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Slide printing and filters effects (Hoye)

* I have a set of slides, and I want to print them on sensitive paper. Is this possible with an enlarger?

* There is a picture in the seventh issue, on page 75, by colleague Elie Azar with two views, as well as the picture published in the ninth issue by colleague Bilal Badran, which includes a picture of a woman with her face repeated twice, and in the eleventh issue, where the picture of two faces is of one man taken by a member of the Amateur Club - membership number 32 »then a picture In the fifteenth issue of the member “49” under the name “Surat Al-Qamar” ..
All these pictures I want to know how to take them knowing that I have a full set of (Hoye) filters.

* What do you think of buying a (Durst) amplifier of the small type?
I want to know the address of the manufacturer of the day-light or day-lab, and does it have an agent in the Kingdom or in one of the Gulf countries?

Ishaq Hassan Qari
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

- Slide transparencies can be drawn using the enlarger device, but according to the Cibachrome method. Here comes a really wonderful and beautiful result.

There is another solution for printing slide images, by purchasing a special device, a copy slide, and transferring the images to a color negative film and then printing them in Beirut. There is the possibility of drawing slides directly on sensitive paper, but the result is not satisfactory, and the solution for you may be in your last question. About (200-1ay lab) which is the device that
It can draw slides on sensitive paper and in daylight
And you can. Contact the manufacturer at Vivitar Corporation 225 AD. P.O.L. 2100 , Santal Manica CA 90406 Canada This device enables the withdrawal of images from the slide within three minutes and its financial value reaches about $ 300 In the other field, we mention that you have good filters that allow you the required method to reach results similar to the images that you mentioned, and there is a special booklet with the filters explaining How to work.. but not from your answer to what you want:
As for Elie Azar’s photo, the first filter was used to depict a natural scene, and this filter allows capturing the scene leaving an empty center circle on the film, then the first filter, i.e. it allows capturing only the center of the circle without the rest of the frame, with another filter opposite the filter, and that of course is on one negative frame, i.e. Without moving the film, and this process is available in some cameras within a special switch not to move the film while rolling the image arm to obtain another shutter press.
For the ninth issue with Bilal Badran and the eleventh with Marwan Al-Awji, the same method was used, but in a different way.
Finally, Durst amplifiers, whatever their size, are good for amateurs and professionals alike.

* Information about Yashica Camera

During my follow-up to your magazine, you presented useful research on some reflex cameras, but you did not mention Yashika's camera. And because I have the camera and the booklet attached to it in English, I hope you can explain what you can about it. The camera I own is Yashica (FX - DSE) quartz with (FX) motor for fast shooting and flash from Yashica (CS-201) and another from National (PE - 287.S), along with three zoom lenses of the same company (105-35 mm). and (35-70m.m) and (42-75m.m)
and filters (Izumar)
And Mazen Hindawi / Abu Dhabi

- Of course, it is very difficult to cover all the known cameras in the world. As for your camera, it is from
Reflective machines featuring a quartz system of light signals ensure that the machine works regularly.
And (FX D) from Yashica, like most other reflex cameras. The closing speed is 1/1000 of a second, and there is a safety switch surrounding the speed dial to ensure that it does not change by spontaneous movement.
Without the attention of the photographer, in the foreground, next to the lens, is the automatic shooting switch (Self Timer), and at the bottom is the exposure control switch, which works as soon as it is pressed inward.
The image counter is located on the side of the image presenting helper and on the other side is the film winding helper. It is surrounded by an aza film sensitivity disc. .
As for the national flash, it is good, but the flash of the camera manufacturer is preferred.
As for the lenses and filters you have, they are fine and do the trick -

Kodachrome and Ectachrome films and information about Zenith

* Please provide a detailed explanation about the uses of Kodachrome 25-64 Aza films, Ektachrome films

What are the pros and cons of the Zenit TTL camera?

Mahmoud Tarifi
Baniyas Sahel - Syria

Ektachrome and Kodachrome films are wave films and we call them transparency or slides, and they are used in
They have special projectors, which are not retractable or printed in the usual ways, as is the case with film negatives, negatives, .. but rather
It is used in artistic and cultural shops and within special offers by those who own projectors. It is also used in the field of photography for professionals, especially in the field of journalism and printing, as it gives high results in terms of color quality during its sorting and printing in specialized presses, according to its low sensitivity 25-64. aza.

We point out here that Codechrome 0 25 aza films, which give better impressions and colors than Ectachrome, are not available in the Arab countries.
Because there are no laboratories of their own and some of those who use this type of film. They send it to France after photographing it, in order to develop it there.
Ektachrome films are available in different speeds 64, 100, 200, 400 aza, and their laboratories are available in most Arab countries.
As for the Zenit camera, accessories such as lenses, filters, and the like are not available in some Arab countries. It is also difficult to obtain mechanical parts for it if some of its parts are damaged, and this is one of the important negatives in this camera. Otherwise, it is not possible to say with certainty the negatives and positives, especially in this type. from cameras -