jennifer_kronenberg

<p>Sorry, I've been trying to answer this question but all I find is more information on how to import, which is easy enough to do.</p> <p>I have a fairly large amount of photos, perhaps a couple terabytes on a few different hard drives. I also use Smugmug to back up. <br> Until now, I've edited these images with photoshop and then uploaded them. <br> I have finally grouped most of these photos more logically by year. <br> I'm going to do the same thing with my Smugmug galleries and folders. </p> <p>So, what should I import to lightroom? Just the files I need to edit? Or everything I have? I like the Smugmug plugin and like that I could edit my galleries right from lightroom. <br> Obviously though, I am doing this backwards. I'm not sure if my imported files to lightroom would be recognized as duplicates in smugmug or if they would be recognized as existing galleries. Any thoughts?</p>

<p>I've traveled the local shops and have had very little luck. Unfortunately, I can't seem to get anyone at the counter to acknowledge me, though they will rush up to engage my husband. Apparently, at least locally, I'm the wrong gender to buy a vintage camera. lol.. </p> <p>Hopefully, that's just a local issue. </p> <p>So, here I am, I want to have some fun shooting odd formats and unusual cameras. So far I've had a bit of fun with a Kodak Ektralite and a Polaroid 210. I was lucky to find one in an Ebay listing and the other at an antique store. The Kodak Ektralite worked without issue (well, other than let's not even kid about the quality of 110 film.. lol), but, there seems to be something amiss with the Polaroid. Doesn't really matter as I only have $10 into it, but, I'd like to find a good regular resource for old cameras. I don't have a local place to service them, (see first paragraph) so I'm also interesting in any reliable mail order type services for repairs/cleaning and so on. </p> <p>I'm in the Southeastern US, in the event that region has any impact on recommendations. </p> <p>Thank you in advance! </p>

<p>So, I've been watching some tutorials on editing to improve how I work through the scanned family photos. Unfortunately, I've noticed that a few of the tools that are used for editing are not available in my fairly old photoshop 7.0 version. <br> I really only need improved photoshop for things like noise removal and grain reduction. In a few months when I've finished this project, I doubt I'll need the new version. My question is, does it delete previous versions of photoshop when installed? What save options do you have with the monthly subscription? Does the subscription version have decent noise removal? <br> Sorry for the stupid questions, I've been over Adobe's site several times now and those were the few questions I couldn't find the answer to. </p>

<p>Sorry, wish I could edit my previous posts instead of posting another one, but, thought I'd update anyways. I only have 44 rolls of 35 mm left, barring any stragglers that could turn up later. I haven't scanned at all this week, actually ran out of hard drive space and had to wait for two new hard drives to come in. Got an hour left of copying files over before I'm finally back to scanning. I anticipate finishing the scan by the end of next week. There will probably be some I have to rescan. But, these are very well organized now and labeled with the same name as their digital counterpart, so it should be very easy to find any frame in a couple minutes. Just a matter of grabbing the right binder as it's all in order. I even took the slides out of their old reels and sorted them all into printfile storage. <br> It'a such a relief to have this mostly wrapped up! Instead of a pile of old Walmart bags I have 5 neat photo boxes with two binders in each. I'll have enough editing to keep me busy for a long time, but it's sure going to be great to see the last photo original backed up to my cloud storage. </p>

<p>Only 76 rolls of 35 mm negatives left to scan. I'm pretty excited about that. I just finished scanning my hundredth roll. Turns out a lot of the bags had loose photos in the film processing envelopes instead of negatives, so, that changed the film count a bit. <br> We haven't found the 110 film yet, which is fine by me. I've scanned probably 10 rolls of the stuff and it's a bit tedious. I mean, I hope it turns up one day soon, but, I won't mind a couple weeks without the constant noise beside my computer.. lol <br> I'm not editing as I go anymore, I have 67 rolls that I've just done a basic edit on, the rest are just waiting. My plan for now is to go through them quick removing the obvious dust, do auto color, auto levels and hue/saturation and then just get them uploaded so my family can see them sooner rather than later. After that, I can enjoy correcting them and replacing the online images at a more leisurely pace. Right now, I really want to get them all done so my Dad can look through them. I'd feel pretty awful if he kicked the bucket and I didn't have this all wrapped up. He's in good health now, but, things can change so fast. A friends of mine's mom died very recently and she was fine until she suddenly wasn't. <br> My next project is converting all the VHS to digital. I KNOW that stuff isn't in good shape, but, that'll be a discussion for another forum.. lol </p>

<p>LOL, sorry guys! Didn't realize I was bringing back a really old thread. For whatever reason it was at the top of the page for me, so I thought it was current. Should've looked closer. :)</p>

<p>I had some Delta 1 film cleaner available, but, it seems like the emulsion was already damaged as the emulsion wiped off too. I experimented with a less valuable image after scanning it. <br> I went ahead and scanned all of them as they were, but, I'll go back and experiment with the suggestions thus far.. </p>

<p>Would a Kodak Ektralite 10 count? It's not exactly single use, but, it's pretty basic. </p>

<p>So, I've come across a few envelopes of negatives that had "premium" processing at Walmart which apparently includes sticking plastic film lamination style to the negatives. This plastic has adhered in spots, bubbled and waved. Obviously can't scan with it on, but, also, the stuff wouldn't come off the emulsion side. Any tips for this stuff? </p>

<p>I added two photos I know to be technically bad.. lol But, I love the images anyway and think they really aren't that bad considering they're from 1986 out of a Kodak Ektralite 10.. Scanning 110 is easily one of the more annoying things I've done lately. </p>

<p>Thanks for the link, hopefully they have the ten I requested which will hopefully finish out this project. </p> <p>Sadly enough, I don't really have any work worth hanging up here. lol I've made a couple forays into photography, but, I just don't have an eye for it at all. <br> All I'm doing here is working through the scanning/preserving of the family snapshots. From what I've scanned so far, I would say bad photography runs in the family.. lol But, it's the photos I have of places we've been and relatives since gone, so, well, it is what it is. </p>

<p>I'm sorry this is such a beginner question, but google failed me and I was unable to find the answer. <br> I'm using printfile's negative storage. I bought the ones which should fit in a regular three ring binder. <br> So, my question is this, it it vital that the binders I place the printfile pages in also be acid free? </p> <p>I found plenty of binders at the store that claim to be PVC free, but none that claimed to be acid free. Does it matter if they don't have contact with the items?</p>

<p>Alan, now I'm making note of which ones are the end ones, would be neat if that was part of it. I bet I could cut a small piece of card stock or something to make it a non-issue. Lot's of learning on the go with this project. <br> Steven, unfortunately I'm not as skilled with photoshop as I'd like to be. I'm not even sure how I chose 24 bit color, it may have been the default setting. Looks like my choice is 24 or 48. But, I suppose if I scan at 48 and never learn to edit, it's no great loss but if I don't scan at 48 and DO learn to really edit later I may have some regrets. I'll experiment a bit. <br> Sadly enough, 115 rolls is just the first Walmart bag. There's at least two more just like it! Then there's a whole bunch of really old photos that I don't have negatives for and SOMEWHERE there's a shoebox packed full of the loathsome 110 negatives. For some idiot reason, when I started this, I thought I would scan for a couple months and then sell the scanner. Now I'm wondering how many scans it's even rated for. </p>

<p>Cory, some of the photos are actually a bit crooked on the negative, like the film was installed slightly crooked, so yeah wouldn't surprise me if a lot of it is from those silly disposable cameras. The reason I'm scanning at 3200 DPI has already been touched on, I'm NEVER going to redo this project. I load the scanner up and then let it do the half hour scan while I get ready for work, do laundry or edit the last batch. When I had the V300 that held less, time was more of an issue because you pretty much had to hover over it and load the next right away to get anything done. I can get a lot done in half an hour. But, otherwise I would agree with you. Most of these images don't need it. <br> Edward, exactly. A few years ago I scanned some 35 mm slides. Now, I regret scanning them in lower resolution and as JPG's instead of TIFF, but, I have no idea if/when I'll ever get back to them to redo them. They had a lot of damage and it would have been helpful to start with more source material. <br> Alan, interesting example photo. I'll have to go back through and see if this is happening more often with the photo at the tail end of the strip. The rest of the strip is held flat fairly well, but, the last negative on a strip could possibly do that. <br> Gil, I wish I could farm this project out to someone else! Simply not an affordable option with the volume I've got sitting here. I have $2500 worth of scanning in just the first Walmart bag from my mom's house. Scancafe is cheaper, but, it's hard to replace the negatives if they get lost in shipping to India. My mom did use a similar service a few years ago and had 26 rolls of film done, but I'm not overly impressed with the results. They were pretty heavy on the dust removal to the point where too much detail was lost. I'd rather a few specks of dust left. </p>

<p>Thank you! The grain is just as sharp on the soft side of the photo as it is on the other side. (which, is well, not overly sharp, but at least they seem equal. )</p>

<p>So, I've been kind of toying with this project for awhile now. Originally bought a V300 and scanned some slides. Finally got too frustrated with the whole 4 at a time thing and bought the V800 a few weeks ago. <br> I've scanned 822 negatives so far with 115 more rolls of film (already processed of course!) to scan in just the first Walmart bag my mom dug out of the closet. <br> A few questions, I've noticed that some photos are very soft on just the right side of the photo. Usually it's a whole roll of film flawed like that and more often than not the film was Kodak Funtime. I'm pretty sure that a lot of them are out of those disposable cameras. Any ideas what causes that? Is it an error in the way the film was originally installed in the camera or just a common issue with the disposable cameras?</p> <p>Right now I'm scanning at 24 bit color and 3200 DPI. I'm scanning them into TIFF files that I'm then editing in Photoshop. Right now, I'm pretty much just doing dust removal and basic color/auto levels. I'm not using any of the built in editing with the scanner as I noticed that unsharp mask was giving me odd halo's around some photos. Honestly, most of what I'm scanning are snapshots rather than planned photographs. I haven't noticed where unsharp mask applied in photoshop even makes much difference. <br> I picked up some printfile negative holders so that I can archive as I go. These negatives are mostly still in the envelopes from Walgreens, Kmart, Walmart and so on and then in a shopping bag. SO, it seems anything is a step up. I was using a Pigma micron pen, but it wipes right off! What should I be using to write on those? <br> That's all the questions I can think of for now, I know there were more I meant to ask, but I've forgotten them. I'll have to add them later. <br> Thanks in advance!</p> <p> </p>