We have received the unexpected yet not entirely unforeseen news that our long-standing supplier, Fujifilm, will discontinue microfilm production starting in 2026. We deeply regret this decision, as we... read more →
In August 2024, Iron Mountain shared this article, sharing that following a survey of the thousands of archived Hard Disk Drives in their stores, 20% of them (a staggering one... read more →
“Life without photographs is no longer imaginable. They pass before our eyes and awaken our interest; they pass through the atmosphere, unseen and unheard, over distances of thousands of... read more →
I first came across microfilm in 1968 when Paul Negus was born. Therefore, he has lived in a microfilm environment all his life. I was working for a local authority... read more →
What a journey! From our humble starting days of my Mum processing rolls of microfilm in the spare bedroom to rapidly expanding in 2023 to 50 staff and halfway through... read more →
The last 12 months have seen huge changes in the microfilm marketplace. On November 1st 2022 EPM announced to the world that they were ceasing all microfilm trading operations from... read more →
Digital obsolescence is becoming a greater problem day by day. Digital resources become no longer readable because either the physical media, the reader required to read the media, the hardware,... read more →
Our largest project of 2019 was conducted on behalf of one of our closest Print Services & Solutions partners - HP. Genus has worked on several projects with HP, as... read more →
Sanlam are a major provider of financial products and services. Established internationally for over 100 years they are a proven market leader with innovation a key cornerstone of their award... read more →
With the recent worldwide COVID-19 pandemic Genus has been approached by several organisations, keen to release the key data held in their microfilms and microfiche. Talking to some of these... read more →
Since the Company’s incorporation in 1974 our customer base has included Museums and Archives, Financial Institutions, LGA’s and service bureaux. We have always specialised in Document Archiving, beginning with microfilm... read more →
After our recent article on Intelligent Microfilm Genus has been approached to talk about the scanning of Microfilms specifically for Universities, Schools, Libraries, Genealogists and Researchers. Microfilm and Microfiche hold... read more →
Many employees are now working from home during these difficult times. It has been relatively easy for organisations to set up emails, business systems and video conferencing etc. to enable... read more →
In October last year I attended the “Microfilm in the digital era” conference in Moscow and gave a speech entitled “Microfilm in 2017 -Back to the Future 2!” about my... read more →
Genus is proud to announce the launch of another new microfilm product. After two years of heavy development Genus are now making microfilm diazo - fully manufactured, slit and packaged... read more →
On the 24th & 25th of October Paul Negus - Managing Director of Genus, attended the “Microfilming in the Digital Era” conference held at The Russian National Public Library for... read more →
A presentation by Managing Director of Genus - Paul Negus from the "Microfilming in the Digital Era" Conference: My father started The Microfilm Shop in 1974 after running a successful... read more →
There are huge quantities of microfilm material in the archives of organisations and institutions in the UK and it is not difficult to understand why. Huge volumes of paper documents... read more →
The GDPR Conference Europe was held recently in London and it was surprising to get the feeling that a lot of businesses have not prepared for or are even aware... read more →
Given the success we had gathering information on the history of our microfilm reader we thought we’d call on readers once again for assistance with a current photoshoot we have... read more →
With the increase in digital storage media and formats and the need for archives to be accessible, lots of organisations had begun to see microfilm as an old-fashioned medium for... read more →
You've probably noticed by now that although we embark on many different projects involving digitisation we still feel very strongly about our old friend microfilm. “Microfilm – It's not all... read more →
IDMi Deputy Editor John Baker is on his soapbox (again) regarding 'Lies, damned lies, and statistics reporters' and is backed-up by Paul Negus, MD of Genus I read with interest... read more →
As a culture, we value high definition (HD) image resolution. An anthropological study has yet to be done on the societal importance of advanced image quality (I think) but the... read more →
In May this year Fujifilm Inc. of America, officially announced the arrival of a new Fujifilm microfilm for the US market. The new Fujifilm is compatible with all 16mm raster... read more →
As a small organisation we use digital data day in, day out. Of course we do. Everybody does. However what do we do about those really important documents that we... read more →
As the exclusive distributor for the regions of Europe, Middle East and Africa, The Microfilm Shop division of Genus receives "Best Performance in Microfilm Sales" Award from Fujifilm Europe GmbH... read more →
A white paper written by The Microfilm Collaboration Working Group. Click here to view.