So I decided a few weeks ago to give film a try. I bought a couple old Pentax cameras and started shooting. Locally we have a camera shop that will develop black and white film and scan to disk. So I shot a few rolls and really liked the process of shooting a manual film camera. So I thought I'd go a little deeper and start developing the negatives and have the same shop scan them for me. So I worked with the owner and bought all the chemicals. I mixed the D-76 and Fixer last night in preparation of developing three rolls tonight. So I called them this morning and asked what the price would be to scan three rolls. This is the breakdown:
Prices for them to develop one roll of B&W and scan to disk. $5.25 developing fee, $3.99 for the scan to CD = $9.24 Prices for them to scan my negatives, 36 frames. 69 cents per image, $3.99 for CD = $28.83 I asked why they were charging so much more for doing less work, and the answer was, after consulting management, "We give a price break on the scanning, if you develop your film here." Needless to say, I won't be developing my negatives tonight. Anyway, just a rant. Sorry it was so long. I know there are cheaper scanning alternatives online. I really didn't want to purchase a scanner right away. I wanted to wait to make sure I was going to stick with film, before buying a scanner. But at those prices it wouldn't take long for the scanner to pay for itself. -- Kent Brede http://kentonbrede.com/ -- 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.
