Lightbox

poetslane

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30 Dec 2010 - 1:56 PM

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Hi, I have been given an A2 size lightbox and was wondering if you could point me in the right direction as to any articles or publications that you help me get the most out of it.

Thanks

Selina

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1 Jan 2011 - 6:57 PM

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Oddly enough, I was browsing though Ebay looking at lightboxes (I want one for back-illuminating small macro and still life subjects). Most of those offered for sale were either as health aids for SAD victims or as tracing aids for tattooists. Hadn't thought of either application.

In the olden days, I used one for slide sorting but threw it out when I was thown out of my darkroom by SWMBO.



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Pete (ePHOTOzine Staff)

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1 Jan 2011 - 7:21 PM

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Quote: Not sure why you would want articles / publications on how to use a lightbox.


Quote: Get some black card from the stationers, cut to the size of the lightboc then cut an aperture the size of the negative etc. Then place negative etc over the aperture to view.

That way there is no light spill / distraction from the whole light box.

I think your tip shows why an article could be good, although I've never seen one written. I never considered doing that tip - good idea.

Here's a piece I wrote on using L croppers