----- Original Message ----- From: "Glen Tortorella" Subject: Re: Wal-Mart and film processing (Long winded)
> > In any case, what do yo recommend for a scanner? I happen to like the scanners that are attached to the printers at minilabs. Let someone else do the donkey work for you. You are getting film processed anyway, so get a high res CD made at the time of processing. There are a couple of quality levels available. Yer basic, low end CD will be about 1000x1500 pixels, which isn't good for anything past a 5x7 or so print, but you can also get a 2000x3000 pixel file, which is good for most applications. Note, I am not familiar with what Fuji is outputting, only Noritsu, but I expect Fuji must have something similar. The more recent (3000 series and on) Noritsu machines have Digital Ice built into the scanning software, so dust isn't an issue. The only drawback is that they aren't supporting 16 bit files, so you will want to convert to 16 bit when you open them. Don't let anyone tell you that you can't open a jpeg and work on it and resave it without losing quality. You can, just save as a tiff or psd. If you can find a friendly and knowledgable person at a department store lab who knows how to set things up, you might even be able to get high res CDs from a Wal-Mart style lab at a favourable price. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
