I have a question maybe someone can help me with

[truegrit44]

Is it possible to have an old slide sent somewhere to be made into a print?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. I'm sure (pretty sure!) that it can be.

It's been a long time, but I've had prints made from slides.

I don't know who would do it, though.

[truegrit44]

2. Thanks Peggy

I guess I could try calling some camera shops?
My husband lived in an old one room log cabin when he was young in the AR hills, he took a photo of the cabin while it was still standing about 30+ years ago, why in the world he had the film made into slides I have no idea as he didn't even have a slide projector till about 8 years ago and was just now able to view it. Also, has some cool old slides of when he was in Viet Nam that we have just now looked at after 40+ years!

[PoliticAverse]

3. Yes there are many places that do that. n/t

[NV Whino]

4. You can also have them scanned into digital files.

Check with any camera store near you.

[truegrit44]

5. Thanks all now all I have to do is

FIND a camera store in or near this town, so far by googling haven't found one.

[Major Nikon]

6. Yes, there's a couple of options

The way to get the best quality print is to go with the Cibachrome process, but these days that tends to be pretty expensive, but if you have a great quality slide and you want a great quality print, that's the way to do it.

Unless your slides are Kodachrome, chances are the colors have faded. If you have the slides scanned, it's pretty easy for someone who has photoshop or some other post processing application to get the colors back, although this might cost you a bit if you don't do it yourself. If your slides are Kodachrome, chances are they aren't faded and all you really need is to have them scanned and you can make prints from them. This will be the cheapest option.

[truegrit44]

7. So where I could I take them to be scanned?

They are kodachrome

[csziggy]

8. I'm scanning a batch of Kodachrome right now!

Make friends with someone at an office supply store and see if they will let you "test" a Epson Perfection V550 Photo Scanner. The software that comes with the scanner will adjust the color on faded slides pretty darned good - almost as good as I can do it with Photoshop. The scanner also comes with Digital Ice that will remove most superficial scratches and dust, though not all.

Or put the word out among your friends and acquaintances and see if anyone might have a good photo scanner that can do transparencies. For just one or two images they might do it for free.

Once you get a scan you can take the digital file to any photo kiosk and get a print.

If nothing else, PM me. I scan hundreds of slides at a time, one more won't make a difference.

[truegrit44]

9. Not being a very social person +

just moving to this area no long ago, I wouldn't know anyone with that type of scanner. I may just need to PM you

[csziggy]

10. No problem - just let me know

[truegrit44]

11. I think I have found a lead

thanks so much for the offer, if this doesn't pan out I'll let you tho........

[csziggy]

12. Good - it's always better if you can do this sort of thing locally

I don't fully trust any delivery service with old originals!

Right now I'm debating - I found 8mm film and some undeveloped 35mm and 620 film in my Dad's stuff. Some is at least 60-70 years old, some may be from the late 1930s. I am trying to decide if I should get the 8mm scanned locally or send it off to a specialty company. Same for the undeveloped film. With each, I figure there is only once chance to find out what is on the film. None of it is labeled so we have no clue what is on it. But I really, REALLY don't want to ship this stuff off to someplace in Canada. If it's lost, we'll never know what it was.

In addition, there are several rolls of developed 35mm film that are so tightly wound I can't unroll them to scan myself. I've managed to get 3-4 loosely wound rolls scanned and one is baby pictures of my oldest sister taken in 1946 with some shots of my Dad in front of his first new car in Michigan snow. These are wonderful to find since they're both gone.

I'm still trying to get hold of someone at the State Photographic Archives for help with this. I know they will want scans of some of the loose negatives (probably 620) I found with images of phosphate mines, probably from the 1930s. I hope they will help me with the tightly wound film so we can all find out what is on the rolls.

[jmowreader]

13. Cibachrome was discontinued in 2012

Google "fine art imaging" and you'll find companies that can scan on a drum scanner and print on a 10-color Epson or 12-color Canon printer.

[Major Nikon]

14. Not exactly. The chemistry is still available and labs are still doing it

http://www.douglasvincent.com/ilfochrome/images/Cibachrome-Chemistry-DFI-Chem.pdf

[jmowreader]

15. At what cost, I wonder...

I don't know tho...I've made a LOT of Cibas over the years, and pulled prints off Epson 7900s...the surface of a glossy Ciba is wonderful but - ESPECIALLY if you're using good paper like Arches or Hahnemuehle - the images off the Epson look better to me.

[Major Nikon]

16. I have no doubt it's expensive

I have yet to see a price list from any lab.

[MattSh]

17. Though it's been quite a few years since I've used them...

The Slide Printer does exactly this, if you don't mind sending your slides through the mail.

http://www.theslideprinter.com/