Illumitran manual

I think a wireless trigger is OTT for me. I only have a few hundred 6x6s and I don't suppose I will scan them all. When that's done I will have no further use for the Illumitran and will sell it. I've discovered that I didn't sell all my film cameras after all.

I've got two Canon EFs hidden in a cupboard. So I will use the open-shutter-in-the-dark method and fire the Bowens either from one of the EFs or the button on the unit. That was a complete set. On Aliexpress or Ebay, not sure. They're probably cheaper now. Well I did do on bulb but it was tedious. It takes longer to decide whether to scan an image than actually to do it so I just did the lot. Negs have a habit of turning up at our house and garage from decades past, and the Tran setup is quick enough to be able to grab a single scan in a few minutes.

It's not quite as quick as holding it up to the window and snapping it with an iphone, but it's not far off, and the quality is decent. You need to be a member in order to leave a comment.

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You can adjust your cookie settings , otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue. Recommended Posts. Inchiquin Posted February 6, Posted February 6, Link to post Share on other sites. Harry Harrison Posted February 6, Chuck Nacke 1, Posted February 7, Posted February 7, Alan, I bought a really perfect Illumitran with 50, 75 and top flight lenses with the idea of copying 35mm and chromes and I was not happy with what I got, so I just went back to my desktop film scanner.

Several years ago I had a really good flatbed scanner and a really rare chrome, so I just scanned it on the flatbed and was surprised by the quality of the scan, it has been licensed by Alamy a number of times. If you are just doing it to have a digital copy of MF film, a good flatbed scanner should be just fine, quick and easy to do? FYI: I would never scan a 35mm chrome on a flatbed Chuck. Harry Harrison Posted February 7, Inchiquin Posted February 7, I bought a really perfect Illumitran with 50, 75 and top flight lenses with the idea of copying 35mm and chromes and I was not happy with what I got, so I just went back to my desktop film scanner.

Posted February 7, edited. Keep it unless you need the dough. Bowens Illumitran converted to LED for copying negatives is on the right of the image. The concern with this method was that of contrast, the longstanding digital printers of the Beaford Archive images at Focal Point in Exeter suggested that a LED light source would be lower in contrast and therefore help produce a greater range of tones in the digital copy.

This cobbling together of the best of old and new technologies was very much in keeping with the spirit of Ravilious! This information including negative number, description, date and notes, was received on an Excel spreadsheet. Once the apparatus was set up, cleanliness and keeping surfaces dust free were key through regular dusting with compressed air.

Negatives, which are removed from their archival sleeves by their sprocket holes with tweesers, were only handled by their edges. The guys at Focal Point recommended that the optimum lens was a Rodenstock 60mm f4 enlarger lens.

My natural instinct had been to close the lens right down to f22 but this resulted in a softening of the image. Photographic film base for Ilford HP4 and later HP5 is the same density and so the only variation on exposure is through fogging to light or the occasional fixer stain. I then worked in batches of 10 films at a time which, at pictures per roll that the curator had chosen, equaled approximately 45 images per folder.

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Bowens Quadmatic and heads. Cambo Legend 5 x 4 Monorail Camera. The Bowens Illumitran slide copier was the best commercial slide copier made.

It is completely self-contained with the camera bellows and rail for close focusing, a calibrated flash built into the base, an optional Contrast Control Unit CCU , and holders for various formats of original slides.

It takes many brands and models of camera bodies and lenses with the right adapters , so that you do not have to have a dedicated camera or lens just for the copier. You can even use some models of digital cameras on the copier to get high quality digital scans of your slides. This web page has information on using the Bowens Illumitran slide copier, and has some parts and copiers for sale.

Take a look and if you have any questions or if there is something that you don't see, let me know. With most people switching from film to all digital photography, there has been an increased interest in photographers using the relatively inexpensive, used Illumitran copier with their high res DSLRs to digitize their slides and negatives. The Bowens Illumitran was designed to make all adjustments needed to make exact copies of existing slides on film, and in some cases to even improve them. These copiers work well with DSLRs, but may need different configurations to optimize the quality of the images and the time it takes to make the copies.

Stereo Slide Copier? Atlas copco le 75 manual. The holder fits late model D, 3, and 3S Illumitrans and works quite well. Below is the Illumitran model that I currently have for sale, a model 3S.

With every unit I include: a copy of the instructions, a 35mm mounted slide holder, two pieces of CCU reflecting glass if needed , and a medium density slide for calibrating your Illumitran. You will need to supply a camera body and an enlarger lens with the correct adapters I have some listed below, if you need them.

I have several film camera bodies that will work with the adapters sold below. Let me know which brand you prefer. Vcds 11 11 cracked. CCU replacement glass. Finally after several years of searching I have come across a small quantity of CCU reflecting glass. This extra thin glass is not made in the US and is rather expensive to import. Opal Glass. Bowens manuals call these white plastic squares 'opal glass'. They fit in the bottom of the filter tray and diffuse the flash light so that there are no hot spots in your image.

I have seen many copiers on eBay missing this piece, or they have turned yellow. Ilford Color Correction Filter Set. Complete set of 3' x 3' color correction filters including a UV filter. Illumitran mm slide holder. Made of laser cut polymer. Works just like the original. Illumitran stereo slide holder.

Once you have calibrated its placement, no need to adjust it again! Push your original slide forward and all the way to the left, expose that frame, slide the original all the way to the right, one more exposure, and you are done!

Nothing could be easier! Illumitran metering photo cell. The meter plugs into the top of the base unit and swings over the slide to be copied so that you can get a perfect exposure.

Illumitran slide holder stage, complete with filter tray, opal glass, and mounting nuts. It fits on top of the copier base, and is used to hold the slide holders in place. It fits models D, 3, and 3S Illumitran copiers. Illumitran enlargement scale pointer. Since the enlarger scale is often discarded the pointer is also often missing or bent beyond use.