William Robb wrote: > ----- 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 > >
The only real problem is the Minilab scans tend to be oversharpened. I do get the low-res scans for my 35mm C-41 stuff, since it's essentially free. I rescan at high res for anything I want to print. -Adam -- 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.
