Paul, My wife has some old Super 8mm movies of her family and my sister has some 8mm stuff my dad shot. My stuff is all 35mm prints and slides, except for the videotape I shot. Wow, I better do something with that before nobody can read it. Way too much work to do this winter! Regards, Bob S.
On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 5:28 PM, Paul Sorenson <[email protected]> wrote: > Isn't it great to spend some time looking over pix from the past. With the > exception of the last 15 years, most of mine have disappeared over the > course of many successive moves. I do have left about 2800 ft of family > movies taken between 1955 and 1975 which I had scanned to DVD and gave > copies to each of my kids. I hope they enjoy seeing family members they > never knew as much as I enjoy revisiting them. > > -p > > On 8/20/2010 3:14 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: >> >> No, I'm not from a family of monkeys, but my daughter wanted some old >> sapshots. >> The Disney movie Aladdin came out in 1992 and my daughter fell in love >> with Abu the monkey. >> We bought a wonderful likeness of Abu that we used as a doll and puppet. >> For Halloween 1993, my daughter dress as Abu for 3rd grade 'Trick or >> Treat'-ing. >> >> Now her boss has a little girl who loves Abu, so my daughter asked for >> some old pictures. >> After rummaging in the closet for a couple of hours, I found these... >> (not the first 3, the rest) >> >> http://picasaweb.google.com/rf.sullivan/Abu >> >> (digital copies shot from old prints - some contrast build-up) >> >> It was a trip down memory lane when my family was young and I took >> many pictures of them. >> >> Thoughts after the rummaging... >> 1. Prints are lots easier to view than slides. My closet has >> thousands of both, but 75% are slides. >> These are now harder to view and share. I'll have to get scanning... :-( >> 2. Some of my best shots are really pretty good. It's a nice to >> compare to the posts here. >> (I'd love to do a 'How To' picture book for parents some day.) >> 3. Never underestimate the ability of photos to refresh your memories >> after 25 or 30 years. >> Lynn and I re-lived a lot of our experiences as I shared old prints. >> We look forward to becoming grandparents some day. :-) >> 4. Take lots of photos. The family will grow up quickly. You'll >> have the best time of your life! >> >> Regards, Bob S. >> >> >> >> >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 9.0.851 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3083 - Release Date: 08/20/10 >> 01:35:00 >> > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
