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How can I unroll very old, very tightly curled negatives?
Make a film straightening solution -- ½ ounce glycerin to 16 ounces of water. Soak the curled film in plain water, in time the film will become limp. Transfer the film to the straighten solution, ...
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How can I make physical prints that can be kept longer without any damage?
...what kind of print do you do so that it can be kept for longer time without any damage?
I generally don't worry too much about archival quality or longevity of my prints; I'm cheap and use a dye-...
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What is this white film on slides from late 1950s?
The emulsion side of Kodachrome was coated with a clear protective lacquer. Perhaps it has oxidized. Additionally, this coat may attract dust and such as it can gain an electrostatic charge. Lacquer ...
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What is the advantage of C41 with separated bleach and fixer baths?
The C-41 and E-6 processes and their cine counterparts evolved in an era where giant regional processing labs were the norm. I was technical manager for 7 such labs in the Southeast United States. ...
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What is the advantage of C41 with separated bleach and fixer baths?
For home processing, there are two advantages of separate bleach and fix over blix.
First, bleach and fix have antagonistic longevity requirements -- that is, bleach likes oxygen, thiosulfate (the ...
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What archival properties does Fuji Instax have and how to prolong?
I can't find anything on long-term archival properties of Instax film, either, but this phoblographer article on current instant film and cameras mentions that the B&W Instax will turn sepia (but ...
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Apple Preview vs. GIMP, Photoshop, Bridge etc. as PNG/TIFF to JPEG converter
Let me divide this into several parts.
1. JPG
JPG is a standardized file format. It has a clear specification. So what I mean, is that there is not much under the hood that "specialized" ...
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Apple Preview vs. GIMP, Photoshop, Bridge etc. as PNG/TIFF to JPEG converter
Cropping is your stumbling block. There's already a question here covering that, though - Automatic & intelligent crop 1,000 images.
Preview doesn't do profile conversion at all, which is OK if ...
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Weird blotches on old negatives and slides?
This looks like mould on your slides. It's fairly common, unfortunately, and it appears the preserver sheets were unable to stop this from growing.
You could of course try cleaning the slides. There ...
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What should I consider when doing digital preservation of old documents using photography?
I think you maybe asking two separate sets of questions: 1) What are recommended settings and conditions for the best photo and 2) What is the best format to ensure longevity of the digital file?
For ...
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What is the procedure for organizing photos?
One method for somewhat organized transfer with large cards, no special software needed (not recommendable with cameras that are known buggy with regards to filesystem handling. Works great with Sony.)...
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Photo album for old irregular sized pictures
I find it hard to believe that an art store or craft store has noting that will do this trick. In the old days we used a scrap book and just pasted pictures using photo corners. You can make these ...
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How can I unroll very old, very tightly curled negatives?
I would never soak anything without need. My father's films were rolled together, so I cut them in sixes and arranged them in Hama A4 sleeves, alternating emulsion side up and down. I kept them like ...
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Archival Scanning: Calibrating Scanner
To be clear, the Q-60 (a.k.a. IT8) is used to create a color profile of your scanner, not to calibrate the scanner. The scanner should calibrate itself on startup.
Also, this will only provide a "...
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How to format a 4TB hard disk for photography files?
Format the drive using any file system that can be read and written by the operating systems you intend to use to access it. Consider using exFAT. It has widespread support across devices since it was ...
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