Kaiser Filters

3-D:
Definition, Duplication, Digitization
Even in the digital era a transparency
on chemical reversal film undisputedly
has a good reputation. Its definition, its
resolution, its color rendition, in short -
its quality is unquestioned.
Further the transparency is and remains
a unique copy. If you need more than
one piece, it has to be duplicated. If you
need it in your computer, it needs digitization.
Duplication means, that the original
transparency, transilluminated by colorcalibrated
and even light, has to be
photographed once again on a suitable
film, preferably a duplicating film. Slide
duplicates can be produced conveniently
using a camera stand and the
color head of a Kaiser color enlarger.
The color head, placed upside down in
„reversed“ position, serves as the light
source for the original. The shooting
equipment - SLR camera, extension
and a suitable lens - is attached to the
camera arm.
The advantages of using the color
head as a light source are firstly the
constant color temperature of the halogen
cold light mirror lamp used, which
is standardized at 3200 Kelvin for the
colour sensitizing of artificial light
duplicating films, and secondly the
trouble-free stepless correction filtration
by means of the dichroic filters.
Stands & Lightimg Units for Image Capturing
For the digitization of slides film
scanners are a convenient and affordable
solution, if we talk about 35
mm film. Film scanners for medium
format or larger slides exceed the
budget of the average user. Using a
high-quality digital camera (with 3
megapixels or more) with a suitable
lens (top-quality telephoto or macro
lens with little distortion and shading
and at suitable minimum shooting
distance) in combination with the
Kaiser slide copying system is
an interesting alternative,
especially when it is
possible to calibrate
the camera
with respect to
the predefined
color temperature
of the light
source. And moreover:
you will always be faster this way
than with a film or slide scanner.
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