stevenmichelsen

Too bad that it appears that the dupe stock didn't hold up as well as the original film (in the AV production and staging world, Kodak 6017 (Ektachrome 64 Professional) was used for origination and Kodak 5071 (Ektachrome Slide Duplicating Film) was used for copying

I have been in the AV staging business for 40 years. From 1984 - 1996 I programmed multi image slideshows. These shows were often backed up for safety's sake. In recent years I have been collecting staging gear, and more recently have been given a cache of slide modules, which I have been capturing to video and putting on youtube. Regarding fading slides, I am seeing that a particular 15 projector show I have here, that includes an original and dupe set, look very different. The original is "all good" but the dupe set is badly faded, especially in the black areas of each slide. I have been told that Ektachrome 5071 was the duping stock of choice. I blame that! Here is a video that includes two copies of the show running in sync - the original, and the dupe set. See if you can guess which is which! All of these slides are 45 years old. Dropbox - master_set_vs_dupe_set.mp4 - Simplify your life Here is my youtube channel with 20 or more shows, from 3-15 projectors each: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdGRNxsrsI-efMFSjFDmzvg/videos Needless to say, I hope you subscribe to the channel - I have more of these to restore and capture! Steve www.stevenmichelsen.com/AVL

Ray, how did you find the contrast of the images you captured, vs a "regular" scanner? Did you need to build some sort of rig to keep the camera and projector aligned? Do you have to do much (or any) post-prod on your captured images? Do you have any photos of your setup? I can't wait to get home and try this concept out - I have bunches of slides to "scan" and have not been enthusiastic about the process until now.