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<p>Wearing gloves and safety glasses is always a good practice when working with chemicals. <br> Having said that, I'll admit to processing lots of B&W film and prints without every wearing gloves or using tongs. The biggest problem I ever had was getting the smell of the fixer off my hands. <br> Color developers are a different story. They cause dermatitis in many people and should be handled with care. </p>

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<h1 ><a href="https://www.engadget.com/2016/10/20/kodak-ektra-camera-smartphone/">Kodak revives its Ektra brand with a camera-centric smartphone</a></h1> <p>The company that invented digital photography, spent $25 billion on digital photography, and exited digital photography is not done with digital photography. </p>

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<p>It has been kind of a mixed bag on preserving historic media. We lost Kodachrome 6 years ago with no real hope of a reprise. Other slide films are hanging on by a thread. In 2010 I predicted that color film would not survive the decade. I'm happy to say that I was probably wrong. Long term survival of color neg films is by no means assured, but it has entered a period of relative stability. The bright spot is black and white. New products will be rare, but currently available monochrome films will be with us for the foreseeable future. </p>

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<p>Astronomers learned a long time ago not to shoot very long exposures with digital cameras. They have developed stacking software so that they can take a series of 30 second exposures and combine them. You don't mention the subject matter. Would stacking software work for you?</p>

<p>I mentioned Soco Falls in a prior post. <br> <img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-VGndkvs/0/M/i-VGndkvs-M.jpg" alt="" /><br> October 2014.</p>

<p>Here's a shot of Laurel Falls from 1975. (Minolta SRT 101, 58 mm lens, probably Ektachrome 200.) "Next time I go there" I'll have a wider lens and a tripod to shoot a longer shutter speed, and a polarizer filter. </p> <div></div>

<p>Most of the responses are (not surprisingly) from a photographers point of view. Bill Lynch identified the engineering constraints that govern many scanners. My Kodak 3570 scanner never competed with drum scanners, but it was considered a pretty good scanner for 35mm and medium format in its day (20 years ago). The maximum image it could handle was 2048x3072. Whether you were scanning 35mm or medium format, there was no way to squeeze more than 6,291,456 pixels out of it. For 35mm the image was 2048x3072. For 120 square format the images were 2048x2048. For 6cmx4.5cm negs, the image was 2048x2730. For 616 format negatives (2.75 in x 4.25 in) I cut a larger hole in the negative carrier and used the maximum reduction setting to squeeze in the extra image size. The resulting images were 1988x3072. <br> The full size version of this image is 1895x3264. It is a combination of two 616 size negatives. (Shot with Kodak Vigilant 616 camera in 1966). <br> <img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-CXVXdzw/0/M/i-CXVXdzw-M.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p>My solution may not be practical for others, but it works for me. I have a Mac G4 desktop from the mid 90s that had a SCSI port built in. The Minolta software works great with Mac OS 9. </p>

<p>There is plenty to keep you busy in the national park. I concur with Louis's recommendations for locations and timing. Keep a telephoto lens handy while you are driving. You could find bears anywhere. <br> I never cared much for Gatlinburg, TN or Cherokee, NC. They are both tourist traps. I did enjoy Asheville. The Biltmore estate is worth visiting. The mansion is impressive, but I like the landscape architecture. It was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted who also designed Central Park in New York city (and some parks here in Rochester). <br> There are many waterfalls in the area. I enjoyed Soco Falls (between Cherokee and Asheville). It does require a bit of climbing to get down to the bottom of the falls for the best view. </p>

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