Re: old negatives

Older negatives can be very brittle, especially if they were stored in a
warm attic. I would get my hands on a slide copier or a light table and
macro lense and make copies of the negatives. That way nothing gets ruined
from to much ahndling. But anyhow, the dull side should be emulsion.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jacob Runyan" <jrunyan02@yahoo.com>
To: <pinhole-discussion@pinhole.com>
Sent: Friday, August 09, 2002 4:48 PM
Subject: [pinhole-discussion] old negatives

> Hello...
>
> This isn't really on the issue of "pinhole" persay.
> When my grandmother found out I am doing BW
> photography and pinhole, she brought out a whole book
> of negatives from the late 19th century that my great
> uncle took while in Europe. She asked if I could make
> them in to pictures for her. I would like to but have
> a general question.
>
> She said the film was probably just a standard kodak
> film...but my question is, which side is the emulsion
> side? There is a really shiny side, but I can not
> seem to find any texture in the "emulsion" like I
> would see on a current day negative.
>
> Any help you could give would be greatly
> appreciated...
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jacob
>
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Received on Fri Aug 9 23:33:13 2002