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Chad Hewitt wrote: > Dave Cohen wrote: > > Obviously, if you are a railfan intending to show slides at a show, then > > you are SOL with the negatives. > > I would disagree with you there Dave. There is technology to make > quality transparencies from any digital image. Of course there is technology for everything these days, but by moving beyond the simple choice of negative or slide (based on the immediate usage need), we are getting off track and beyond the scope of this list for most of the people that subscribe to it. By going to film recorder services, we are getting quite specialized here, and in the process, most likely losing most of this list's readers interest here. If we want to talk about film technology and all of its options today, then there are other mailing lists for this which would be much better for those topics because that is what those lists were intended for. Just keep in mind that SPORRS is a railroad photographer's list, and most people on it are only going to shoot slides to project, send in for publication (and some people trade), but some may still be interested in other technology. I don't mind mentioning it, and even explaining it a bit from time to time, but I really don't think that most people on this list want to go through the expense of converting film from one type to another, via digital or whatever reasons, just to get another type of film when most of us don't need or want to start with one just to get another. > I guess the one hitch here is to know how available and costly the above > mentioned reproduction equipment is via high end photo labs, to which I > have no knowledge... Anyone have any experience/ideas on that aspect? Yes, I do, and film recorder services are not cheap, and you still end up with a dupe, which, publishers frown upon (most won't accept dupes of any kind for publication - they have to scan them again). There is no substitute for an original, so there is no sense purposely duping to another type just to show the technology, unless you actually need to alter the irreplaceable image in the process (hopefully justifies the expense), or to do a trade show demo to sell the technology. Regards, Dave Dave Cohen Photographer, Member ASMP Action Photographic Webmaster [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.anet-stl.com/acphotog/home/ ======================================================= -> SPORRS: 'Serious Photographers Of Railroad Related Subjects' -> Web Site: http://www.anet-stl.com/acphotog/sporrs/ -> Message © 1998 SPORRS® - All Rights Reserved =======================================================
