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Scanning old film - tightly curled

by Joe Pucillo <newsPM@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Jan 10, 2007 at 05:22 PM

We've been presented with a roll of film for scanning - about 45 
years old, Plus-X film that's uncut and tightly wound from being 
stored in a canister for all that time.  We're having a hell of a 
time getting it straightened to the point where we can run it 
through our Sony UY-S90 film scanner.  We've tried washing it, 
hanging it with alligator clips to weigh it down, and it was 
wound backwards on a Peterson reel for a week, but still no good.  

Any attempt to reverse wind it on a tighter roll tends to crack 
the film, so we're looking for other suggestions from people who 
may have experience working with similar stock.

The idea of putting it on a flatbed scanner won't work with this 
job, since this roll is the first of about 60 rolls and the cost 
of flatbed scanning would be prohibitive.


Thanks!

-- 
Joe Pucillo
Baltimore, Maryland USA

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Scanning old film - tightly curled
Joe Pucillo <newsPM@[E  2007-01-10 17:22:00 
Re: Scanning old film - tightly curled
<josh@[EMAIL PROTECTED  2007-01-10 10:34:01 
Re: Scanning old film - tightly curled
Tony Polson <tp@[EMAI  2007-01-10 18:42:12 

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