This is a brief excerpt from thePhoBlographer
Today, Helmut launched as a free download in the Android store in its Beta production phase. Helmut is a new app that is touted as being a great way to scan your old film images and has already won an award. To take the best advantage of this app, it is highly recommended that one uses a lightbox. However, there have been DIY hacks involving Macro lenses and flashes before. For this quick test, we used an iPad Mini and a MacBook Pro Retina display.
What Is It?
Firstly, Helmut lets you scan an image using your cameraphone. Many phones have very good sensors these days, but what is still lacking in many ways is their plastic lenses. When you boot up the app, it gives you the options of a BW negative, Color Negative or Color Positive.
I chose a very heartbreaking roll of Kodak Ektachrome for this test–so I chose color positive. It also reminded me of just how much I really miss this film.
In UseSince I no longer have a lightbox available, I used an iPad mini which has a relatively tight pixel density. I turned the brightness all the way up, flattened the …
By: Chris Gampat
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