Well...
You get the film developed. Use a pro lab or similar.
Then get the film scanned. Use a the good old Nikon Coolscan - mine is a
Coolscan 4000 ED. Not bad at all.
Or use a lab of great reputation.
Then edit your images in Photoshop or any equivalent image editor (GIMP).
This is what I do.
I found out, that the scanning is everything.
I initially scanned my Pentax 67 shots myself using my Epson 3200 Perfection
flatbed scanner. This is simply not good enough. A true film scanner really
makes a big difference. I'd like to buy a Nikon Coolscan 9000. But they are too
expensive. So, Iøll send my best shot to a lab using this Nikon scanner or an
Imacon scanner. A have yet to see the result of this. But when I use my flatbed
scanner I can get no better resolution than a 14 MP digital camera. That's not
good enough, I think.
I am buying a great looking Pentax LX (reparied from the sticky mirror syndrom
i Japan) this week :-)
When I joined the PDML 10 years ago or so, everybody was going on and on about
the great Pentax LX.
I recently got a K2, a K1000 and a Pentax ES. And now I'm really looking
foreward to getting some 35mm tolls back from my favorite lab :-).
Regards
Jens
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On Feb 9, 2011 20:29 "John Sessoms" <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: Walter Gilbert
> > So, I now have this K1000 and a decent array of lenses to use on
> > it.
> > Having finally figured out how to properly operate the camera after
> > wasting one roll of Fuji Superia X-tra 400 due to the fact that I
> > opened
> > the back of the camera prematurely thinking I had it completely
> > wound
> > (didn't realize I had to press the button on the bottom plate), and
> > nearly wasting a roll of Kodak Plus-X 125 by not properly affixing
> > it to
> > the advance mechanism (didn't securely set the notches onto the
> > teeth),
> > I think it's time I ask for a little guidance before I proceed any
> > further.
> >
> > I have three different types of film and thought I'd ask the
> > experienced
> > film shooters if there's anything I can do to get better images out
> > of
> > them -- any quirks or characteristics I should be mindful of, or
> > specific uses or conditions any of them particularly excel at. I
> > have
> > the following:
> >
> > 2 rolls Plus-X 125
> > 3 rolls BW400CN
> > 4 rolls UltraMax 400
> >
> > What do I need to know from here?
> >
>
> The Plus-X is a traditional B&W film.
>
> The BW400CN & UltraMax 400 are Process C-41 (color negative like from
> a
> one hour mini-lab).
>
> If you take the Plus-X to a mini-lab it will mess up the film.
>
> Same thing if you try to develop the other two using traditional B&W
> chemistry.
>
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