New, Hoping for Newsgroup Focused on Scanning and Editing

I have over fifty years worth of slides, color negatives (mostly small
format like 35mm) and color positives that have sat neglected most of
that time. I've just acquired a reasonable scanner for my needs
(Minolta Dimage Scan Dual IV) Some sample scans suggest that at least a
reasonable amount of the material is still usable, and I want to
preserve it so I can pass it to my kids and their families before either
I or the material is lost forever.

Can someone please point me to a newsgroup more specialized in that area
than this one seems to be? I need to start pretty much at the
beginning; most of my photo experience was in the days of film cameras,
zone schemes, pushing exposures, and do-it-yourself darkroom work (all
black and white--I bought a color enlarger and supplies, but due to
circumstances never used it).

I've been lurking here for a few days since a new newsfeed made the
group available; the discussions and the topics are at the upper end of
my ability to follow what's going on, and so little is on the area I
need help with that I feel I should move on--if someone will **kindly**
tell me where to go.

On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 15:03:42 -0800, Don Kirkman
<donsno2 DeleteThis @wavecable.com> wrote:

>I have over fifty years worth of slides, color negatives (mostly small
>format like 35mm) and color positives that have sat neglected most of
>that time. I've just acquired a reasonable scanner for my needs
>(Minolta Dimage Scan Dual IV) Some sample scans suggest that at least a
>reasonable amount of the material is still usable, and I want to
>preserve it so I can pass it to my kids and their families before either
>I or the material is lost forever.
>
>Can someone please point me to a newsgroup more specialized in that area
>than this one seems to be? I need to start pretty much at the
>beginning; most of my photo experience was in the days of film cameras,
>zone schemes, pushing exposures, and do-it-yourself darkroom work (all
>black and white--I bought a color enlarger and supplies, but due to
>circumstances never used it).
>
>I've been lurking here for a few days since a new newsfeed made the
>group available; the discussions and the topics are at the upper end of
>my ability to follow what's going on, and so little is on the area I
>need help with that I feel I should move on--if someone will **kindly**
>tell me where to go.

Is there a specific question in your post?

I'm just about finished with my project of scanning about 1,100 slides
from 1964 to 1979 with a Minolta Dimage Scan Elite. That number has
been pared down to 557 (currently) that will be kept as images. The
number will be below 500 before I'm done. There were, maybe, 150 that
I never even scanned after looking at them with a slide viewer.

I scanned them into Photoshop, cropped, and adjusted for color. Then
I deleted the ones that were almost-duplicates and the ones that were
just not that interesting.

The final lot will be burned to disk and given to my kids as a
chronicle of their growing-up years. They already have disks of the
scans of prints from that period.

So...what is it you want to know?




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Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida