Jens, The LX will be incredibly small and light in your hands. Move fast, be decisive, capture the moment.. Regards, Bob S.
On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 5:22 PM, Jens <p...@planfoto.dk> wrote: > Well... > You get the film developed. Use a pro lab or similar. > Then get the film scanned. Use a the good old Nikon Coolscan - mine is a > Coolscan 4000 ED. Not bad at all. > Or use a lab of great reputation. > Then edit your images in Photoshop or any equivalent image editor (GIMP). > This is what I do. > I found out, that the scanning is everything. > > I initially scanned my Pentax 67 shots myself using my Epson 3200 Perfection > flatbed scanner. This is simply not good enough. A true film scanner really > makes a big difference. I'd like to buy a Nikon Coolscan 9000. But they are > too expensive. So, Iøll send my best shot to a lab using this Nikon scanner > or an Imacon scanner. A have yet to see the result of this. But when I use my > flatbed scanner I can get no better resolution than a 14 MP digital camera. > That's not good enough, I think. > > I am buying a great looking Pentax LX (reparied from the sticky mirror > syndrom i Japan) this week :-) > > When I joined the PDML 10 years ago or so, everybody was going on and on > about the great Pentax LX. > > I recently got a K2, a K1000 and a Pentax ES. And now I'm really looking > foreward to getting some 35mm tolls back from my favorite lab :-). > > Regards > Jens > > > > > > > > > -- > Treat others as you would like to be treated yourself. > > On Feb 9, 2011 20:29 "John Sessoms" <jsessoms...@nc.rr.com> wrote: >> From: Walter Gilbert >> > So, I now have this K1000 and a decent array of lenses to use on >> > it. >> > Having finally figured out how to properly operate the camera after >> > wasting one roll of Fuji Superia X-tra 400 due to the fact that I >> > opened >> > the back of the camera prematurely thinking I had it completely >> > wound >> > (didn't realize I had to press the button on the bottom plate), and >> > nearly wasting a roll of Kodak Plus-X 125 by not properly affixing >> > it to >> > the advance mechanism (didn't securely set the notches onto the >> > teeth), >> > I think it's time I ask for a little guidance before I proceed any >> > further. >> > >> > I have three different types of film and thought I'd ask the >> > experienced >> > film shooters if there's anything I can do to get better images out >> > of >> > them -- any quirks or characteristics I should be mindful of, or >> > specific uses or conditions any of them particularly excel at. I >> > have >> > the following: >> > >> > 2 rolls Plus-X 125 >> > 3 rolls BW400CN >> > 4 rolls UltraMax 400 >> > >> > What do I need to know from here? >> > >> >> The Plus-X is a traditional B&W film. >> >> The BW400CN & UltraMax 400 are Process C-41 (color negative like from >> a >> one hour mini-lab). >> >> If you take the Plus-X to a mini-lab it will mess up the film. >> >> Same thing if you try to develop the other two using traditional B&W >> chemistry. >> >> >> ----- >> No virus found in this message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 10.0.1204 / Virus Database: 1435/3431 - Release Date: >> 02/08/11 >> >> >> -- >> 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.
