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Scanning old film - tightly curled
Scanning old film - tightly curled
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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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
To reply by email, please remove the .xx from the address
Re: Scanning old film - tightly curled
In article <MPG.200eeab9b96bd59989c69@news.west.earthlink . net >,
newsPM@pucillo . net .xx says...
> 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.
Have you tried washing it then drying it while wound backwards on a
reel? I've done that with old tightly-wound film and it worked much
better than back-winding it dry. I use compressed air to blow all the
drops out of the reel, to avoid water spots.
--
josh@phred.org is Joshua Putnam
< * w w w .phred.org/~josh/>
Braze your own bicycle frames. See
< * w w w .phred.org/~josh/build/build.html>
In article <MPG.200eeab9b96bd59989c69@news.west.earthlink . net >,
newsPM@pucillo . net .xx says...
> 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.
Have you tried washing it then drying it while wound backwards on a
reel? I've done that with old tightly-wound film and it worked much
better than back-winding it dry. I use compressed air to blow all the
drops out of the reel, to avoid water spots.
--
josh@phred.org is Joshua Putnam
< * w w w .phred.org/~josh/>
Braze your own bicycle frames. See
< * w w w .phred.org/~josh/build/build.html>
Re: Scanning old film - tightly curled
Joe Pucillo <newsPM@pucillo . net .xx> wrote:
>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.
Water isn't going to harm the film, so try soaking it for an hour or
two before hanging it in a warm drying cabinet with weights. Washing
isn't going to be enough - it needs a good soak.
Joe Pucillo <newsPM@pucillo . net .xx> wrote:
>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.
Water isn't going to harm the film, so try soaking it for an hour or
two before hanging it in a warm drying cabinet with weights. Washing
isn't going to be enough - it needs a good soak.
