Film Scanning with a Really Cheap, Really Old Digital Camera - Jury-rigged Edition
Today, I'm going to show you how I did something that you'll likely never have reason to do. But I'm old, and therefore my upper family is even older, so it became a thing.
A week or so ago, a photographer I follow on youtube posted a video on Film Scanning with a Cheap Old Digital Camera — A Budget Build and it was...not really cheap. It probably is for a professional photographer, but I'm just some guy.
But it gave me the inspiration to build my own Film Scanning with a Really Cheap, Really Old Digital Camera - Jury-rigged Edition.
Ingredients:
10 year old Canon Elph 320HS
4 year old Samsung tablet
Small cardboard box (unlabeled)
Tools:
Purple metallic sharpie
Utility knife
So you draw a circle on the bottom side of the box that'll fit the lens.
Then you cut it out.
Open a blank white image on the tablet, at full bright.
Put the negative on the screen.
Put the box, open side down, on the tablet.
Put the camera on the box, so the lens lines up with the hole.
Take a picture.
Crop it, invert all channels in whatever photo software you use, and BOOM.
Picture of what looks like a child who's really disappointed by their lame birthday cake, taken 60 years ago.
Seriously. Look at her face.
They aren't the quality beardy guy is going to get with his $500 setup, but it's not bad.
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Damn I'm in the mood to bully my mutuals. Who shall it be today... 👀
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Guys! Can you believe I was gonna just CASUALLY watch Hazbin Hotel???
But it’s way too good. The writing is so tight, all the characters are interesting and layered, ALL THE SONGS:🔥🔥🔥
Alastor is such a Cheshire Cat! Not a characteristic I see often, but it’s always good! Gimme more immediately.👏👏👏
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ok. here’s the variation of my header I ended up not going with due to aesthetic reasons but do you like it
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its interesting to me how self-deprecation neatly ties into making others feel bad. like. if you constantly assume that you’re stupid no matter how informed or skilled in a topic you might be, people who are a bit less learned or skilled than you might see how you, someone who is obviously skilled, talk down about yourself, and assume that if you think YOURE an idiot you must think theyre an even bigger idiot and lose confidence or find you intimidating as a result. its fucked up. and its part of why it can be so important to break out of cycles of self-hatred--not just for yourself, but for people around you
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saw a post the other day that said that psych survivors were overexaggerating and fearmongering for saying that people should be aware that having diagnoses on your record can be a danger + impede your life. and the more i think about it the more annoyed i am. because i think people need to know that there are exceptions to health privacy laws that can make having psych diagnoses and psych hospitalization history on your record risky depending on your circumstances. diagnoses follow you through your health interactions-you do not have to consent to have your information shared between providers. judicial proceedings are also an exception to the HIPAA privacy rule, so for things like custody battles, guardianship, getting orders of protection--the court can petition for medical records. there's so many other situations where even if they can't legally access your information without your authorization, people will require you to disclose diagnoses, records, previous hospitalizations and refuse to give you services/hire you/whatever unless you share that information with them. for example in many states anyone (a provider, a cop, friends and family) can disclose that you have certain psych diagnoses like bipolar to the DMV which then might require that you undergo drivers license review as frequently as every 3 months. my university is actively trying to kick me out right now because i had to disclose my medical record, psych diagnoses, and hospitalization history to them as a requirement to stay enrolled.
and i don't want to scare people or make people think that having a diagnosis on their records is automatically going to mean that it is weaponized against us. because i do know plenty of people who have never faced issues with their records. but i do expect that the community supports the people speaking out about the ways that we have been harmed by diagnoses creating barriers to accessing necessary parts of our life. instead of attacking us or saying that we're lying about things we are currently experiencing.
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