Advantages and Disadvantages of Microphotography Advantages of Microphotography:     Since the first practical microfilm camera was developed in 1928 microfilm has become more and more versatile. The most common uses by archives are as follows: For Referencing: The purpose is to provide the researcher with exact copies of documents at a cost far less than […]

Uses of Microphotography     Microphotography can solve a number of problems in the archives. Firstly, microphotographs need much less filing space than the original publications. When carefully prepared, micro-records have a higher degree of permanence than most modern papers. [1] They are easily and quickly produced at low cost. For these reasons, microphotographs of manuscripts, […]

Types of Microforms     The term “Microform” covers all forms of micro-images – these may be transparent or opaque, and they may be in the form of film rolls of various widths and lengths, in the form of film strips, or in the form of sheets or cards of various sizes. All microforms are reduced […]