An Old Slide Remastered

Sunset at Balnakiel Beach, Durness, c. 1992 - from 35mm slide

The last two days have been mainly focused upon tidying my office and trying to throw out a load of old stuff that is really not needed any more.  In the process I found a folder of old transparencies and as a bit of a diversion I tried taking digital shots of them using a converted lens thing I bought many years ago.  The shot of a fine sunset at Balnakiel Beach, taken originally in 1992 while on holiday, was the ebst I could manage.  The adaptor is desined to screw int the filter ring of the camera, 52mm diameter.  I have a 52 to 58mm concerter ring so that made it possible to take this shot using my Canon EOS 500D with its 18-55mm EFS lens.  However, youo have to orientate the slide manually and then focus and the lens twists so it all becomes a bit of a faff and difgficult to get a sharp focus, more practice needed, and very good light.  Anyway, not bad for a quick trial, and amazing what a few tweaks in Lightroom will do as well.