Oh yeah, they made prints. I took the prints because they were making them anyway, and I'm hoping to find some time today to try scanning them myself. I thought they'd have better scanners, though, and more scanning experience. I didn't think about whether they were making the CD from the prints or from the negatives. Perhaps if I ask the right questions they'd scan straight from the negatives next time.
-Rich William Robb wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Richard Klein" > Subject: Photo CDs > > > > I tried getting a roll of film developed straight to a CD for > the first time > > yesterday. I forget the brand name, but it wasn't a Kodak > PhotoCD. The > > files on the CD were .jpg images, approximately 1480x1035, > 24-bit color. I > > was a bit disappointed because that resolution doesn't allow > for much > > zooming and cropping before you run into blatant pixellation. > Is this the > > same for all photo CDs, or could I do better going with > another lab? > > That is called a Picture CD. We make em at Wal-Mart for about 10 > bucks. IMHO, they are a really cheap and cheerful product. They > are scanned from the print, not the negative, so the quality is > dependant on print quality (I would lay odds they made a set of > prints from your negatives). > Funny thing, we paid 10 grand (Canadian) for the equipment. I > figure I could have bought the stuff retail for about 2000.00. > William Robb - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
