tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423901.post8505541900743281749..comments2024-03-22T11:28:07.415-06:00Comments on Photography & Vintage Film Cameras: borders and sprocketsMikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00776670666673938282noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423901.post-3106849285249389282011-12-04T20:52:32.085-07:002011-12-04T20:52:32.085-07:00Mike, the quality of these images has convinced me...Mike, the quality of these images has convinced me that my next project has to be to get some 120 film in some of my folding kodaks that I've never shot. Beautiful stuff. And I do like seeing the film borders, especially when you know they're really from film, not photoshop.Rick Schusterhttp://shotonfilm.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423901.post-74995602681584866342011-08-13T06:59:33.670-06:002011-08-13T06:59:33.670-06:00Looking back at this post I'm amused that I le...Looking back at this post I'm amused that I left out a significant reason for including the film borders in an image. By doing so, one is documenting the use of film as opposed to digital. Of course, that can always be faked with a bit of photoshoppery, and I'd be surprised if there is not already an iphone app for adding faux borders as well.<br /><br />This is the posting on my blog which gets the most hits from google searches. I would be interested in knowing if people are finding what they are looking for in it.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00776670666673938282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423901.post-42434121483322501922010-01-18T08:39:15.080-07:002010-01-18T08:39:15.080-07:00I use an ancient Epson 2450 flatbed scanner. It i...I use an ancient Epson 2450 flatbed scanner. It is abysmally slow, but pretty versatile in regard to formats. It came with film holders for slides, 35mm strips and medium format. The medium format holder has a slot for 120 film, and another for 4x5. When I want to do film borders or sprockets, I lay the negative directly on the glass in the 4x5 opening. I put the film down with the curve of the film facing up to minimize the appearance of Newton rings which result from direct contact with the glass.<br /> In addition to the added borders, I feel I sometimes get a better tonal range in my images as a result of including the black borders in the scan.<br /> Of course, there are a lot of other ways to add interesting borders to images. I saw a long post today on MOOMINSEAN's toy camera blog about how to peel polaroids to get the best edge effect.<br />http://moominsean.blogspot.com/Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00776670666673938282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1423901.post-21951107484650412222010-01-18T07:58:14.601-07:002010-01-18T07:58:14.601-07:00Very interesting topic, Mike. I enjoyed your posts...Very interesting topic, Mike. I enjoyed your posts very much. I like to occasionally include the borders on my prints too but unfortunately my film scanner mask usually crop them out.Norman Montifarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10172514312364445368noreply@blogger.com