 Jon Asmussen |
Old Time Photos with Digital Camera I am interested in photography for my pre-1840 re-enactments. I have seen the old time photo's {brown and white} before, at fairs and such, and was wondering if it was possible to do this with a digital camera?
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John A. Lind |
Yes. Some cameras can do it internally and with others you need to download the image and convert it using imaging software. The effect is called "sepia tone." BTW, your pre-1840 re-enactments would have to be dated 1839 at the earliest, and you would have to be simulating a Daguerreotype, the process for which was announced in early January 1839. Also, sepia-toning emulates processes that were invented and became popular in the 1850's. The process bleaches prints and replace the bleached areas with metallic chemicals to help make prints more permanent. -- John
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Jon Asmussen |
Thanks John, The info puts me on the track! Any ideas to which software? Jon
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John A. Lind |
Jon, PhotoShop and PictureWindow (by Digital Light and Color) can both do it. I believe Picture Publisher by Micrografix can also do convert into a sepia. In most imaging software the basic process is first a conversion to B/W (if it's color) and then adding a brown tint to the image. This converts the black and gray with shades of brown and tan in the same density. Couldn't help but let you know the time era you are re-enacting (1840) is at the very birth of photography (the Daguerreotype process in France). BTW, one of the more popular processes in the 1850's was gold tinting using Gold Chloride (after first bleaching the print). Unlike a Sepia, it produces a very warm deep orange or peach tint. -- John
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