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               State University of New York at Stony Brook
                       Stony Brook, NY 11794-3331
 
                                            David Y Allen
                                            Library-Reference
                                            516 632-7110
                                            12-Dec-1995 04:41pm EST
FROM:  DYALLEN
TO:    Remote Addressee                     ( [log in to unmask] )
 
Subject: Rephotographing aerial photographs
 
        I am considering a project to rephotograph and make prints available of
a 1930s vintage set of aerial photographs.  I would like to make prints and/or
microfilm available to several local (Long Island) libraries.  I have a gut
feeling that the only way to get adequate resolution on a project of this kind
is to have 4 x 5" black-and-white negatives made, but I recall from previous
discussions on Maps-L that some projects of this kind have been made using
microfilm.  I would like to hear of any experiences (positive or negative) that
 
people have had microfilming old aerial photographs.  I have recently received
an announcement from NEDCC that it is introducing a new continuous tone
microfilm.  Does anyone have any thoughts on the suitability of this microfilm
for a project of this kind?