Hello List, O.K. my photo is a tintype. Thank you to all who took the time to answer my question about tintype vs. Daguerreotype photos. Next question. The photo is very dark. I tried scanning it, with only mediocre results in the final print copy. Are there photo processing places out there that can reproduce tintype photos in such a way that one could have a good quality print from the tintype? Thanks again. JB Wilson, Beaverton, OR :-) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ JB Wilson, Beaverton, OR, USA "Searching for the Living, Honoring the Dead" <designs@hevanet.com> Researching: Kangas, Eskola, Mattson/Matson, Makkonen, Aho, Runtujärvi, Barnes, Benedict, Crandle/Crandall, Miner, Ufford, Berry & Williams NY/PA Proud to be a Contributing Sponsor of RootsWeb ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

You can scan in the "tintype" at a higher resolution like 300 dpi and then use a more sophisticated graphics program like Photoshop to restore the scanned in immage. I have recently been working on lots of these with good results. I had to take a course on Photoshop at the local community college last summer to learn how to use it sufficiently and to get up to speed quickly. This is what I would recommend you do. It will be a lot cheaper also. George At 10:04 PM 8/26/01 -0800, you wrote: >Hello List, >O.K. my photo is a tintype. Thank you to all who took the time to answer my >question about tintype vs. Daguerreotype photos. > > >Next question. > >The photo is very dark. I tried scanning it, with only mediocre results in >the final print copy. > >Are there photo processing places out there that can reproduce tintype >photos in such a way that one could have a good quality print from the >tintype? > >Thanks again. JB Wilson, Beaverton, OR :-) > > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >JB Wilson, Beaverton, OR, USA >"Searching for the Living, Honoring the Dead" ><designs@hevanet.com> >Researching: Kangas, Eskola, Mattson/Matson, Makkonen, Aho, Runtujärvi, >Barnes, Benedict, Crandle/Crandall, Miner, Ufford, Berry & Williams NY/PA >Proud to be a Contributing Sponsor of RootsWeb >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > >==== 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!

JB, I've had good results by copying a tintype onto black & white film using a 35mm SLR camera. These were tintypes with very poor contrast but the copies showed great improvement. I'm sure you could also get them copied at any photo shop which specializes in copy work. Many of these old tintypes will have cracks or scratches in the emulsion or there may be rust stains if it was not well cared for. There is not much help for these defects, but copying onto B&W film will often do a remarkable job of restoring contrast. Robert E. Lewis ----- Original Message ----- From: JB Wilson <designs@hevanet.com> . . The photo is very dark. I tried scanning it, with only mediocre results in the final print copy. Are there photo processing places out there that can reproduce tintype photos in such a way that one could have a good quality print from the tintype? Thanks again. JB Wilson, Beaverton, OR :-)