I was given a rare treasure over the holidays. My uncle photographed my wedding 20 years ago. He passed away 5 years later and this holiday his wife handed me a package with alllllllllllllllllllll the proofs and the negatives from the day.

I was wondering if I can have the negatives made into a cd/dvd? Can any place do it or do I need to go to a special place? Any ideas/tips?

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I don't think you'll be able to have it done at the corner drug store and I am not aware of any standard program that can do it for you. You may have to have prints made first, then scanned or digitized some way to get them to a CD/DVD is my guess. I would start by talking to any pro photo lab. The ones that are left have embraced digital and know what can and can't be done easily.

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Thanks. I am just trying to find a way to preserve them and share them with my family.

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I can't think of any reason the negs couldn't be digitized, with the proper equipment, & if there are proof sheets in the packet, so much better. With that in mind, I'd go with the pro photo shop...do you have a Wolf Camera shop in your area?

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Yep you definately can get that done....a specialty photo shop would be the go as i'm not sure what you have available over there

My Dad has put all his slides onto CD....he has a scanner that scans then onto the computer, from there onto disk

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I know slides can be copied with special adapters on scanners and with adapters that attach directly to your digital camera, but slides are 'positives' instead of negatives. Is there a way you can get negatives into a digital format without a print?

I also wonder if we are talking proofs or a contact sheet. I know that at one time 'proofs' were made with a process that was a type of print purposely very off color (including grey scale) and designed to fade out almost completely within months. They were a sales tool given to the customer (normally 5" x 7") from a shoot, to select high end prints to be made in any size. I know a 'contact sheet' to be a page of frames the same scale as the actual film which made it so small, selection was done with a loop.

I'm not sure what you have Lil, but I'm sure Coaster can tell you (and me) a lot more. Whatever it is, keep it covered from direct light.

I'll be interested in what you find out. Keep us posted.

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