Steve, One big thing to look for when doing negatives is the ability to batch scan. Saves alot of time. Use Vuescan, lock in the settings and scan a whole strip or roll unattended. Some of the Minolta scanners do that. I'm not sure on the Nikons or Canons.
Bruce Wednesday, December 18, 2002, 3:59:27 PM, you wrote: SP> Good advice Mishka, SP> Now, how about a scanner for the negatives? Any SP> suggestions out there for a good scanner in the $500 SP> range, that produces good results for prints up to SP> 8x10, from negatives? SP> Thanks again SP> --- Mishka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> It is quite normal to have prints completely screwed >> up by the lab. Even a >> pretty good (read: expensive) lab. OTOH, it's much >> more difficult to screw >> up the film, since it's mostly automated. The "white >> out" on the faces is >> much more likely to show up on slides than on >> negative film, since the >> latter has much more lattitude, so if your slides >> are OK, I wouldn't worry >> about the negs. Scan them and adjust the >> colors/contrast/etc yourself -- >> that seems to one sure way to guarantee consistent >> results. >> As far as scanning goes, if you are going to do it >> in the same lab that made >> your prints, what makes you think they are going to >> do a better job there? >> Best, >> Mishka >> SP> __________________________________________________ SP> Do you Yahoo!? SP> Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. SP> http://mailplus.yahoo.com
