Progress!!!!

I have finally made some substantial progress. The spectral testing has begun and it is such a relief. With the help of Professor William Ryan, we built a spectrophotometer to fit our needs and visited the George Eastman House. We met with the conservator at the Eastman House, Nancy Kauffman, who brought us three boxes of test dye strips created by John Andreas. We spent the day there and troubleshooted our spectrometer and began collecting spectral information on the 25 test strips. We collected great raw information that we'll review and calculate into absorbance and transmittance data. Another visit or two will be needed to gather spectral information on the Technicolor and Eastman Color film reels. It's been challenging to work with a variety of schedules to coordinate a time to complete this testing. I still need to figure out an additional day or two to complete my testing. All the testing will get done, but what I have completed is very exciting.

                                   This photo was taken by the author on 4/2/2015 while completing testing