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faustotesta

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• May 11, 2010

• #1

A friend of mine is experiencing a big trouble on his honeymoon memories.
He shot thousands of slides which are, nowadays, almost completely covered up with fungus.
Any idea if this is recoverable ?
Any advice is welcome.
Thank you everybody

 

keithwms

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• May 11, 2010

• #2

Yes the slides will be recoverable. This contains various links that may help:

http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/history-conservation-repair/2985-removing-mildew-35mm-slides.html

 

andrewkirkby

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• May 11, 2010

• #3

I have seen excellent results from Digital ICE on a Kodak HR500 scanner with 40 year old Kodachrome slides.

You could use PEC-12 emulsion cleaner but this might make things worse.

This is the guy that does all my scanning - have a look at the results from ICE:
http://oscans.com.au/samples.html

 

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faustotesta

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• May 12, 2010

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Thanks everybody.