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Glass negatives
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Anna | Report | 4 Nov 2004 21:37 |
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Ive got a box of glass negatives,for want of a better description. On the box it says Ilford HP3 Plate hypersensitive Panachromatic Plate Backed Does anyone know if I can get these turned into the original photos? Or can I scan them or anything? Theyre about 50 years old. It says on the box "open in darkness only"so i dont know if I should mess about with them lol Anna :-) |
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Geoff | Report | 4 Nov 2004 21:47 |
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"Open in darkness only" would refer to the unexposed plates. If they ARE negatives there shouldn't be a problem. The negatives are the originals - the prints come later! There's no reason why you couldn't get prints from them, although in these "Automatic printing" days I imagine there are fewer people who can do them and it would probably cost a bit. |
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Anna | Report | 4 Nov 2004 21:59 |
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Thanks Geoff. Ill get the yellow pages out and look for someone who can do them. They are old wedding photos and I said id try and get them printed for the person they belong to,just didnt know whether or not it was possible. Anna :-) |
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Bobtanian | Report | 4 Nov 2004 23:31 |
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Try scanning one, save the result as a jpeg, and open it in a photo program, and then go " inverse image", it should show you the pic as a positive.......you might have to juggle the scan methods......... Bob |
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Carrie in Godalming | Report | 5 Nov 2004 07:48 |
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HI not sure if im being of any help but my father in law was left a load of negatives etc of his fathers who passed away last christmas. he brought some gadget designed for scanning negatives that fits on the scanner its self. unsure of when he got it but it worked really well after we worked out the instructions corrina |
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