Some older Duxford Photos

Hi Shortfinals,

Thank-you for sending back the info I asked about.
It’s a bit of a mix like you say getting that copy sharp if you don’t have a good
sharp slide to start with.

Your other shots to highlight your point are spot on.
Lightning and CF101 are brill,Again thanks for replying….:)

Ps I am getting older and forgot where I had saw your photos
so sorry for delay in my reply..:rolleyes:

Yes, it’s the same airframe. She was in “write-off” condition when she arrived at Dux and the museum restoration team did a remarkable job restoring her to her current glory.

What happened to the Mosquito?

Is it the same one hanging from Airspace?

What happened to the Mosquito?

Ah, the memories! Lovely to see – thank you.

Indeed, those were the days…:)

Ah, the memories! Lovely to see – thank you.

They were done on a Nikon Coolscan V, which is a dedicated slide scanner, now out of production. It does give very good results and if the slides are sharp (not that many of mine are perfect!) a picture of similar quality to digital can be achieved. I have been using Photoshop for several years and it has a lot of features that I don’t use or know how to use! I also have a simple program called Focus Magic that can be used to sharpen the files before I shrink them to a suitable size for the Web.

Here are some more photos, from various years:

CF-100 Canuck 18393 by Irish251, on Flickr

B-17G “Sally B” G-BEDF by Irish251, on Flickr

Douglas Dakota G-DAKS by Irish251, on Flickr

G-BEDV (WJ945) Varsity T.1 by Irish251, on Flickr

XM135 Lightning F.1 by Irish251, on Flickr

G-BWUF Lim-5 (MiG-17) by Irish251, on Flickr

TA719 Mosquito TT.35 by Irish251, on Flickr

Thank-you for your reply and info.
They have come out good and were they done on a budget scanner or one of those dedicated types.

The reason I ask is I do a lot of scanning with a cheap copier and am always
asking people who scan what equipment they use.There is a lot of labour involved in the process so as a fellow copier I appreciate your images.I will have to learn how to use photoshop but I don’t like it as it seems very complicated to use and just stick with an old canon photoshop which is easy to use.

Anyway I digress keep up the good work and I find Kodachrome and agfa also good to copy for colour rendition.cheers..:)

They are scans from Fujichrome slides, with some Photoshop treatment to improve the colours and sharpness.

Great shots and some nice scans.Were these negs or trannies?
Sabre ,javelin and Canberra look good..:)