment collection, combining them seemed like an obvious good choice.
Bob Smith
Accurate Image • Bob Smith Photographer • Waco Texas USA http://www.accurateimage.org
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