[Milsurplus] 16mm platform

[mstangelo at comcast.net]

My XYL has lots of 35mm slides. Can anyone recommend a good scanner?

Mike N2MS

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From: Don Merz via Milsurplus <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
To: Michael <k3mxo.hi at gmail.com>, milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
Sent: Thu, 01 May 2014 15:07:06 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] 16mm platform

Unfortunately a little longer might hurt. The longest that the Smithsonian has been able to make film negatives last under the best conditions in the world is supposed to be about 180 years. I assume this is simulated through some testing process? I dunno--I read about this somewhere 6 months or so ago. But my guess is that your storage conditions are not among the best in the world and so you should assume the life of your film is much less. For you 35 mm buffs who have your negatives all neatly sleeved, better go take a look. Bad storage conditions can raise hell with all that, causing the sleeves to permanently mark your negatives. I have some that are just 35 years old and they are in rough shape. Anyway, scanning sooner rather than later is probably a good  idea. Sound film of any size is not cheap to scan either. Good luck.
73 de N3RHT