Brad-sd
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I am trying to figure out the best way to scan some old negatives. The consumer scanners I'm finding seem limited to slides or 35mm negative strips. Is there anything out there that can do large/medium format at a reasonable price?
I have many shapes and sizes. Most are 4 X 5, a few are slightly larger and many are smaller with the smallest being 2.5 X 1.75.
All of them are individual negatives. They have been sitting in an old suitcase for 80 years and I'm not sure how well they will turn out.
I'm really not interested in sending them out because of the cost. There are several hundred.
If anyone has any ideas, I would be most grateful.
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The Rest of the Story
My mother passed away a few years ago and all of her belongings were passed down to me. In her stuff was a very old suitcase filled with hundreds of medium and large format negatives.
There were also many that had been developed, most of these were family photos.
A vast majority of the negatives came from either my Grandfather or my great uncle who owned a photography business in Los Angeles. They appear to be from the 1900's through the late 1930's. However, some of the developed photos seem to date back as early as the late 1880's.
The negatives include a lot of historical events, such as the St. Francis Dam Disaster in 1928 and the Long Beach earthquake (1933).
There are also a lot of float pictures from the Rose Parade from the early 1920's. Several sporting events of the late 1920's through late 1930's.
I'm very curious to see what these will actually look like after sitting in an old suitcase for 80 years.
I have many shapes and sizes. Most are 4 X 5, a few are slightly larger and many are smaller with the smallest being 2.5 X 1.75.
All of them are individual negatives. They have been sitting in an old suitcase for 80 years and I'm not sure how well they will turn out.
I'm really not interested in sending them out because of the cost. There are several hundred.
If anyone has any ideas, I would be most grateful.
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The Rest of the Story
My mother passed away a few years ago and all of her belongings were passed down to me. In her stuff was a very old suitcase filled with hundreds of medium and large format negatives.
There were also many that had been developed, most of these were family photos.
A vast majority of the negatives came from either my Grandfather or my great uncle who owned a photography business in Los Angeles. They appear to be from the 1900's through the late 1930's. However, some of the developed photos seem to date back as early as the late 1880's.
The negatives include a lot of historical events, such as the St. Francis Dam Disaster in 1928 and the Long Beach earthquake (1933).
There are also a lot of float pictures from the Rose Parade from the early 1920's. Several sporting events of the late 1920's through late 1930's.
I'm very curious to see what these will actually look like after sitting in an old suitcase for 80 years.
