AboutMartin Seymour Expertise I have worked in most aspects of still photography, using film and the wet process for 50 years. Employing all film formats 35mm to 8x10 sizes, I went over partly to digital cameras in 02, also PC editing of pictures.
I still find film work more demanding , as you have to get it right at the start with no auto settings on the camera to cover my mistakes.
Pictorial work is my personal interest.
Its is not a good idea for me to suggest a particular make of equipment just a type, and its uses.
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Expert: Martin Seymour Date: 4/29/2004 Subject: Negative scan
Question Dear Sir, thank you for your Page!
The film strip adapter of my Minolta Dimage Scan Dual IV uses six frames of flat film. My 35 mm films have been tightly curled for 50 years! Please tell me what I can do to stretch the film, make it flat. Your experience and advice will be very valuable. Thank you very much.
Jairo Mejia
Answer Dear Sir, thank you for your Page!
The filmstrip adapter of my Minolta Dimage Scan Dual IV uses six frames
of flat film. My 35 mm films have been tightly curled for 50 years! Please
tell me what I can do to stretch the film, make it flat. Your experience
and advice will be very valuable. Thank you very much.
Hi Jairo Mejia
This is unusual to find some one with rolled film, I hope you have learnt a lesson and now cut the new films in suitable lengths and keep them in a neg file nice and flat. But there again you have probably gone digital?
The only thing I can think of is to re fix and wash them one at a time and then hang them up to dry with a heavy film clip at the bottom, then cut them in 6's and file, as above. Let me know if this works .
I hope this works.
Martin.
