We still have negatives made (occasionally) at a photo lab here in Dallas, but now I'm beginning to wonder how much longer we'll be able to do that... Rachel Roberts Dallas Historical Society [log in to unmask] 214.421.4500 ext. 110 -----Original Message----- From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Lynne Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 8:57 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: No Negative A resident who lived in our town in the late 1920's sent us some original photos of his still-standing historic house here. He asked that they be returned after copying them. I scanned them at a high resolution and saved them to a CD. In light of the ongoing debates about digitizing images and ever-changing technology, however, I also took them to two photo shops in town and asked that negatives be made of them -- so we always have something in hand. I was startled when both places said they don't make negatives anymore and that they just scan the images too. They did note, though, that if I brought the CD to them, they could print the images with whatever technology they have that produces longer-lasting images than those from our ink-jet printer. Is this true everywhere? Are negatives now unavailable and useless? We have many negatives in our collection already and I foresee having to jump in and start digitizing those images. Is this true of slides, too? Thanks! Lynne ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes). ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).