Color slides

[Akira Takiguchi]

Today my best friend sent me a package filled with color slides. I have checked only part of it, here are a couple.

<b>1. The photographer himself</b>
<img src="http://www.history.jp/images/HGM-Dia312.jpg">

<b>2. Anybody can identify the location?</b>
<img src="http://www.history.jp/images/HGM-Dia341.jpg">

<b>3. A general and officers, two in white tunic</b>
<img src="http://www.history.jp/images/HGM-Dia540.jpg">

[V. J. Kursietis]

Hello Akira!

The General pictured is Generaloberst Heinz Guderian. Given the presence of the LW officer and the 2 officers in white tunics, I would hazard a guess that the pic was taken when he was Chief of the General Staff.

Regards,

VJK

[Akira Takiguchi]

Thanks VJK. The moire on the photo, which makes the photo ugly, can be eliminated if I remount the slide (glass mount problem)... The problem is whether I should do it or not...

[Volkbert]

Thanks for sharing Akira. I hope you post some more because they are beautiful to look at!

[Ed_Haynes]

Very, very nice.

With careful re-scanning and with a pass through something like Adobe Photoshop, you should be able to restore the image quality very nicely.

The signs look like Poilish to me, or some other non-Cyrillic Eastern European language, though I'd rather hear from experts here.

Ed Haynes

[Rick Research]

Late summer 1940? Guderian's rank and Ritterkreuz, white tunics....

Can't really see enough text on the signs: Slovak?

[Rick White]

Hi Akira,

The distortion comes from the glass panes in the slide. You can get a clean scan by taking the film from the slide, scanning it, and then replacing it back in the slide. I usually only do this for the color slides that I really want a good image of. Otherwise, I just scan them like you have and touch them up in Photoshop with the airbrush tools. Nice ones you have!

Regards,

Rick

[Rick White]

P.S. The second photo is almost certainly Yugoslavia (Croatia) - see "Slavonska" on the building...

...part of that little foray of Hitler's that most probably cost him Moscow.

Regards,

Rick

[McCulloh]

These are great photos! Are they unique, or part of a then published series?
Great stuff.
JeMc

[Akira Takiguchi]

Rick, I will take out the positive out of glass mount when making publication off it, then the beautiful scans can be done professionally. Jeff, because these came from a Bildberichter's estate, it is possible that some of them were published during the war.

A couple of more photos:

<b>4. An artillery soldier</b>
<img src="http://www.history.jp/images/HGM-Dia239.jpg">

<b>5. Civilians in Balkan</b>
<img src="http://www.history.jp/images/HGM-Dia392.jpg">

<b>6. Sunset in the east</b>
<img src="http://www.history.jp/images/HGM-Dia554.jpg">

[Rick White]

Hi Akira,

Great images! There is nothing like seeing the war in color. It makes the events and people seem much more "real."

I have been meaning to post a few color slides as well. Maybe I will start an additional thread...

I always like seeing your collection.

Regards,

Rick

[Akira Takiguchi]

There is nothing like seeing the war in color. It makes the events and people seem much more "real."

Exactly! Looking forward to seeing your slides!

[Rick White]

Akira,

What scanner do you use to scan slides? I use a Canon CanoscanD1250 U2F. It was the only one I found that could take the old German slides.

Rick

[Akira Takiguchi]

Mine is EPSON <b>GT-9300UF</b>, but that's a Japanese designation, and I do not know what they call it in US/Europe. Looking at epson.com, it looks like something like <b>Perfection 2450</b>, the price was similar.

[Akira Takiguchi]

10+ slides had broken glasses, so I bought new glass mounts to replace them (for purists this <i>may</i> be unacceptable behaviour but I have to avoid further injury on film..).

Glass mounts these days utilize anti-newton glasses, so no more rainbows on scans, like this:

<img src="http://www.history.jp/images/HGM-Dia829.jpg">