Sorry to hear your scanner is giving you fits. Glad to hear Adorama still has this on sale for ya. If you get one, I think you'll enjoy it.
I should note my "black and white" comment is (so far) specific to C41 b&w. I do not currently have any images on normal b&w film. The abandoned/wrecked car? I don't know what model/year it is. I think someone here said they thought it was a 59 Ford though? Good luck! ~Nick On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 5:16 PM, Ann Sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote: > Nick David Wright wrote: > >> Oh wow. >> >> By different I didn't mean hard. I just meant you have to go at it a >> little differently than you do for digital camera images. Because I >> think that's where most folks have their problems. They expect >> scanning film to be just like a digital camera, and it isn't. >> >> It can be very very easy though. The V500 is an exceptional scanner >> (especially for the price), and I'm finding it very easy to use. Black >> and white particularly so. >> >> Don't let what anyone else has to say about it stop you. >> >> If you have a problem, ask; someone here is sure to know the solution. >> >> ~nick >> > > Nick - from my mouth to God's ears, apparently... I mentioned I'd have to > think about that scanner when my 1640 went south... > and my 1640 is heading rapidly in that direction now.... (litle green > lines - and Ive had some scratches for a while > > I got a little money for my birthday early... and so I trotted over to > Adorama - the NY store is an easy walk from my apt - > and looked at the beast -- for $112 (!) ) they are getting more in > tomorrow, sales guy said... and I expect I'll pick one up in a day or two.. > so then.... if I DO have a problem, you'll be the first to know hehe.. > > I'm used to scanning film and prints... I expect it not to be a battle - I > presume it will work fine on Windoze XP and will not > insist I upgrade my Adobe Elements 5.0 to 7 . > very glad to hear you say "black and white particularly so" too. > I have 40 years of shooting film and only 6 of digital - really want to get > into my archives and dig. > > Did you ever tell us what that car was , btw? > > ann > >> On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 9:27 AM, Eric Weir <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> On Dec 1, 2010, at 10:04 PM, Nick David Wright wrote: >>> >>> >>>> >>>> Scanning film is a good deal different than digital photography. >>>> >>> >>> I got an Epson V500 back when I started working my way back to >>> photography -- about a year ago. At the time I didn't want to hear about >>> digital, and have lots of slides and film of my own, and some from a >>> deceased brother, that I envisioned myself sorting through, prioritizing, >>> and then scanning. >>> >>> Everything I've read about the process since getting the scanner has been >>> so intimidating that I haven't ventured beyond scanning a few family photos >>> -- 15 or so -- just to make them available to other family members. This >>> thread has been somewhat intimidating, too. >>> >>> Nevertheless, I do want to get to my brother's stuff. It's all film, >>> there's not that much of it, and most of it's black and white. >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> Eric Weir >>> Decatur, GA USA >>> [email protected] >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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. > -- ~Nick David Wright http://www.nickdavidwright.net/ -- 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.

