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Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

04/14/2011 08:23:37 AM · #1

I no Duplicating Film exists but does it make a copy of a negitive from a negitive or can it come from a print too?

I'll explain why i'm asking later on.

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Bear_Music

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

04/14/2011 08:28:28 AM · #2

Duplicating film is a "positive" B/W material; it produces a direct copy of whatever it shoots. So you can duplicate negatives with it, OR prints. In other words, you can use it to make a projectable reproduction of a B/W print, if that's what you want.

R.

Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

04/14/2011 08:31:18 AM · #3

Originally posted by Bear_Music:

Oh, this is the thorn in my million pound discovery! haha I thought I had found a Alfred Stieglitz negative but I guess this is more likely..

Bear_Music

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

04/14/2011 08:48:00 AM · #4

Originally posted by JamesA:

Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Duplicating film is a "positive" B/W material; it produces a direct copy of whatever it shoots. So you can duplicate negatives with it, OR prints. In other words, you can use it to make a projectable reproduction of a B/W print, if that's what you want.

R.

Oh, this is the thorn in my million pound discovery! haha I thought I had found a Alfred Stieglitz negative but I guess this is more likely..

Much more likely, yes. What format is your "discovery" in? remember, Stieglitz was shooting large format (8x10 plates usually) for most of his career...

R.

04/14/2011 08:50:33 AM · #5

Originally posted by Bear_Music:

Originally posted by JamesA:

Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Duplicating film is a "positive" B/W material; it produces a direct copy of whatever it shoots. So you can duplicate negatives with it, OR prints. In other words, you can use it to make a projectable reproduction of a B/W print, if that's what you want.

R.

Oh, this is the thorn in my million pound discovery! haha I thought I had found a Alfred Stieglitz negative but I guess this is more likely..

Much more likely, yes. What format is your "discovery" in? remember, Stieglitz was shooting large format (8x10 plates usually) for most of his career...

R.

I didn't know a lot about him up until last night whilst reading a book I recognised one of his prints to a negative I had, and after scanning it was the exact image.
It's a mounted 35mm positive.

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04/14/2011 11:09:01 AM · #6

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fotomann_forever

04/14/2011 11:20:48 AM · #7

Originally posted by JamesA:

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The first commercial 35mm still camera wasn't produced until 1913... so, it's probably a dup.

ambaker

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04/14/2011 11:26:24 AM · #8

Originally posted by fotomann_forever:

Originally posted by JamesA:
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The first commercial 35mm still camera wasn't produced until 1913... so, it's probably a dup.

Ok, so he's got an Alfred Stieglitz original negative, shot with a heretofore unknown prototype 35mm camera, two full years before the 35mm camera was introduced to the rest of the world.... Sounds like surefire eBay bait to me. ;-)

tanguera

Nikon D750

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED

04/14/2011 11:27:04 AM · #9

Bummer...

Cory

Canon EOS-1D Mark IV

Canon EF 85mm f/1.2L II USM

04/14/2011 12:03:05 PM · #10

Look at the bright side... You still have an interesting object with some sort of backstory, it's just not worth tons of money.