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Thu, February 12, 2009

Fred raises an interesting point. As an Archive we are very careful to present the best scan we can of the item as it really is. This can often means exquisite detail is not evident. Certainly many of the 35mm slides we have are far too dark and could do with lightening. Our angle is that users can always do that themselves, but we cannot necessarily get back to the original image without repeating the scan.

The balance between a picture gallery and an archive is challenging! In the case of Star Mill, the one under discussion, I was using it as an example of what can happen if people fail to give us material to look after.

Incidentally to make Mark's link work you need to login to the Mills Archive site before you click his link! You can also see it by clicking the link to the related article

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