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From: Patty Hankins <>
Subject: Re: [VINTAGE-PHOTOS] (no subject)
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 21:46:00 -0400
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Martha -

I've found the best way to digitize images from tin-types is to use a copy stand and
take a photograph of the tin-type. I had the same problem of basic black shapes when I
tried using a scanner.

My husband Bill has info on how he enhanced the image from a tintype on his website -
the Virtual Vintage Image. It's at

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wflawrence/index.htm

Info on the copystand is at

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wflawrence/darkroom.htm

Info on enhancing the digital image of the tintype is at

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wflawrence/dig1_1.htm

Hope this helps

Patty

wrote:

> I have several tin-type photographs and would like to scan them so I can make
> copies. When I try to do so, even when adjusting brightness, covering them
> with a sheet of paper...all I get is a black shape. Could you give me some
> hints or directions on how to accompish this?
>
> With greatest thanks,
>
> Martha Lusch Andriekus
> Lansing, Michigan
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