Hello all -- Peggy's recent advice about storing negs with photos brings to mind a question that has plagued me for some time. I have had most of my old photos copied at a photo lab. They do excellent work and I get good rates. They make 35 mm color negs. The color negs insure reproduction of the subtle color nuances even for the black and white and sepia tone pictures. Once I get the neg, I can have as many copies made as I need or want. But the problem is that the negatives are in strips with several pictures on each strip. I would love to cut apart the negatives so that I can store each individual negative with a copy of the picture. But the photo lab strongly advised against cutting the strips into individual negatives. They said it is hard to work with the individual negs when they are cut apart. Has anyone else had this problem or been given this advice by their photo lab? Phyllis in NJ

Hi Phyllis It is difficult to work with the individual frames when the strip is cut up. You could number each set of negatives and transfer that unique number to the back of each photograph so that you would always know what set of negatives goes with a picture. Maureen Taylor www.TaylorandStrong.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phyllis Cloyd" <pcloyd@earthlink.net> To: <VINTAGE-PHOTOS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 21, 2001 10:00 AM Subject: [VINTAGE-PHOTOS] Negative question > Hello all -- > > Peggy's recent advice about storing negs with photos brings to mind a > question that has plagued me for some time. > > I have had most of my old photos copied at a photo lab. They do > excellent work and I get good rates. They make 35 mm color negs. The > color negs insure reproduction of the subtle color nuances even for the > black and white and sepia tone pictures. Once I get the neg, I can have > as many copies made as I need or want. > > But the problem is that the negatives are in strips with several > pictures on each strip. I would love to cut apart the negatives so that > I can store each individual negative with a copy of the picture. But > the photo lab strongly advised against cutting the strips into > individual negatives. They said it is hard to work with the individual > negs when they are cut apart. > > Has anyone else had this problem or been given this advice by their > photo lab? > > Phyllis in NJ > > > ==== VINTAGE-PHOTOS Mailing List ==== > We have over 223 members of the Vintage-Photos Mailing List. Posting back > to the list helps the whole group, not just one person. If we work as a team, > we'll succeed as a team. > To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett > > ============================== > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! > >

You can make each photo into a group of four. that is usually how many the lab needs to work with comfortably. This will cost you a little more in film & developing, but if you have a good camera you can do it yourself thereby saving the costs of someone copying for you. Than is usually the most expensive part. You will need a really good micro lens & you may want a tripod for very small photos. If you don't have lights you may do it outdoors on a nice sunny day. You would be surprised how well you can do yourself. Janet Phyllis Cloyd wrote: > Hello all -- > > Peggy's recent advice about storing negs with photos brings to mind a > question that has plagued me for some time. > > I have had most of my old photos copied at a photo lab. They do > excellent work and I get good rates. They make 35 mm color negs. The > color negs insure reproduction of the subtle color nuances even for the > black and white and sepia tone pictures. Once I get the neg, I can have > as many copies made as I need or want. > > But the problem is that the negatives are in strips with several > pictures on each strip. I would love to cut apart the negatives so that > I can store each individual negative with a copy of the picture. But > the photo lab strongly advised against cutting the strips into > individual negatives. They said it is hard to work with the individual > negs when they are cut apart. > > Has anyone else had this problem or been given this advice by their > photo lab? > > Phyllis in NJ > > ==== VINTAGE-PHOTOS Mailing List ==== > We have over 223 members of the Vintage-Photos Mailing List. Posting back > to the list helps the whole group, not just one person. If we work as a team, > we'll succeed as a team. > To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett > > ============================== > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! Phyllis Cloyd wrote: > Hello all -- > > Peggy's recent advice about storing negs with photos brings to mind a > question that has plagued me for some time. > > I have had most of my old photos copied at a photo lab. They do > excellent work and I get good rates. They make 35 mm color negs. The > color negs insure reproduction of the subtle color nuances even for the > black and white and sepia tone pictures. Once I get the neg, I can have > as many copies made as I need or want. > > But the problem is that the negatives are in strips with several > pictures on each strip. I would love to cut apart the negatives so that > I can store each individual negative with a copy of the picture. But > the photo lab strongly advised against cutting the strips into > individual negatives. They said it is hard to work with the individual > negs when they are cut apart. > > Has anyone else had this problem or been given this advice by their > photo lab? > > Phyllis in NJ > > ==== VINTAGE-PHOTOS Mailing List ==== > We have over 223 members of the Vintage-Photos Mailing List. Posting back > to the list helps the whole group, not just one person. If we work as a team, > we'll succeed as a team. > To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett > > ============================== > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query!