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 »
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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 »
Splicing Magnetic Video Tape and Challenges
Video tape breaks. It happens. Sadly, the entire cassette then becomes unserviceable. With home movie film at least we can discard one side of the film and retain the other side. But with video cassettes the game is lost. Of course we can splice the tape but the task is not for the faint of heart. ... Read More »
FilmOSound Rare Super8 Home Movie Film Format
What Is It? With the introduction of Super8 home movie film in the mid-1960s came an option for sound. But it was pricy and not widely sold. But there was more than one 8mm Super8 sound format offered to the consumer. The most common format was one that used film manufactured with magnetic sound ... Read More »
