Trans Sahara '65 - dirty old Agfachrome

[geogphotos]

A series of old Agfa slides many really mucky showing a trip by landcover across the Sahara from north Africa to Central African Republic in 1965.

 

https://geographyphotos.photoshelter.com/gallery/Tim-and-Carole-Brown-trans-Sahara/G0000h99qFiri4Zc/C0000M.PH.sdzN2M

 

Don't think I have enough years left to clean these up! 

 

What do you reckon?

[spacecadet]

22 minutes ago, geogphotos said:

A series of old Agfa slides many really mucky showing a trip by landcover across the Sahara from north Africa to Central African Republic in 1965.

 

https://geographyphotos.photoshelter.com/gallery/Tim-and-Carole-Brown-trans-Sahara/G0000h99qFiri4Zc/C0000M.PH.sdzN2M

 

Don't think I have enough years left to clean these up! 

 

What do you reckon?

A lot of that soft-edged stuff is fungus, unfortunately. It can also look like plant roots or lightning. My 70s Agfachromes are fine but some of my Super-8 film (same emulsion AFAIK) has it. Unlike on lenses it's not removeable. But on archive it may not matter too much, depending on the competition. I mention it just so you don't waste time trying to "clean" it off.

Fungus aside I think they're pretty interesting and worth the effort.

As an example- no. 20- I think most of the stuff in the sky is fungus. No. 24, the underexposed one- that's fungus rampant.

I would probably anti-static brush and rocket blow the best and rescan and do the spotting in LR or whatever.

Edited September 8, 2020 by spacecadet

[geogphotos]

14 minutes ago, spacecadet said:

A lot of that soft-edged stuff is fungus, unfortunately. It can also look like plant roots or lightning. My 70s Agfachromes are fine but some of my Super-8 film (same emulsion AFAIK) has it. Unlike on lenses it's not removeable. But on archive it may not matter too much, depending on the competition. I mention it just so you don't waste time trying to "clean" it off.

Fungus aside I think they're pretty interesting and worth the effort.

As an example- no. 20- I think most of the stuff in the sky is fungus. No. 24, the underexposed one- that's fungus rampant.

I would probably anti-static brush and rocket blow the best and rescan and do the spotting in LR or whatever.

 

 

You mentioned film.

 

Is this beauty any use or worth anything?

 

[spacecadet]

Working, something but not much. It's serviceable but not a top brand, so probably hardly worth the effort packing-up to sell it on ebay. More in Europe apparently- they always were keener on Super-8

https://www.filmwebshop.nl/a-59626374/filmprojectoren/nr-7092-prachtige-raynox-sound-1010-projector-voor-super-8-film-halogeenlamp-100w-240-meter-spoelen-electronisch-aangestuurde-motor-een-zeer-degelijke-en-zware-projector-heeft-onderhoudsbeurt-gehad-en-werkt-goed/#description

I would hang on to it in case you ever come across any Super-8.

[geogphotos]

2 minutes ago, spacecadet said:

Working, something but not much. It's serviceable but not a top brand, so probably hardly worth the effort packing-up to sell it on ebay. More in Europe apparently- they always were keener on Super-8

https://www.filmwebshop.nl/a-59626374/filmprojectoren/nr-7092-prachtige-raynox-sound-1010-projector-voor-super-8-film-halogeenlamp-100w-240-meter-spoelen-electronisch-aangestuurde-motor-een-zeer-degelijke-en-zware-projector-heeft-onderhoudsbeurt-gehad-en-werkt-goed/#description

I would hang on to it in case you ever come across any Super-8.

 

Okay thanks. I've bunged it on Ebay.