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Kenneth Waller http://tinyurl.com/272u2f ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Digital SLR Guide News - Best Budget DSLR >I buy only one size paper -- 13 x19. For 8x 10 or 8x12 (which is closer to >full frame for both 35mm film and digital), I print two pictures per sheet >and cut them out with a T-square and box cutter. For 5 x 7, I print four >per sheet. And of course I also print the occasional 18 x 12 or 13 x 19 >(with borderless printing turned on). Epson Premium Luster is my most used >sheet, but I also print on Epson Premium Presentation Matte (formerly Epson >Enhanced Matte) and Epson Fine Art. > Paul > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > From: Glen Tortorella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Thanks, Adam. I did some research on the Epson R3x0 series. The >> R380 looks nice (at about $100). I looked up the Epson Luster paper >> you have mentioned. It seems like nice paper, but appears to be >> offered only in one size, 8.5x11. I tend to like the standard >> framing sizes, especially 5x7 and 8x10, and, thus, here is another >> elementary question: how can I obtain these sizes using this paper? >> Perhaps some type of cutting would be involved? Also, since this >> paper is rather expensive, it seems rather wasteful to "downsize" the >> print size. >> >> Thanks, >> Glen >> >> On Sep 26, 2007, at 12:32 PM, Adam Maas wrote: >> >> > Good printers, at least the Epson 6-ink ones (they use the same >> > print engine as the R2/300's). The scanners in them are really only >> > suitable for documents and prints, I wouldn't even bother trying to >> > get decent neg/slide scans out of them. >> > >> > -Adam >> > >> > >> > Glen Tortorella wrote: >> >> 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 to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
