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Re: New Tesla Black and White Gallery



Original poster: "Crow Leader" <tesla-at-lists.symmetric-dot-net> 

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Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 5:53 PM
Subject: RE: New Tesla Black and White Gallery


 > Original poster: "Mccauley, Daniel H" <daniel.h.mccauley-at-lmco-dot-com>
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 > Its not so much digital dropped to greyscale, but rather a LEVELS
 > adjustment to correct for underexposure.  Also the

Hmm, that would explain some noise.

 > pixelation is due to shooting at ISO 1000+ with my Canon digital SLR.

1000 is extreme on a digital camera, and makes for noisy pics.

 > Even with a f/2.8L lens, the relatively short
 > exposures tend to be underexposed.

How do they turn out with a longer exposure and less extreme ISO that may in
fact just be some gain trick inside the camera?

KEN


 >  > nice pics, but they scream digital dropped to greyscale, not B&W film.
 >  >
 >  > Does anybody have scans of real B&W film and tesla coils? All
 >  > the real Tesla
 >  > pictures are 500th generations copies in books, and look pretty poor.
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 >  > KEN
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 >  > ----- Original Message -----
 >  > From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 >  > To: <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 >  > Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2003 11:23 PM
 >  > Subject: New Tesla Black and White Gallery
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 >  >  > Original poster: dhmccauley-at-spacecatlighting-dot-com
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 >  >  > True to the days when Tesla himself used black and white
 >  > photography to
 >  >  > record his coils, I myself tried presenting some of my
 >  > photos as B&W.
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 >  > http://www.easternhighvoltage-dot-com/teslabw_gallery/teslabw_gallery.htm
 >  >  >
 >  >  > Dan
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