I would avoid investing in a scanner at this point. I would estimate that about nineteen out of twenty film users who have tried digital stuck with it. Yes, a few have gone back to film. But unless fine-art BW photography is your ultimate goal, in the long run you'll spend less and do more with digital. Paul -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Glen Tortorella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Thank you, Adam. How do you feel about the all-in-one printers? The > Canon PIXMA MP810 and Epson RX680 look pretty nice, but I am no expert. > > Glen > > On Sep 26, 2007, at 10:20 AM, Adam Maas wrote: > > > For printer's you can't do better than the Epson R2x0 series. The > > higher-priced R3x0's are the same printers with more features > > (LCD's, DVD trays) but identical print quality. I've got the R320 > > myself and the print quality is superb on good paper (I use Epson > > Premium Luster). Ink is always expensive until you get into the pro > > models (Where the tanks are expensive, but hold 10-100x as much ink). > > > > For scanners, I'd look at the Epson 4490 with a pair of > > Betterscanning.com 35mm ANR inserts, or a used Minolta Scan Dual > > III or IV and a copy of Vuescan (The minolta software doesn't work > > on 10.4, it will work on 10.3) > > > > -Adam > > > > > > Glen Tortorella wrote: > >> Thank you, Adam. I have a relatively recent iMac (running 10 point > >> something), but the printer I own was given to me, and it is an older > >> one (an inkjet) with mediocre poor print quality and expensive > >> cartridges ($30 at Wal-Mart). Thus, if I take your advice and go the > >> scanner route, I would have to buy a scanner and printer. What would > >> about $200 or so (for each) buy? I gather the new inkjets are a good > >> deal better than those made five or ten years ago? The older inkjets > >> I have seen make digital photos look like a study in Seuratian > >> pointilism and blue-is-green-black-is-purple color variance. > >> > >> Glen > >> > >> On Sep 25, 2007, at 9:59 PM, Adam Maas wrote: > >> > >>> Get a scanner, and you can do the same with your film stuff. All my > >>> film > >>> work (and I'm only shooting film now) is scanned and printed with an > >>> inkjet. It works pretty well for me. > >>> > >>> -Adam > >>> > >>> > >>> Glen Tortorella wrote: > >>>> Good commentary, Godfrey. Have you read Rebekah's remarks? I tend > >>>> to think that this is just another financial black hole. On the > >>>> surface, I think: great! I can just get a good deal on a DSLR, > >>>> buy a > >>>> rreasonably-priced printer, hook it up to my IMac, and make as many > >>>> prints as I wish, but then there are those "hidden" costs...ink, > >>>> paper, software, and who knows what else... > >>>> > >>>> Perhaps this is why I have tried to remain ignorant of the DSLR > >>>> world. > >>>> > >>>> Thanks, > >>>> Glen > >>>> > >>>> On Sep 25, 2007, at 9:16 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> Glen Tortorella wrote: > >>>>>> While I have been resistant to digital for quite some time, I > >>>>>> find > >>>>>> this article interesting. The idea of getting a good "budget" > >>>>>> DSLR > >>>>>> has crossed my mind, but I know so little about working within > >>>>>> the > >>>>>> DSLR format that I cannot get motivated to buy one. I tend to > >>>>>> like > >>>>>> prints. Thus, I ask the supremely elementary question: how does > >>>>>> one > >>>>>> turn the zeros and ones stored in the DSLR's memory into prints? > >>>>>> Would a computer and/or scanner be necessary (I do not have a > >>>>>> scanner, but I do have an iMac), or can a camera shop or photo > >>>>>> lab > >>>>>> supply the means to do this if one does not have a scanner? > >>>>> You're asking these questions as if you knew nothing at all, > >>>>> which I > >>>>> suspect isn't quite true. > >>>>> > >>>>> - No scanner is used when you're using a digital camera. Scanners > >>>>> are > >>>>> used to capture film and print images into digital images. A > >>>>> digital > >>>>> camera produces digital images. > >>>>> > >>>>> - You print a digital camera's photos the same way you print > >>>>> anything > >>>>> else: to a printer connected to either camera or computer, to an > >>>>> online print service having moved the image files from camera to > >>>>> computer, or by using a printer kiosk at a local store. > >>>>> > >>>>> - If you have an iMac, you connect the camera to the computer with > >>>>> its supplied cable. By default, iPhoto (supplied on every Apple > >>>>> system by default) will start up and download all the > >>>>> photographs so > >>>>> you can sort, show, and print them, to either a connected printer > >>>>> via > >>>>> a print service on the internet. > >>>>> > >>>>>> And, finally, how does the K100D compare to the Nikon...the > >>>>>> D40 or > >>>>>> D50, I gather? > >>>>> A matter of opinion. They all work well at the level of questions > >>>>> you > >>>>> are posing. If you already have Pentax lenses, it makes sense > >>>>> to buy > >>>>> a Pentax DSLR: it will save you money. If you don't have Pentax > >>>>> lenses, pick whichever one feels best in your hands and enjoy > >>>>> it ... > >>>>> they all work better than the majority of owners can exploit. > >>>>> > >>>>> Godfrey > >>>>> > >>>>> -- > >>>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >>>>> PDML@pdml.net > >>>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >>>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >>> PDML@pdml.net > >>> 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 > > PDML@pdml.net > > 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 > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions.
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