[222mhz] [Packrats] Old Negative conversion?

[William Nichelson]

Hi all,
Be aware that CD's that are burned by laser and I suspect DVD's as well,
are not permanent.  I attach an article that explains this and, of course,
the manufactures won't tell you about it.
73
Bill

On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 5:08 AM, George Gadbois <gadboisg at dejazzd.com>wrote:

> **
> Bert,
>
> I use my HP Officejet Pro L7580 scanner for most of my scanning needs.
> Negatives can be scanned as well as photos.  If the resolution is good
> enough to suit your needs, any similar scanner will work for you.  For an
> example of my results, see the August 2011 issue of QRZ News.
> http://www.k3ir.org/QRZ_News/QRZnewsAug2011.pdf on page 6 for the article
> "VHF Contesting Firsts".  Most of the photos were old Polaroid prints.
>
> For negatives scanned by Coe Camera Shop, see
> http://www.k3ir.org/QRZ_News/QRZ_News_December_2009.pdf page 8.   The
> black and white pictures were from old negatives borrowed from Lloyd Jury.
> I didn't have the L7580 at that time.
>
> 73,
>
> George W3FEY
>
>
>
>  -----Original Message-----
> *From:* packrats-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:
> packrats-bounces at mailman.qth.net] *On Behalf Of *The Soltoff's
> *Sent:* Thursday, July 26, 2012 12:04 PM
> *To:* Pack Rat Reflector; 222 MHz Reflector
> *Subject:* [Packrats] Old Negative conversion?
>
>  In true Packrat, I rarely (if ever) throw anything out.  Recently, while
> looking for some old prints, I found my (large) box of old negatives (*remember
> them, before the world went digital*?).  Some of them even go back to the
> old 2 x 3-1/2 black and white image negatives
>
>
>
> I knew that I had been saving them, in hopes of someday wanting to convert
> them to digital format to be able to print or view as a slide-show.  Well,
> that day is here.
>
>
>
> I'm looking for a way (hopefully quick, cheap and easy) to convert these
> negative images to positives, in digital files.
>
>
>
> The only thing I can think of to do the picture inversion is to use a
> printing enlarger (or slide projector, since many are 35mm) projector to
> invert, then photograph the projected image.  In fact I acquired a printing
> projector a number of years ago in anticipation of starting the task.  But
> it would be lots of work (individually loading each negative image), and
> probably wouldn't yield the resolution that I'm looking for. It also
> wouldn't accommodate the non-35mm negatives.
>
>
>
> I figure that someone in the Packrat fraternity either has done this task,
> or has a good suggestion on how to proceed.
>
>
>
> All suggestions are welcome.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> K3IUV, Bert
>
>
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