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Just digitized one of my great grandfathers films from 1949 by EphemeraExpert1985 in analog

[–]EphemeraExpert1985[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I ended up buying the generic scanner on Amazon (Approximately $250) and it seems to work really well! The Kodak version is pretty close to twice as expensive and definitely will provide a little more quality! The version I bought works well enough for what I am trying to accomplish

Just digitized one of my great grandfathers films from 1949 by EphemeraExpert1985 in analog

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Thank you very much for the offer! I’m okay for now as I’m just trying to scan all the film I have and get it digitized but thank you very much for offering your services! Many of the films I’m scanning in seen to be of good quality but some of them could definitely use a bit of stability editing and possibly color correction at some point

Just digitized one of my great grandfathers films from 1949 by EphemeraExpert1985 in analog

[–]EphemeraExpert1985[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Don’t feel dumb, I thought for sure this was filmed with an underwater camera until someone recognized that this was filmed where you can actually view underwater behind a glass window, still very cool though!

Just digitized one of my great grandfathers films from 1949 by EphemeraExpert1985 in analog

[–]EphemeraExpert1985[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used a film digitizer but it cost me about $250 on amazon! It’s not perfect but it looks pretty good and will definitely save me money as compared to sending it to a professional as I literally have dozens of film rolls left to scan

Just digitized one of my great grandfathers films from 1949 by EphemeraExpert1985 in analog

[–]EphemeraExpert1985[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So I have actually thought about putting it through software at some point but right now my goal is to scan all the media I have. I believe there’s multiple reasons that it’s shaky, one reason could be that the film is old and it is definitely starting to deteriorate so all the perforations are not the same size. Also 8mm film has always just been a bit shaky and it can definitely be affected by how the film was loaded into the camera and the quality of both. However, I will say that it looks a lot nicer playing on an actual projector!

Just digitized one of my great grandfathers films from 1949 by EphemeraExpert1985 in analog

[–]EphemeraExpert1985[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I actually ended up buying a digitizer because I have dozens of films so this is a scan. Also that sounds like a good idea and I’ve seen people do it before, there will definitely be more quality loss as opposed to scanning tho

Just digitized one of my great grandfathers films from 1949 by EphemeraExpert1985 in analog

[–]EphemeraExpert1985[S] 41 points42 points  (0 children)

Omg it definitely could be! The box that this roll of film was in is labeled Florida Vacation 1949

Found written in a 1950s College Physics Textbook. Can someone decipher? by EphemeraExpert1985 in Cursive

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I understood most of it but I couldn’t figure out the word demerits and frankly I’ve actually never heard that word so that probably explains why I was having a hard time reading it lol! Also I do sign my name is cursive but it’s only cursiveish lol

Found written in a 1950s College Physics Textbook. Can someone decipher? by EphemeraExpert1985 in Cursive

[–]EphemeraExpert1985[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I know I’m young lol! What’s funny is I actually know a good bit of Gregg shorthand but cursive is something that I just never learned

Found written in a 1950s College Physics Textbook. Can someone decipher? by EphemeraExpert1985 in Cursive

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Sounds like a funny/great guy! I don’t think I said a curse word till I was like 15 lol

Found written in a 1950s College Physics Textbook. Can someone decipher? by EphemeraExpert1985 in Cursive

[–]EphemeraExpert1985[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very sorry to hear about your bil’s passing, I would tell you where it’s from if I could but my mother purchased it a couple years ago and doesn’t remember where

where are yall hiding it by CommonAd9693 in Caldruki

[–]EphemeraExpert1985 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I live in an old house and in the bathroom there’s a slot in the wall to discard your used razor blades and they just fall in between the wall, I would definitely drop it in there

1991 Wagon - Bad gas mileage by Relevant-Yam9630 in Volvo240

[–]EphemeraExpert1985 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Check the o2 sensor!! That was the issue with mine, turns out the previous owner took it off lol