I agree. I have all these great film cameras and a great selection of
lenses that I love to use. I also have two good scanners that do a
decent job. But, scanning is slow and cloning out dust spots is
tedious. Not to mention the cost of buying and processing a roll of
slide film...especially here in Canada. It's not really worth $20 or
more when you keep only a few shots per roll. Since I got the K20d
three months ago my film usage has fallen off. I'm afraid that the
K20d will be the final nail in my film coffin.
At 10:52 PM -0500 3/18/10, Nick Wright wrote:
I keep trying to "go digital," but I just can't.
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.
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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!
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