On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 11:52 PM, Nick Wright <[email protected]> wrote: > I keep trying to "go digital," but I just can't.
If Frank can do it, any one can do it Dave > > I just love film. > > On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 10:38 PM, Bruce Dayton <[email protected]> > wrote: >> What is this 'film' thing you keep mentioning. >> >> I feel your pain. We have largely gone to a digital world and that >> means that less and less film is being used. Less and less attention >> is being paid to it by the labs. You want to do it good, you have to >> do it yourself. I have been scanning for the past week or two with >> my Minolta Scan Dual II and do not enjoy it. I am so done with film. >> >> -- >> Best regards, >> Bruce >> >> >> Thursday, March 18, 2010, 8:04:24 PM, you wrote: >> >> NW> I have been fighting with bad scans for quite a while now. >> >> NW> By bad I mean images that when viewed at 100% look as though shot with >> NW> a cheap digicam. >> >> NW> So today I took a roll of film to a "pro" lab in the big city and paid >> NW> about three times as much as the discount stores charge to get some >> NW> "good" scans from my roll of film. >> >> NW> Imagine my disappointment when I get the CD in the machine and >> NW> discover the same kind of cheap looking scan. >> >> NW> Here's an example: >> NW> http://www.flickr.com/photos/pedalingprose/4443788489/sizes/o/ >> >> NW> Turns out the sharpening method I used exaggerated the effect, but I'm >> NW> leaving it as such for the time being so everyone can see what I'm >> NW> referring to. >> >> NW> See especially in the dark areas? That's not grain, that's digital >> NW> noise ... unless I am completely mistaken. >> >> NW> And I'm really sick of it. Is there no one left that makes good scans >> NW> from a roll of film? Help! >> >> >> >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > -- > 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. > -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- 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.
