I agree. In fact, you may likely not even pick up your film SLR again. :-(
Oh for the halcyon days of film, that bygone era of innocence and bliss. Tom C. >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> >Subject: Re: Digital SLR Guide News - Best Budget DSLR >Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 16:56:31 +0000 > >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. > > >-- >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.
