Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/11/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have a 50-years accumulation of some thousands of colour positive, colour negative and monochrome material (mostly lacking contact prints) which I think that it is about time to have a clear-out of while I can still remember what they are about. Some might be worth keeping for historical reasons. Colour slides are fairly easy to review, assuming that you have the time. Black and white negatives I can read and interpret adequately, though slowly. Colour negatives I find difficult to interpret quickly, and I have too many of them for it to be sensible to have them all contact-printed. Is there an easy solution to this problem? There was, about 10 years ago, a Tamron gadget called something like Fotovix which connected to your TV and immediately converted colour or black and white negatives into positives. It is no longer made (but still crops up second-hand occasionally) so presumably was not successful/popular. And may have been long-winded in operation anyway. Has anyone experience of it? Is there any more modern/sophisticated solution, apart from the overkill and time demands of scanners? Apologies for this rather retro request for advice. In mitigation, I should say that most of the material was photographed with various Leitz cameras and is fragrant with bokeh. Many thanks in anticipation of the usual generous and knowledgeable responses. JH