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Duplicating old negatives
I've a large collection of antique negatives. I want to make dupes to avoid
handling the original ones (whithout using digital devices), and the Kodak Professional B&W Duplicating Film 4168 (also called SO-339) seemed to be ideal for this purpose. The problem is that this film has been discontinued, and my question is if there's some similar film still in the market. I liked the 4168 because it can be worked whith safety light; other options are Kodak TMax developed whith reversal kit, and Agfa Scala reversal film, but both have high speed, and have to be operated in total darkness (not very confortable for making contact slides). I would like to avoid the 2 steps techniques (original negative-positive-negative). Thanks for your help. Bernardo -- Message posted via http://www.photokb.com |
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"Bernardo Roil via PhotoKB.com" wrote in message
. .. I've a large collection of antique negatives. I want to make dupes to avoid handling the original ones (whithout using digital devices), and the Kodak Professional B&W Duplicating Film 4168 (also called SO-339) seemed to be ideal for this purpose. The problem is that this film has been discontinued, and my question is if there's some similar film still in the market. I liked the 4168 because it can be worked whith safety light; other options are Kodak TMax developed whith reversal kit, and Agfa Scala reversal film, but both have high speed, and have to be operated in total darkness (not very confortable for making contact slides). I would like to avoid the 2 steps techniques (original negative-positive-negative). Thanks for your help. Bernardo Wow, the times they are a-changing! Kodak discontinued this while I wasn't looking. I went out to their website, and they are recommending people use T-Max 100 as an alternative to the Professional B&W Duplicating Films. Ilford has a webpage with their recommendations for B & W copying: http://www.ilford.com/html/us_english/pdf/COPYING.PDF There seems to be nothing suitable from Fuji or Forte. My only other suggestion would be to go digital with the negatives and print only from the digital files in the future. Derek |
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Bernardo Roil via PhotoKB.com wrote:
I've a large collection of antique negatives. I want to make dupes to avoid handling the original ones (whithout using digital devices), and the Kodak Professional B&W Duplicating Film 4168 (also called SO-339) seemed to be ideal for this purpose. The problem is that this film has been discontinued, and my question is if there's some similar film still in the market. I liked the 4168 because it can be worked whith safety light; other options are Kodak TMax developed whith reversal kit, and Agfa Scala reversal film, but both have high speed, and have to be operated in total darkness (not very confortable for making contact slides). I would like to avoid the 2 steps techniques (original negative-positive-negative). Thanks for your help. Maco genius print film? http://www.mahn.net/TAe.htm Nick |
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Curious, why don't you want to scan them?
Gaz "Bernardo Roil via PhotoKB.com" wrote in message . .. I've a large collection of antique negatives. I want to make dupes to avoid handling the original ones (whithout using digital devices), and the Kodak Professional B&W Duplicating Film 4168 (also called SO-339) seemed to be ideal for this purpose. The problem is that this film has been discontinued, and my question is if there's some similar film still in the market. I liked the 4168 because it can be worked whith safety light; other options are Kodak TMax developed whith reversal kit, and Agfa Scala reversal film, but both have high speed, and have to be operated in total darkness (not very confortable for making contact slides). I would like to avoid the 2 steps techniques (original negative-positive-negative). Thanks for your help. Bernardo -- Message posted via http://www.photokb.com |
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Curious, why don't you want to scan them?
Gaz "Bernardo Roil via PhotoKB.com" wrote in message . .. I've a large collection of antique negatives. I want to make dupes to avoid handling the original ones (whithout using digital devices), and the Kodak Professional B&W Duplicating Film 4168 (also called SO-339) seemed to be ideal for this purpose. The problem is that this film has been discontinued, and my question is if there's some similar film still in the market. I liked the 4168 because it can be worked whith safety light; other options are Kodak TMax developed whith reversal kit, and Agfa Scala reversal film, but both have high speed, and have to be operated in total darkness (not very confortable for making contact slides). I would like to avoid the 2 steps techniques (original negative-positive-negative). Thanks for your help. Bernardo -- Message posted via http://www.photokb.com |
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Because I'm going to open an old fashioned photography shop. I live in a
touristic city (near to the Glacier National Park [not the USA one, I live in Patagonia, Argentina]), and I want to sell old pictures of Patagonia (taken by my grandfather), using the old methods (hand prints, hand retouching, dry mounting, acid free materials). I've also 3D old pictures, and movies since 1935. I want to offer a travel to the past for the people coming into my shop... I want digital help too, for restoring damaged negatives, but drum scanners are very expensive here, and I've to pay about U$D 18,- for scanning each negative in a digital shop (an I've hundreds!). Thanks, and sorry about my english... Bernardo -- Message posted via http://www.photokb.com |
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Excellent link, I didn't hear about this brand before. Thanks, Nick.
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"Bernardo Roil via PhotoKB.com" wrote in message
. .. Because I'm going to open an old fashioned photography shop. I live in a touristic city (near to the Glacier National Park [not the USA one, I live in Patagonia, Argentina]), and I want to sell old pictures of Patagonia (taken by my grandfather), using the old methods (hand prints, hand retouching, dry mounting, acid free materials). I've also 3D old pictures, and movies since 1935. I want to offer a travel to the past for the people coming into my shop... I want digital help too, for restoring damaged negatives, but drum scanners are very expensive here, and I've to pay about U$D 18,- for scanning each negative in a digital shop (an I've hundreds!). Thanks, and sorry about my english... Bernardo I can understand the desire to want to use traditional darkroom methods, but I think you'd be better off buying an Epson 4990 scanner which can handle the negatives you have, and scan them for restoration and printmaking. It's cheaper than $18 USD per drum scan, and most customer will not notice the difference. I think you will not like having to buy these other negative sheet films and reverse processing them to make a dupe negative. Derek |
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Thank you Derek; I think I'm going to buy the scanner anyway (I was
thinking in the Epson 4870, but the 4990 sounds better, I just didn't know it was on the market). In addition to the scanner, I'll continue looking for the positive film (actually, MACO has several interesting things, not only the Maco Genius Print Film). -- Message posted via http://www.photokb.com |
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