Can anyone help with 116/616 negatives?

[Kirks518]

I developed a roll of 116 (or maybe it was 616) that was in a brownie I picked up. The negatives came out very well, all things considered, although I made a slight goof in the amount of developer, so a small section didn't develop properly.

The negs are of what appears to be sonny boy and wife visiting Mom and Dad with the new baby. Lots of family members are in them. There is one image that had a vehicle that allows approximate dating - a 1956 Plymouth Belvedere, with a legible Washington State license plate. I am now on a quest to get these negatives (and possibly prints) back to the family. I have contacted the WA state dept of licensing, but they will not release registered owner info to individuals. They have directed me to contact KOMO-TV, as it's an 'investigative human interest story' that they may be interested in working on.

That's where I turn to you, my APUG brethren. My local lab can not print full size 116/616. Can anyone here print these negatives? Or should I just do contact sheets? Getting them scanned would also probably work, but I can't find a local company that can scan negs of that size.

If you have the capacity, and would be willing to print or scan these, I would really appreciate it. I'd cover cost of postage and your paper and time.

Please let me know.

Thanks!

 

[MattKing]

Where is "local" for you?

 

[Hatchetman]

I would think any lab capable of scanning 4x5 could do 616. You may need to call a few and ask. Try Blue Moon Camera 503.978.0333

 

[Kirks518]

I'm sorry, I'm in Tampa Bay area, Florida.

 

[MattKing]

Anyone with a 4x5 glass negative carrier can print your negatives.

I would volunteer, except the only thing that seems to go back and forth easily between Florida and the Vancouver area is NHL hockey players.

 

[pentaxuser]

Nice sentiments, Kirks518, I hope you achieve your objective

pentaxuser

 

[summicron1]

the folks at blue moon could do them easily, and would understand, better than most, what you need.

or, go to the library at your local university -- University of Florida? -- and go to Special Collections. They regularly scan pictures, books, large negatives, whatever. Ask them if they will, in exchange for a nice donation, scan them in for you. I bet they would.

 

[pdeeh]

I had a play with a 616 Brownie the other week (a Pocket Folding 2A) and it struck me that the 2¼x3¼ negatives were a nice size for a little contact print. But Kirk's Brownie might be a different format negative of course.

 

[Xmas]

I developed a roll of 116 (or maybe it was 616) that was in a brownie I picked up. The negatives came out very well, all things considered, although I made a slight goof in the amount of developer, so a small section didn't develop properly.

The negs are of what appears to be sonny boy and wife visiting Mom and Dad with the new baby. Lots of family members are in them. There is one image that had a vehicle that allows approximate dating - a 1956 Plymouth Belvedere, with a legible Washington State license plate. I am now on a quest to get these negatives (and possibly prints) back to the family. I have contacted the WA state dept of licensing, but they will not release registered owner info to individuals. They have directed me to contact KOMO-TV, as it's an 'investigative human interest story' that they may be interested in working on.

That's where I turn to you, my APUG brethren. My local lab can not print full size 116/616. Can anyone here print these negatives? Or should I just do contact sheets? Getting them scanned would also probably work, but I can't find a local company that can scan negs of that size.

If you have the capacity, and would be willing to print or scan these, I would really appreciate it. I'd cover cost of postage and your paper and time.

Please let me know.

Thanks!

They would have been contact printed normally, on a slow chloro-bromide or PoP.

You can then scan the prints if you want to.

 

[nsurit]

Hmm, maybe if you had a friend in law enforcement they might have better luck at getting the information.

 

[Kirks518]

Hmm, maybe if you had a friend in law enforcement they might have better luck at getting the information.

Know anyone?

 

[jvo]

in largo, fl

just saw this... i can print up to 4x5... we have to do some finagling to for a suitable negative carrier or we can do contacts. pm me.

jvo

 

[studiocarter]

There is a web company that sells 3D printed 70mm negative holders for different scanners. You could find them easily and scan and print them yourself. Just google that size with those key words.
I just bought a Beseler 45H to do film that size, but it only shipped today.