You know, I somehow doubt that they're machine processing Silver based B&W.
On 5/29/2012 1:41 PM, Joseph McAllister wrote:
Their processor scans the film as it exits the dryer, writes the resultant data
to CD. Little or no followup accounting for exposure error. Their scanner is
calibrated to do the best with the images their machine provides.
If you process your own, you most likely cut it into strips of 6 or 4, which
they would have to feed through their scanner one strip at a time. It's
unlikely that your negs would match the calibrated gamma their scanner is
expecting.
My thoughts on the subject, subject to re-interpretation by folks who know what
they are talking about.
Joseph McAllister
Lots of gear, not much time
On May 29, 2012, at 10:23 , Kenton Brede wrote:
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.
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