Hi Volkhart
Here in the UK you can get these repros done very cheaply and very effectively.
There is a large national chain store chemists called 'Boots'. Nearly all their
stores have photo processing depts and in this section they have special photo
copiers which reproduce B&W prints onto photographic paper. We have had several
old prints done this way and to be honest, the reprints are better than the
original. Only costs a couple of quid to do it and its done there and then. No
waiting for internegs etc.
John.
Volkhart Baumgaertner wrote:
> Yo y'all,
>
> I'd appreciate some advice on the following problem:
>
> My dad just dug out a couple of old b&w prints. One of them must be from
> around 1915, showing my great-granny (whom I never knew), and my grandma (in
> her mid-teens then) with her brother and sister. This one is about
> 5 3/4 x 4". The other one shows my dad himself with his swimming team and
> must be from around 1945. It is only about 4 x 2 7/8.
> Now he would like enlarged reproductions of thes two prints.
>
> What film would be best for that kind of work?
> Also, is there any hope at all of getting acceptable results with my
> equipment? With my OM-10 being away for repair, the available camera bodies
> are an OM-PC, an OM-F, an OM-2, and an OM-2n. As for lenses, I own a 28 f
> 2.8, a 50 f1.4, an 85 f2, a 35-70 f3.5-4.5 (all Zuikos), a Vivitar 24 f2.8,
> Vivitar 19 f3.8, and a Tamron 28-200 f3.8-5.6. I think we can rule out the
> last three right away for the job at hand, as well as the 28 which is just
> too wide. I also have a 12 mm and a 20 mm auto extension ring of unknown
> brand (pretty decent, all-metal quality, though), a T-20 and a real good
> SCA-dedicated Cullman flash (gn 32, metric).
> Any chance to do the trick with any combination of the above?
>
> MtFbwy,
> Volkhart
>
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