Thats true, Paul. I almost forgot :-) Regards Jens -- Treat others as you would like to be treated yourself.
On Feb 3, 2009 19:10 "Paul Stenquist" <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> wrote: > I had almost forgotten about the scratching problem. (I'm blocking > that bad memory:-) I was having a heck of a time trying to find an > affordable C41 lab that wouldn't scratch the film and render it > useless for scanning. (Or at least very difficult to fix.) The pro lab > that processed my 6x7 E-6 would always put a crease in the end frame > with their clamp. And they sometimes scratched the film as well. Don't > miss any of it one bit. > Paul > On Feb 3, 2009, at 12:46 PM, John Francis wrote: > > > On Tue, Feb 03, 2009 at 06:49:08AM -0800, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > >> > >> On Feb 3, 2009, at 1:02 AM, Jens wrote: > >> > >>> Sometimes I want the film-days back.... Those where the days, > >>> ehh? > >> > >> Nope, not for me. > >> > >> Godfrey > > > > Nor me. > > > > The first problem was finding somewhere that would develop your > > film > > without scratching it. And when they did scratch it they would > > insist > > that it must have been your camera, not their processing (although > > it > > was a bit hard to explain how, in that case, the camera had managed > > to scratch a partially-exposed roll of film while it was still > > rolled > > up in the film cassete). > > > > As for printing - good luck on finding somewhere that got the > > colours > > anywhere close to right. Film scanning was hard to find, > > initially, > > and either terrible quality or seriously expensive. I did my own, > > but that was time-consuming. And, of course, there was all the > > work > > of getting rid of the inevitable dust spots. While the good > > scanners > > came close to getting the colours right on negative film, there was > > always some adjustment necessary, even if you were within the gamut > > of both the film and the scanner (which were not necessarily > > close). > > But at least if you scanned it yourself you could send a profiled > > image file to the pro labs, and get back a pretty good print. > > > > Eventually I switched to pretty much only shooting Provia 100F > > where > > possible; it scanned well, and had a pretty realistic colour > > palette. > > But finding reliable E6 processing got harder and harder; the big > > pro > > labs closed down, and even a little lab I found closed when the > > owner > > moved to Carmel to live with his amorata. > > > > Film only saves time if you stay out of the digital realm entirely, > > and are prepared to pay somebody handsomely to realise your images. > > The minute you decide you want the control of your images that you > > get with a digital darkroom you're going to spend just as much time > > with an image editor, even before you add in the time for scanning > > and dust removal. > > > > > > -- > > 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.
