To add further fuel to the fire of "Digital Imaging" vs. "Real Photography"
I submit my latest experience.
I normally scan my slides on a CrappyScan(tm) flatbed scanner so that I can
post photographs (images?) on the web. 99% of my slides are Fuji Velvia
which gives me the vibrant colors, fine grain, etc that I prefer. The scans
are horrible which is probably what puts the bad taste in my mouth for
digital imaging. Now, I know I can buy a better scanner but that's just not
in the budget right now.
Regardless, I was trying to come up with an idea for a first anniversary
gift for my wife and I decided to get prints of a couple of tomato flowers
that I photographed at life size. The color and three dimensional quality
of the slides is fantastic and because I used a small flash and small
aperture the background is black making the yellow flowers that much more
vibrant.
Being the procrastinator that I am I didn't have time to have an
internegative made and then prints so I walked into the local one-hour photo
lab and proceeded to use the Kodak Picture Maker.
First I was surprised that they had a slide/negative scanner connected to
the system, next I was surprised that it ran on a SUN workstation. Thinking
that I'd get an ok print I put my slides in and started the first print.
Let me just say that I was amazed at the quality of the finished print! It
is clear, with wonderful color and tack sharp. The second 8x10 was just as
perfect. I'm not sure what printer is used but I can say that I am sold on
this product. You can't get anything larger than an 8x10 but for that size
it worked extremely well. I don't normally get prints made so I'm not sure
how cost effective this is but it cost me US$17.00 for two 8x10's.
Has anyone else had experience with this product? Am I so far behind in
technology that my reaction is overstated?
Christian Skofteland
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