Archiving negatives

kevyan · 5th July 2005

Hi all,

is there a good way to archive negatives?

Currently, when I finish my roll of 36, I will bring it to the lab to develop and burn to CD. I do not print it.

So, is there a good way to archive it so that if I need to print, I can still bring the negative to the lab for printing?

Regards

Kevin

whoelse · 5th July 2005

I cut out my 35mm who I want to keep and mount them. Lable them reference to my CDR. Those I dunwan, throw the strip into a dry container.

doug3fflux · 5th July 2005

oh! they will burn it for you after developing? how much does it cost?

whoelse · 5th July 2005

$2.50 for burning, $1 for CDR or use yr own. 1 CDR can reuse for abt 11 roll I think.

fadzuli · 6th July 2005

$3.50 to burn and put into cd?? where??

kevyan · 6th July 2005

Originally Posted by doug3fflux

oh! they will burn it for you after developing? how much does it cost?

I paid $10 for developing and burn to CD.

Not sure is that cheap or expensive.

If you develop many rolls of film, you can request them to burn all of them into 1 CD.

student · 6th July 2005

I label my negatives and put them in a dry box.

KNIGHT ONG · 6th July 2005

Originally Posted by student

I label my negatives and put them in a dry box.

I second tat as it is what I done oso

..

But now I seldom shoot in film ...

SnapSnap · 6th July 2005

I develop the film, print index and burn it into CD... ($9.80) Then I write down the reference number on the disk and the index. Film in the dry box, CD for normal use, index put together like clipart index...

doug3fflux · 6th July 2005

Originally Posted by kevyan

I paid $10 for developing and burn to CD.

Not sure is that cheap or expensive.

If you develop many rolls of film, you can request them to burn all of them into 1 CD.

700MB CDR can store for 11 rolls of film?
so basically the photoshop will scan out the negs and save into the CDR....?
what is the size of each digitalized picture? resolution?

theres a fellow CSer who kindly offers his service to do the same job too...scanning negs into files..though i lost the thread alreaddy..

singscott · 6th July 2005

Any container made of wood like paper box, wooden drawer and ect ect ect..... can't not use to store negatives. In five year time all negs will stick together, this is because wood material give off a kind of chemical gas that soften the neg and spoil them.

F.Y.I.

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kevyan Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: PR Posts: 505	Archiving negatives Hi all, is there a good way to archive negatives? Currently, when I finish my roll of 36, I will bring it to the lab to develop and burn to CD. I do not print it. So, is there a good way to archive it so that if I need to print, I can still bring the negative to the lab for printing? Regards Kevin __________________ Flickr

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whoelse Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 1,227	I cut out my 35mm who I want to keep and mount them. Lable them reference to my CDR. Those I dunwan, throw the strip into a dry container.

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doug3fflux Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: West of S'pore Posts: 925	oh! they will burn it for you after developing? how much does it cost?

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fadzuli Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: East Side Posts: 117	$3.50 to burn and put into cd?? where??

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student Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 3,091	I label my negatives and put them in a dry box.

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SnapSnap Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Singapore Posts: 1,119	I develop the film, print index and burn it into CD... ($9.80) Then I write down the reference number on the disk and the index. Film in the dry box, CD for normal use, index put together like clipart index...

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singscott Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: www.whltelightphotographer.com Posts: 1,659	Any container made of wood like paper box, wooden drawer and ect ect ect..... can't not use to store negatives. In five year time all negs will stick together, this is because wood material give off a kind of chemical gas that soften the neg and spoil them. F.Y.I.