Thanks John, and also thanks for earlier suggestions from Alan, Darren,
Matthew, Bill, and Mark C.
The tribal wisdom seems to be that the solution involves some combination of
humidity (but not soaking), and storage in sleeves (under weights or other
pressure). Darren's suggestions of a glass-pl
From: Stan Halpin
Remember film?
Short story: I am trying to scan some old negatives (color and B&W).
"Old" as in some of the B&W go back to the early 1940's. Mostly cut
into strips of 4 or 6 frames. Some are badly cupped and/or curled to
the point that I cannot make them stay within the film ho
I have dealt with the same problem with old film and am sorry to say I
have not found a good solution. In my case I have some 120 rolls from
the 30's - 40's that have just been stored rolled up. I have tried
sleeving and placing the film under modest weight (a book) on a light
table that gets a
On 31/05/2013 12:01 PM, Alan C wrote:
I would experiment with warming them up before flattening them.
Vinyl/Plastic softens quite easily. I think moisture will cause damage.
Alan C
I don't think I would go this route, or at least not with dry heat. The
film is curled because the emulsion side h
On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 1:27 PM, Stan Halpin
wrote:
> So do I soak and hang out to dry, with appropriate weights attached? Any
> better, easier, alternative?
When I developed 35mm in the darkroom, the negatives would usually
start out with some degree of curl (in both directions), but I would
s
Film curls relative to the humidity or lack thereof. Since you are
scanning them, I would not waste a lot of time trying to flatten the
negatives (something that would need to be repeated for each strip, or
page of strips just prior to scanning). Instead, I would get thee to
betterscanning.com and
I would experiment with warming them up before flattening them.
Vinyl/Plastic softens quite easily. I think moisture will cause damage.
Alan C
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