It is one thing to merely scan letters and books page-by-page, but it is another to present those scans in a readable fashion that mimics the real feel of a brochure, a history book, or any other published media that has pages that the reader turns. A flip-book style of presentation radically ... Read More »
Techniques and Practices
Removing a Color Cast in a Color Print Duplication
Doesn’t it seem odd that some of Grandma's photos, collected over a lifetime, fade into a grotesque pink color cast? We also see this with Kodak Ektachrome film transparencies. The problem is that the dyes fade at an uneven rate. It is a simple chemical reaction so trying to isolate the print from ... Read More »
Splicing Magnetic Video Tape and Challenges
Video tape breaks. It happens. Sadly, the entire cassette then becomes unserviceable. With home movie film at least we can discard one side of the film and retain the other side. But with video cassettes the game is lost. Of course we can splice the tape but the task is not for the faint of heart. ... Read More »
FilmOSound Rare Super8 Home Movie Film Format
What Is It? With the introduction of Super8 home movie film in the mid-1960s came an option for sound. But it was pricy and not widely sold. But there was more than one 8mm Super8 sound format offered to the consumer. The most common format was one that used film manufactured with magnetic sound ... Read More »
The Very Rare Mini-Slide
There We have all seen the traditional 35mm color slide transparency format of photographs. An example of these is shown here compared with the mini-slide. The mini-slide never gained a foothold in the consumer photo industry and thus, in our multi-decade time of service, have only seen this formant ... Read More »
The Most Distressed Movie Film Reel Ever Received!
Prospective clients often think that their films of 5 and 6 and 7 decades vintage might have aged beyond any ability to duplicate to digital. The easy answer to that mode of thinking is, "Uh, I don't think so." As long as you don't smell a scent of strong vinegar on your films, you are pretty much ... Read More »
