Hi Thomas, > I'm pretty sure I could make some money with it. It's > amazing how low the > standards of most people seem to be. ;-) They're happy > with pics I would > have trashed immediately.
On the other hand, they also have low standards for copyright fees. I just negotiated with a local tourist board, and they felt my photos are too expensive for them. They expected me to do a lot of photos for them and they would pay only 80.- EUR for each photo. And they wanted to use the photos for catalogues, internet, advertising campaigns etc. IMHO such a price is unacceptable. But that�s a point that would really interest me - even if it is off topic. Is there anybody on the list who would like to share his/her experiences with me concerning copyright fees etc.? To avoid off topic mails, please use my private email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > An alternative would be to get a better scanner. My old > HP Photosmart > is obviously not up to the task. The colors aren't clean, > it has problems > with dark image parts, so I heve to do a lot of tweaking > to get an > acceptable output. It really hurts to compare the > unprocessed scans to the > original slide. I know what you mean. I use a Nikon Coolscan IV, and I�m quite happy with the results, and so are my clients. Lots of my scanned photos have been published since I use this scanner and I have no complaints about image quality. Sometimes I print a image on my HP 720C deskjet on photo quality inkjet paper (Tetenal 260gr. Glossy). The results are much better than the prints I get from my photo shop around the corner. BTW: all the images on my website www.mountains-and-more.de are scanned with the Coolscan. I did no color corrections, only slightly unsharp mask, as you lose sharpness when reducing image size. But still, you have to do the scanning work. Therefore, a 10D would be the better choice, IMHO. I�m still waiting to get back some taxes, and I think I will get a 10D for the money. Or a 24-70/28? Ah, I don�t know how to decide... Best regards, Marco ------------------------------------------------- Marco Kost Journalist - Bild und Text Otto-Mair-Ring 5 83607 Holzkirchen Tel.: 08024 / 47 41 55 Mobil: 0179 / 118 9113 Website: www.mountains-and-more.de Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------- * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
