QUESTION #1: I have a VHS cassette of our home movies done several years ago and I also have the original 8mm films that were duplicated in that process. Should I just have you duplicate the VHS cassette to digital and save a ton of bucks or should I give you the films to duplicate? ANSWER #1: It ... Read More »
Mr. Cardone’s Start in Photo Imaging
How does one get started in a general practice of photo imaging? In Mr. Cardone's case, his start was with the United States Air Force as an Aerospace Camera Repairman during the Vietnam Conflict. In that day, the Air Force had two divisions of photography: 1. Ground Cameras (AFSC 404xx); and 2. ... Read More »
High Dynamic Range in 35mm Slide Duplications
In this digital age, we naturally think that everything about digital photography surpasses the standby of ages past—Kodachrome. You are in for a surprise. The dynamic range of Kodachrome film decidedly outclasses digital scanning technology. But there are other considerations with ... Read More »
Letters and Books to PDF Flip-Style Viewing
It is one thing to merely scan letters and books page-by-page, but it is another to present those scans in a readable fashion that mimics the real feel of a brochure, a history book, or any other published media that has pages that the reader turns. A flip-book style of presentation radically ... Read More »
Removing a Color Cast in a Color Print Duplication
Doesn’t it seem odd that some of Grandma's photos, collected over a lifetime, fade into a grotesque pink color cast? We also see this with Kodak Ektachrome film transparencies. The problem is that the dyes fade at an uneven rate. It is a simple chemical reaction so trying to isolate the print from ... Read More »
Photo Restoration — From Rags to Riches
Sometimes we find ourselves having legacy photos handed down from grandma that are torn, highly worn, or otherwise severely distressed. We, at W. Cardone Productions, see this often and especially with entire estate legacies. Sometimes a photo was in grandpa's wallet for 20 years. Other times ... Read More »
