Re: Prints from slides questions

[Alan Chan]

I use a local lab which prints slides on Kodak LED digital printer. I had a Sensia 100 slide print on 11x16.5" Kodak paper recently and the result is great. It was able to reproduce the colour and shaded areas of the slides nicely. My sister can see no problem with the print. But inspect closely, I can still some noise which I believe was caused during the PS manuplication. However, since my "untrained" sister said it's great, I think it's good enough for most people for display purpose. I think for traditional prints, Ilfochrome & Fuji are the best.

regards,
Alan Chan

I've been shooting a lot of slides lately and took a few to a local digital
print place for some quick enlargements. I didn't expect them to measure up
to a custom print but I didn't expect them to be trash either. I thought I'd
get something usable from a commercial lab but they were awful. No contrast,
colors were off, highlights were washed out. Just terrible. Now to my
questions:

The slides had to be scanned somehow. Are scanners that bad at reading color
slides? If what I got is the best a film scanner can do then I've lost all
interest in buying one.

What process do you recommend for printing from slides? Is the consensus
that Ilfochrome is better or does the Kodak Ektachrome paper yield a better
print? Any differences that I should be aware of?

Thanks for any info you can provide.

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