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> From: herb greenslade [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 12 January 2002 23:57
> To: Pentax User's group
> Subject: Re: Inexpensive Photo Scanner v. PhotoCD
>
>
> Just to give you my experience for neg or slide scanning.
>
> When PhotoCD's first came out I was very excited. First it
> allowed me to have a virtual darkroom, especially when the first
> Epson Colour Ink Jet that came out shortly afterwards. After
> tax each roll of 36 cost me about $50. cdn. The equivalent with
> 4x5 proof prints from a custom lab would have cost about 10%
> more so I was "saving", But eventually it still became too
> expensive. (by the way, my price was about $1.00 per print,
> in Pop Photo. at the time, US lab costs for Photo CD's were all
> over the map and in US$$).
>
> When digital cameras started giving images at 1 mg, and the
> price was under $1000 cdn, I thought well maybe it's time to go
> digital. But while looking at the reviews for the best buy, I
> found out that I could get a neg scanner for about the same money,
> would give me about 50% quality as a PhotoCD, and I still
> can't buy a digital camera that gives me the same size file for
> under $3000 - $5000.
>
> I've used my scanner as a substitute for contact sheets (this
> is how I have justified the cost) and for those that have pored
> over contact sheets, be envious, because I have an 800x600
> image on a 15 inch screen to determine whether I really like the
> frame or not. and even using a catalogue software, I go
> through images that are at least 2x or more larger than those on a
> normal contact.
>
> For a quality print with proper colour correction, I would
> still opt to go to a lab for something 8x11 or bigger as I
> still don't feel
> that secure about my colour perceptions. I would also
> probably get a PhotoCD scan if I were to send out a digitalized photo
> say for publication (again because the labs have the talent)
> and for several frames, I could justify the cost of $7.00 per
> picture.
>
> The down side about scanning, time to scan, which is dead
> time. As with anything on the computer one waits, and a minute of
> waiting in computer time seems like an hour in real time.
> Also a roll of 36 colour (neg, slide or the new C-41 b&w) takes up a
> whole evening. And there is nothing more magical than
> seeing an image appear on photo paper. The computer is very
> pragmatic.
>
> The up side, no darkroom to clean at 11.00 pm when you want
> to retire. Also you can do things with software, that are almost
> impossible to achieve by even the best labs.
>
> Oh, I have a first generation Minolta Dimage Scan Dual, rated
> at 2800 dpi, and at about 3.0+ dynamic range. Also with the
> money I would have saved, I bought a Z1p. This was really
> hard to rationalize with my wife (g)
>
> herb
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