Check the EXIF on the scans, if it says Fujifilm or Noritsu, the "Pro" Lab just ran them through the same machine as the cheap lab, at 3 times the cost. A proper scan from a "Pro" lab should come from an Imacon/Hasselblad or similar scanner, or at least a high-end Nikon.
-Adam On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 1:55 PM, Nick Wright <[email protected]> wrote: > G, > > This is why I am so upset. I went to a "pro" lab and had expensive > "high quality" scans done. And I am just not happy with the quality. > > On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 11:36 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> > wrote: >> On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 7:54 AM, Nick Wright <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> The bottom line is that I really truly prefer film. I prefer the look. >>> I prefer the process. >>> >>> Thanks for the input. >> >> If you prefer the look and the process of working with film, I'd >> recommend either buying a top-notch film scanner and learning to do >> that yourself or incorporating in your process having professional >> quality scans done by either a local pro service that you build a >> relationship with or using ScanCafe.com on their quick turnaround, pro >> service. >> >> I see nothing wrong with someone preferring film capture and wanting >> to work with it digitally post-capture. For me, it's a slow, difficult >> and expensive process ... I find it gets in my way ... but I also love >> the look of film combined with the ease and quality of digital image >> management and processing. >> >> If that's what you prefer to do, you simply have to find the way to do >> it that satisfies your quality and workflow desires. Your expectations >> of quality, cost and convenience should also be metered by the >> limitations of the medium... both that of film itself and of the >> scanning process ... of course. >> -- >> Godfrey >> Â godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com >> >> -- >> 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. > -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- 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.
