Re: Duplicating Slide Rolls

[P3D Jim Crowell <crowell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 11:23 PM 11/10/96, P3D Peter H. Coffin wrote:
>The imaginary fried Bruce Springsteen and I have been fooling around lately
>with the idea of, when we *know* we have pictures to keep/duplicate on a
>roll, the possibility of having an entire roll of film used as a master and
>only cutting up the duplicate roll into chips for mounting. This would
>leave the orginals uncut as suitable for reduplication at any time.
>
>The question for the list is: What is/would be this process called, so we
>can ask for it at any reasonably competant processor and get back what we
>want? We'd even consider using negative film and then taking positive dupes
>from that, in effect doubling the film and processing cost for every
>"archivable" roll.
>

Dale Labs in Ft. Lauderdale will do this (they're one of those places
that's always trying to give away free film in magazine ads; there are a
number of others).  They'll duplicate an uncut negative into an uncut
positive filmstrip for about $6 for 36 exposures.  Costs quite a bit more
if the negative's been cut.  Their address is in the 3D Products & Services
file on the 3d-web site.

These places will try to get you to use their film (unused movie stock?),
but it's kind of grainy, so you're better off sticking with regular print
film.

-Jim C.

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Jim Crowell
Division of Biology
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Caltech
Pasadena, CA
(818) 395-8337
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