The review by four pros I asked about them was that the job was better than they could do. All of them have been scanning film for a long time, professionally. Now if only I could find the name...
Godfrey - www.gdgphoto.com On Apr 25, 2008, at 1:34 PM, Mishka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > the only problem with that is that they almost certainly screw it up. > or, at least, try to get away with minimum amount of work done. > it's kinda like doing prints at CVS vs. printing yourself. > > c19/frame means that they will never even look at what comes up on > the screen > > best, > mishka > > On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 12:24 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> However, if you have a *huge amount* of 35mm film negatives and >> slides >> to scan ... read that more than 100 ... it is almost certainly worth >> having it done professionally at a good service rather than buying a >> film scanner. There's a place that was written up in one of the >> professional magazines recently (I can't remember the name or the >> magazine just at the moment ... I'll see if I can find it later on >> today) that does a very very good job (likely better than anything >> you >> can do with consumer grade equipment like the above), rapid >> turnaround, and charges 19 to 25 cents per scan. 1000 scans for $250 >> will save you money on the scanner and many weeks of your time. >> >> Godfrey >> >> >> On Apr 25, 2008, at 8:06 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> Slightly off topic, but I know this group will have a wealth of >>> information. >>> >>> I am looking at converting a huge amount of 35mm film negative, and >>> 35mm >>> slides into digital format. I know that to do this best, I will >>> need to >>> purchase a dedicated film scanner. I have done some preliminary >>> reserarch >>> on Amazon, and am a little overwhelmed with the choices. I'm >>> willing to >>> spend somewhere around $300 US as of right now, and am hoping that >>> ya'll >>> might be able to provided me with some of your own opinions. >>> >>> Hardware: >>> I already have several USB and Firewire external hard drives as >>> well as >>> a DVD burner. >>> My primary computer is an Intel-chipped MacBook >>> I have access to a IBM Thinkpad X61, but this is a work computer, >>> and I >>> prefer to use the Mac. >>> >>> So, on that note, all comments are welcome, and appreciated. >> >> >> -- >> 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.
