Transfer 35MM Negs to CD?

My apologies Mike... and again, thank you for your suggestion.. next time I'm in 'civilisation' where there's book shops, coffee shops and photography shops...I'll ask about the copier.  I miss my darkroom!

.kind regards...

Anna

Hi Anna, I have copied quite a lot of my negatives and slides by photographing them with my digital camera, BUT most of them were on 6x6 so they are a lot bigger negatives.It may be worth a try with 35mm. I made a light box from white art board there are a few examples if you search the internet, you will also need a tripod and a daylight balance bulb, set the camera on macro or super macro and stop the lens down as much as possible. I find this works best for black and white shots, as you do not have to worry about colour casts in fact because you have copied the black and white negative as a colour shot you can punch up the image using the colour chanels in a decent imaging program, speaking of which you will need a program that lets you change the negative to a positive (most of them do this). If you look at my shots of Hathersage the black and white shot of the waterfall was done in this way also all the shots of Arrochar  the colour one was from a slide so I did not have to reverse it but colour casts are a problem never the less I still like the shot.

                                            Good luck Mick

Hi Anna,

I myself have a vast collection of slides and negatives which I decided to archive in a digital format. It's a huge task and goodness knows when I might complete it. I bought a Nikon Coolscan when I retired, which may be the answer for you, but there are much cheaper options. There is one, the Summit Photofix Film / Slide Scanner which sells for about £75. I saw this on the Warehouse Express site but most retailers will stock a large choice of such machines. Being able to convert old treasures into JPEGS or TIFFS is very rewarding way of making a more lasting (& less bulky) record of your work. I even did some of my grandfather's Agfa slides which came up very well.

Chers!

Rod.