At 12:26 AM 3/11/2006 -0500, you wrote: >That's actually an interesting point. I know the guys at Applied Science >Fiction (the Digital ICE guys). Do you know how they got all the scratched >and faded negs and slides to test their algorithms? They bought them on eBay >from people selling off large collections of photos. I wonder how many >families photos get disposed of by someone who just doesn't know what they are.
Perhaps an interesting photo exhibit can be made. I've worked with some of my Dad's photos from the 50's and early 60's. He stored the slides in a closet near the front door and fungus is taking over. Photos we think are ordinary today, 50 years from now become more interesting. Shots of Estes Park Colorado and the national park taken in the 50's are more interesting today. Other than fungus, the kodachromes kept the best color. Here is my Dad from the 50's. http://www.zuik.net/old/dad_k55_013.jpg And my grandmother (E6, color corrected): http://www.zuik.net/old/GM_e58_025_adj_crop.jpg The camera was one of those Canon rangefinders where the lens extends out on a short bellows, and a selenium light meter. I think he still has the camera. Wayne * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
