Warren -- thanks for your thoughtful reply. I am using a Minolta Scan Dual
II with Photoshop 6. I scan through Photoshop using the Minolta software
via the twain driver. I find that the auto settings help some, but not
enough. Again, the fading of the Agfachromes seems to be primarily toward a
magenta cast. I can correct manually with good results, but it is a time
consuming and tedious process. I will look into Kai Photo Soap, though.
I was aware that Kodachromes are legendary for longevity (coining a phrase)
but have not used them in the past, preferring a faster speed (100 or 200).
end
Regards
Bruce Appelbaum
Yorktown Heights, New York
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Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2001 3:44 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Film -- Slide Permanence
> Bruce, to answer your last question first, there is no question that any
of
> the Kodachromes have the best archival properties. Slides I took 30 years
ago
> are still vibrant and show accurate colors. Other newsgroup musing show
that
> Kodachromes back in the 50's still hold their color (although their vision
of
> what accurate color was may have changed).
>
> As to you second question I think you might think of rushing around and
> committing everything to digital and CD before more fading occurs. I find
> that the auto setting on any of the photo programs that I use are
wonderful
> in getting the original color back. As long as the colors fade
> proportionately, a program that picks up auto white points based on each
> color should bring a very good semblance to the original picture back. I
use
> the auto setting in Kai photo soap, which was a free program with my
> Acerscan. It works far better than I can even despite many hours of work
with
> curves, contrast, saturation, gamma, etc. I restored some old Ektachromes
> taken in the Mexican jungles in the 70's and they look fine, whereas
before
> they were totally washed out.
>
> Please tell us what scanner, and photo program you are using.
>
> Good luck
>
> Warren
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