[rollei_list] Re: Trying to restore Kodachromes taken 50 years ago
- From: CarlosMFreaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2014 09:59:11 -0300
Thank you Evan for the interest and comment. Yes, I scanned them
yesterday, Kodachromes have a distinctive look indeed. I used an Epson
v700 scanner.
Carlos
2014-08-07 9:26 GMT-03:00 Evan Dong <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> Carlos,
>
> If these Kodachrome images are the ones you scan in, then I see that you did
> a good job considering its age. They all look veryu good,
> They have the same similar look as my uncle's imaghes from the West Indies
> during the late 1950s into late 1960s.
>
> He scan in his image using a Canon FS4000US film scanner. Time consuming,
> but preserving his life legacy.
>
> Evan
>
>
> On , Evan Dong <ejdong@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On Thursday, August 7, 2014 8:21 AM, CarlosMFreaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>
> OK, these are the first six samples, they were taken by my father
> between 1958 and 1962 using a Voss Diax IIb rangefinder camera with a
> Xenon Schneider 2/50 (coated), except for the last one, taken with a
> WA lens Xenagon Schneider 3,5/35. My father sent these Kodachromes to
> Kodak Argentina in Buenos Aires city for processing, however they sent
> the Kodachromes to Kodak USA (according some versions to a giant
> laboratory that Kodak had in the Panama channel zone, according other
> versions, to Rochester directly); he received the processed slides
> with their Kodak cardboard frames three months later.
>
> Please, keep in mind these are color shots taken and processed about
> 55 years ago:
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/itarfoto/sets/72157646242821302/
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>
> Carlos
>
> PS: I changed some privacy settings for these six images, but I think
> you'll see them without problems.
>
> 2014-08-06 12:20 GMT-03:00 CarlosMFreaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxx>:
>> One of my sisters found a box containing some K 14 35mm Kodachrome
>> slides taken by my father between 1958 and 1962, the box also
>> contained some E-6 35mm Ektachrome slides taken by me when I was 16
>> and 17 years old (1972/73). We believed all these old slides were lost
>> and, in fact, most of them are lost, but these few slides in the
>> little box have some of the magic from the old times, when, as
>> fascinated kids and teenagers, watched the projected images .
>>
>> The slides show very faded colors, dust, scratches and some units have
>> fungus and humidity stains too, anyway four or five Kodachromes look
>> pretty good, I don't know the cause for the difference, they are from
>> the same time, same lab an were kept in the same box.
>>
>> I'm scanning them using the infrared cleaning option, Vuescan works
>> fine for the purpose, at least a lot better than the Epson Digital ICE
>> software. Vuescan eliminates most of the scratches and dust; BTW, it
>> can not solve problems if the image was destroyed in the emulsion
>> itself.
>>
>> The scanning software options to restore faded colors and chromatic
>> losses hardly work to improve the image quality for these cases, most
>> of the slides need very much work with levels and curves; I'm
>> having some acceptable results for a few slides but others are beyond
>> my limited skills and knowledge, I think I'll convert them into Blank
>> and White images.
>>
>> Carlos
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