Burning a nitrate based negative

[someonehasposted]

Arrrrrghhhhh! That is NOT nitrate! Just ordinary safety film.

Even if it were nitrate while it shoud be handled and stored carefully it should not be destroyed except film that is breaking down and decomposing. You should never destroy originals. Scanning isn't good enough.

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[kd7lrj]

It was NOT safety film.

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It has been years since I got out my projectors to look at any of my old slides. Since then, I have inherited many more from my parents families. Digitizing them lets me share them with everyone. To date, no one in the family has volunteered to spend the money to set up a true archival facility. Scanning is good enough for us.

[filmteknik]

Sorry but that is NOT nitrate film stock and if you really did scan & destroy them like you said you have senselessly destroyed your irreplaceable originals that no scan can ever totally capture.

If those strips were nitrate they would have been engulfed in flame almost instantly and have been totally consumed in under 5 seconds for the amount you are holding.

Please search for a video called

"Nitrate Film Burning Comparison"

and see which film stock yours resembles. Not nitrate!

[kd7lrj]

I was holding the film vertically and I lit it at the top. I believe if I had lit it at the bottom it would have burned faster

I agree than no scan can totally capture everything on film. Just like a CD doesn't sound as good as Vinyl to some people. My dedicated 5400 DPI film scanner does well enough for me and I try to do a good job with each scan even though it does take a lot of time to get each one just right.

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