HSP Gear

The minimalist approach to HSP requires nothing more than an SLR camera and lens(es) and flash gun with an automatic setting. The keen photographer is likely to have these items in their posession. For the beginner, look towards the second hand market. Although this is sufficient to start HSP, frustration will soon push you into the electronics deep end. If you've dabbled in electronics projects before, this wont phase you one bit. If not, then you'll soon be surprised how simple it can be. As is the case with all electronics, soldering on printed circuit boards (PCBs) is best, though breadboards are a recomended for the beginner. For the more advanced, combining the electronics with a PC will result in a very flexible HSP control system, with the added requirement that software will need to be written.

Summary

Item	Notes and Accessories
SLR Camera	Must have a B shutter setting For photographic versatility, a wide variety of lenses and extension tubes is optimal A cable release with locking mechanism
Flash Gun	Must have an automatic setting (thyristor) the manual mode has a long flash pulse and is unsuitable Ideally, the miniumum flash duration should be 1/30000s or less
Electronics (Recomended)	PCB + Soldering Iron or Breadboard simple components - Relays, SCRs, resistors, transistor, etc Insulated and shielded wire Power Supply - transformer/batteries/old PC power supply
PC (Optional)	Need a real-time operating system - DOS is probably the best option A compiler for your preferred coding language Parallel port and extension cable

Specifics of the gear we used

Cameras all Minolta (SRT 101, XD-7, X-500, X-700)

Negative scanning with a Nikon Coolscan IV ED

Image processing was done using Picture Window Pro. Highly recomended. Since I discovered this software, I have uninstalled my copy of Adobe Photoshop.