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Colour retrieved from black and white film

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kaveh
on December 14, 2008
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Here is one of those moments where I said to myself: “I wish I had thought of that”.

Several episodes of the classic British comedy series “Dad’s Army” were thought to have been lost, due to the original videotape being wiped for re-use, some 40 years back. Then someone recently found black and white copies on 16mm film. Better than nothing, but of course colour infomation gone for ever – or so you would think. Continue reading ‘Colour retrieved from black and white film’

Yves sets the standard for holography

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kaveh
on September 19, 2008
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I have been waiting for years to see the holograms of Yves Gentet. He gave a talk this morning at the conference in Leicester and showed several of his holograms. I was absolutely amazed. He has set the standard for colour holography. Just take look at these holograms.

The “saint” hologram is actually digitally produced using a printer that Yves himself has developed.