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Photo Forum / Digital Photography / Digital Photo / May 2008New, Hoping for Newsgroup Focused on Scanning and Editing
I have over fifty years worth of slides, color negatives (mostly small format like 35mm) and color positives that have sat neglected most of that time. I've just acquired a reasonable scanner for my needs (Minolta Dimage Scan Dual IV) Some sample scans suggest that at least a reasonable amount of the material is still usable, and I want to preserve it so I can pass it to my kids and their families before either I or the material is lost forever. Can someone please point me to a newsgroup more specialized in that area than this one seems to be? I need to start pretty much at the beginning; most of my photo experience was in the days of film cameras, zone schemes, pushing exposures, and do-it-yourself darkroom work (all black and white--I bought a color enlarger and supplies, but due to circumstances never used it). I've been lurking here for a few days since a new newsfeed made the group available; the discussions and the topics are at the upper end of my ability to follow what's going on, and so little is on the area I need help with that I feel I should move on--if someone will **kindly** tell me where to go. :-) > I have over fifty years worth of slides, color negatives (mostly small > format like 35mm) and color positives that have sat neglected most of [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > need help with that I feel I should move on--if someone will **kindly** > tell me where to go. :-) Are you having particular issues? I've found scanning film, negatives, prints to be fairly simple, albeit rather slow. It seems to me I heard somewhere that ray wrote in article <61p91oF20e7gcU3@mid.individual.net>: >> Can someone please point me to a newsgroup more specialized in that area >> than this one seems to be? I need to start pretty much at the >> beginning; most of my photo experience was in the days of film cameras, >> zone schemes, pushing exposures, and do-it-yourself darkroom work (all >> black and white--I bought a color enlarger and supplies, but due to >> circumstances never used it). >> I've been lurking here for a few days since a new newsfeed made the >> group available; the discussions and the topics are at the upper end of >> my ability to follow what's going on, and so little is on the area I >> need help with that I feel I should move on--if someone will **kindly** >> tell me where to go. :-) >Are you having particular issues? I've found scanning film, negatives, >prints to be fairly simple, albeit rather slow. No, just cautious about starting to scan and possibly finding later I haven't used the optimum settings and formats, thus maybe needing to redo a lot. Mechanically, the sample scans I did went smoothly but I'd like to know more about the generally used configuration for good quality output. Thanks for asking. >I have over fifty years worth of slides, color negatives (mostly small >format like 35mm) and color positives that have sat neglected most of [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] >need help with that I feel I should move on--if someone will **kindly** >tell me where to go. :-) Is there a specific question in your post? I'm just about finished with my project of scanning about 1,100 slides from 1964 to 1979 with a Minolta Dimage Scan Elite. That number has been pared down to 557 (currently) that will be kept as images. The number will be below 500 before I'm done. There were, maybe, 150 that I never even scanned after looking at them with a slide viewer. I scanned them into Photoshop, cropped, and adjusted for color. Then I deleted the ones that were almost-duplicates and the ones that were just not that interesting. The final lot will be burned to disk and given to my kids as a chronicle of their growing-up years. They already have disks of the scans of prints from that period. So...what is it you want to know? -- Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida > On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 15:03:42 -0800, Don > Kirkman [quoted text clipped - 66 lines] > > Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida I did the same thing with my collection of slides and negatives. The slides had to be cleaned carefully, especially since the slide cardboard surrounds were becoming flaky and a brush/blower were essential. I used the Minolta scanner, which does a good job. Some of the older 35mm negatives benefited from a good press between the pages of a phone book before scanning. P >I have over fifty years worth of slides, color negatives (mostly small >format like 35mm) and color positives that have sat neglected most of [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >preserve it so I can pass it to my kids and their families before either >I or the material is lost forever. I've got boxes of negatives that I've just started scanning with a Nikon Coolscan V ED. Around 200 in, maybe 2000 to go. What fun. But I just go slow, maybe a few rolls per week, and it's not so bad. And since I'm not generating anymore negatives, when I'm finished with mine I'll lend the scanner to my uncle and brother. Each has probably 5 times an many as I do. This scanner is gonna get a workout. It does a very good job but I'm kind of dissapointed at myself for not taking better care of some of my old negatives... Just leaving them in the package from the developer and not putting them in negative holders. Steve It seems to me I heard somewhere that Steve wrote in article <vi0fr3tf7h0hqmoefuc6do7gf9ue36ec2v@4ax.com>: >>I have over fifty years worth of slides, color negatives (mostly small >>format like 35mm) and color positives that have sat neglected most of [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >>preserve it so I can pass it to my kids and their families before either >>I or the material is lost forever. >I've got boxes of negatives that I've just started scanning with a >Nikon Coolscan V ED. Around 200 in, maybe 2000 to go. What fun. But >I just go slow, maybe a few rolls per week, and it's not so bad. >And since I'm not generating anymore negatives, when I'm finished with >mine I'll lend the scanner to my uncle and brother. Each has probably >5 times an many as I do. This scanner is gonna get a workout. >It does a very good job but I'm kind of dissapointed at myself for not >taking better care of some of my old negatives... Just leaving them in >the package from the developer and not putting them in negative >holders. Most of mine are in a large metal can which, while we were living overseas in a very humid climate, had silica gel inside and tape around edge of the lid. Old roll film had degraded seriously even while we were living in that climate, but what remains looks like it may be reasonably well preserved. >It seems to me I heard somewhere that Steve wrote in article ><vi0fr3tf7h0hqmoefuc6do7gf9ue36ec2v@4ax.com>: [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] >were living in that climate, but what remains looks like it may be >reasonably well preserved. Just a reminder about silica gel packs, they don't last forever. After a while, they fill up with moisture and won't absorb anymore. But you can recharge them. Just set your oven to low, very low, like 160 if it hopefully goes that low, and put the silica gel packs in there for 24 hours. I do once a year for the large packs I keep in my safe and firebox. Steve > I have over fifty years worth of slides, color negatives . . . I've just acquired a > reasonable scanner for my needs . . . > Can someone please point me to a newsgroup more specialized in that area > than this one seems to be? here is a website that has tutorial material on scanning: http://www.scantips.com/ also recall that google is your friend! It seems to me I heard somewhere that F. D. Lewis wrote in article <474874ec-8b21-470e-813f-594cdef2c8ab@i7g2000prf.googlegroups.com>: >> I have over fifty years worth of slides, color negatives . . . I've just acquired a >> reasonable scanner for my needs . . . >> Can someone please point me to a newsgroup more specialized in that area >> than this one seems to be? >here is a website that has tutorial material on scanning: >http://www.scantips.com/ Thanks; I have it bookmarked and will study it in depth! >also recall that google is your friend! Indeed. I couldn't survive on the internet with Google. It seems to me I heard somewhere that Don Kirkman wrote in article <ku8hr3lc8rsa3l2tnteo1gtocbsv9rdsj4@4ax.com>: >It seems to me I heard somewhere that F. D. Lewis wrote in article ><474874ec-8b21-470e-813f-594cdef2c8ab@i7g2000prf.googlegroups.com>: [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > >Indeed. I couldn't survive on the internet with Google. Obviously, should be "**without** Google" >I have over fifty years worth of slides, color negatives (mostly small > format like 35mm) and color positives that have sat neglected most of [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > need help with that I feel I should move on--if someone will **kindly** > tell me where to go. :-) I have scanned quite a few negatives and slides. My suggestions are: 1) Scan at the highest resolution that the scanner supplies. 2) Save in a format that allows the least amount of compression. 3) Do every thing else with the software in your computer. If, like me, you have very many E2 or E4 Ektachrome or almost any of the Kodak color negative films of the70s (except Ektar 100/125), you will need a scanner with Digital Restoration of Color because these films have significant loss of color information. Most of the old E2 slides have been quite red for a long time now. At least one of my Kodacolor II negatives now has a purple mask instead of the orange that it was in the beginning. You can correct to a certain extent these problems with careful use of levels and curves, but the effort required is quite large. Jim It seems to me I heard somewhere that Jim wrote in article <9MZtj.688$tW.542@nlpi070.nbdc.sbc.com>: >> Can someone please point me to a newsgroup more specialized in that area >> than this one seems to be? I need to start pretty much at the >> beginning; most of my photo experience was in the days of film cameras, >> zone schemes, pushing exposures, and do-it-yourself darkroom work (all >> black and white--I bought a color enlarger and supplies, but due to >> circumstances never used it). >> I've been lurking here for a few days since a new newsfeed made the >> group available; the discussions and the topics are at the upper end of >> my ability to follow what's going on, and so little is on the area I >> need help with that I feel I should move on--if someone will **kindly** >> tell me where to go. :-) >I have scanned quite a few negatives and slides. My suggestions are: >1) Scan at the highest resolution that the scanner supplies. >2) Save in a format that allows the least amount of compression. >3) Do every thing else with the software in your computer. >If, like me, you have very many E2 or E4 Ektachrome or almost any of the >Kodak color negative [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >with careful use of levels and curves, but the effort required is quite >large. Thanks for the practical insights, Jim. alt.comp.periphs. scanner, alt.comp.periphs.scanners Toby >I have over fifty years worth of slides, color negatives (mostly small > format like 35mm) and color positives that have sat neglected most of [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > need help with that I feel I should move on--if someone will **kindly** > tell me where to go. :-) It seems to me I heard somewhere that Toby wrote in article <47ba48b7$0$220$bb4e3ad8@newscene.com>: >alt.comp.periphs. scanner, alt.comp.periphs.scanners >Toby Many thanks, Toby. I'll subscribe to both and see how it goes. I infer that this is another case of a newsgroup created because of a typo, but some of those turn out to be very interesting and/or helpful. :-) Apparently my newsfeeds prefer the "non-s" version, so I've signed up for that one. [Later] This looks very much like what I was hoping for--quite a lot of messages, and subjects seem relevant to what I wanted. >>I have over fifty years worth of slides, color negatives (mostly small >> format like 35mm) and color positives that have sat neglected most of [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >> preserve it so I can pass it to my kids and their families before either >> I or the material is lost forever. >> Can someone please point me to a newsgroup more specialized in that area >> than this one seems to be? I need to start pretty much at the >> beginning; most of my photo experience was in the days of film cameras, >> zone schemes, pushing exposures, and do-it-yourself darkroom work (all >> black and white--I bought a color enlarger and supplies, but due to >> circumstances never used it). |
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