Kristian, Where I am, I have found that the cost of print film is cheaper than slide film ($4 vs $5). The cost of develop-only C41 is cheaper than slide film ($2.30 vs $6.50). The net difference per roll is about $5.00. I also have better luck scanning negatives than slides. It seems that you need a bigger D-range in your scanner to really do slides well.
So my general operation is to shoot Fuji Reala, Konica Impressa 50, Kodak Supra & Portra and have develop-only done. Then scan (Minolta Scan Dual II) and print those I really want. Far cheaper than getting all those prints at the local lab. Bruce Dayton Thursday, December 20, 2001, 9:12:02 AM, you wrote: KW> Hi, KW> It's that time of year when we look back over the previous 12 months and KW> recoil in horror at how much we've paid for film and d&p (for those KW> without darkrooms, ie., me). KW> So, I was wondering about giving up on the print lark totally, and just KW> shooting slides from now on. Then, as current ink-jets seem to have KW> passed the PDML challenge ;-) maybe I should get a film scanner and an KW> inkjet and do up the "good" pictures on that. KW> I cannot do "real" darkroom work for practical reasons, so scan and KW> print is the only way of "doing-it-yourself" that I have open to me. I KW> guess that the better colour rendition of the slide material could get KW> me up to or better than most colour prints. KW> (B&W I can get done "develop-only", or I could finally have a look at KW> Agfa Scala film ;-) ) KW> What do you all think of this idea? KW> -- KW> Kristian KW> - KW> This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, KW> go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to KW> visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - 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 .
