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GM_Pax t1_ixq8k52 wrote

I can't help you, but just want to make you aware that there's a high probability that the film has suffered some degradation in the ~90 years since it was used, so you can set your expectations appropriately: the image quality is likely to be on the low side as a result of those decades in the camera (and probably not in a controlled environment).

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twerkitout OP t1_ixqbb06 wrote

Fair point! Honestly I expect to sink a bunch of money into this and get nothing 😂 but I want to try anyway while he is still around to share it with. If nothing else it’ll be a fun story - he would love to see me go thru a bunch of effort to be sentimental for an empty roll! Worth the risk haha

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GM_Pax t1_ixqj98r wrote

>I want to try anyway while he is still around to share it with.

Oh, absolutely definitely do that!! :) I just didn't want you to go in expecting a perfectly crisp and clear result, then be disappointed with what you got. :)

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Edit to add: also, you might get really lucky and have large sections, maybe even most of the film, come out pretty damned well despite the almost-a-century sitting in the camera.

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NoraPlayingJacks t1_ixrhrdd wrote

This comment made me smile. I can picture my grandpa laughing at me for doing the same thing. Mine is gone now…this’ll be worth double whatever you have to go through to do it.

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