RE: Photo CDs
A Photo CD? Absolutely. A Picture CD? Maybe. Len --- -Original Message- From: Treena Harp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 1:29 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Photo CDs For those of you who get images on photo CDs, is there enough resolution for a photo-quality 8x10? I've been wanting to practice retouching, but it's a real pain to drive several miles to the newspaper main office to use the negative scanner (which hasn't been doing very well lately, anyway), and this could be the solution I need. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Photo CDs
Yes, I have made several 8x10s from the CDs gotten from a one hour Wal-Mart lab. Even though it doesn't seem like there would be enough data, they look acceptable, specially for newspaper use... ;) -- Nick Wright http://www.wrightfoto.com/ -- From: Treena Harp [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Photo CDs Date: Fri, Apr 26, 2002, 1:28 PM For those of you who get images on photo CDs, is there enough resolution for a photo-quality 8x10? I've been wanting to practice retouching, but it's a real pain to drive several miles to the newspaper main office to use the negative scanner (which hasn't been doing very well lately, anyway), and this could be the solution I need. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
RE: Photo CDs
I found scans saved in .jpg 1500x1000 not quite enough for a photo quality 8x10, at 3000x2000 90% quality does 16x12's rather well printed to 200 dpi but 300 dpi 12x8 prints look best. --- Paris, Leonard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A Photo CD? Absolutely. A Picture CD? Maybe. Len --- -Original Message- From: Treena Harp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 1:29 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Photo CDs For those of you who get images on photo CDs, is there enough resolution for a photo-quality 8x10? I've been wanting to practice retouching, but it's a real pain to drive several miles to the newspaper main office to use the negative scanner (which hasn't been doing very well lately, anyway), and this could be the solution I need. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . __ Only a few days left to file! http://taxes.yahoo.ca - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Photo CDs
Speaking of negative and slide scanners, the price Club here in Canada has a line in stock I never heard of for only $199. Cdn. For you Americans that's pretty damn cheap. The box says it has a 4.2 dmax. Not bad - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Photo CDs
- Original Message - From: Richard Klein Subject: Photo CDs I tried getting a roll of film developed straight to a CD for the first time yesterday. I forget the brand name, but it wasn't a Kodak PhotoCD. The files on the CD were .jpg images, approximately 1480x1035, 24-bit color. I was a bit disappointed because that resolution doesn't allow for much zooming and cropping before you run into blatant pixellation. Is this the same for all photo CDs, or could I do better going with another lab? That is called a Picture CD. We make em at Wal-Mart for about 10 bucks. IMHO, they are a really cheap and cheerful product. They are scanned from the print, not the negative, so the quality is dependant on print quality (I would lay odds they made a set of prints from your negatives). Funny thing, we paid 10 grand (Canadian) for the equipment. I figure I could have bought the stuff retail for about 2000.00. William Robb - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Photo CDs
Richard. I'm going to try this next weekend with a roll or two i plan to take at our awards dinner for the horse year.I'll let you know how successful my lab does it. He has the Fuji system(version excapes me at the moment) Dave Begin Original Message From: Richard Klein [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 07:42:46 -0400 To: Pentax Discussion Mailing List (E-mail) pentax- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Photo CDs I tried getting a roll of film developed straight to a CD for the first time yesterday. I forget the brand name, but it wasn't a Kodak PhotoCD. The files on the CD were .jpg images, approximately 1480x1035, 24-bit color. I was a bit disappointed because that resolution doesn't allow for much zooming and cropping before you run into blatant pixellation. Is this the same for all photo CDs, or could I do better going with another lab? -Rich - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . End Original Message Pentax User Stouffville Ont Canada Sign up today for your Free E-mail at: http://www.canoe.ca/CanoeMail - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Photo CDs
that's true. i too had some my films done on photo CD by kodak and was really not happy with the pictures. not only resolution, even the colours too were not that good. normally those have a bit of red in them. so, finally i went in for scanner - HP S20 - relatively cheap and versatile enough. From: Richard Klein [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax Discussion Mailing List (E-mail) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Photo CDs Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 07:42:46 -0400 I tried getting a roll of film developed straight to a CD for the first time yesterday. I forget the brand name, but it wasn't a Kodak PhotoCD. The files on the CD were .jpg images, approximately 1480x1035, 24-bit color. I was a bit disappointed because that resolution doesn't allow for much zooming and cropping before you run into blatant pixellation. Is this the same for all photo CDs, or could I do better going with another lab? -Rich - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Photo CDs
On Thu, 4 Oct 2001, Richard Klein wrote: I tried getting a roll of film developed straight to a CD for the first time yesterday. I forget the brand name, but it wasn't a Kodak PhotoCD. The files on the CD were .jpg images, approximately 1480x1035, 24-bit color. I was a bit disappointed because that resolution doesn't allow for much zooming and cropping before you run into blatant pixellation. Is this the same for all photo CDs, or could I do better going with another lab? Both PictureCD and the PhotoNet CD scan to 1536x1024. You can request a high-res PhotoNet CD at 2000x3000, and this has much better quality. Or your lab may have a specialized high-res scan option for more money. chris - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
RE: Photo CDs
Oh yeah, they made prints. I took the prints because they were making them anyway, and I'm hoping to find some time today to try scanning them myself. I thought they'd have better scanners, though, and more scanning experience. I didn't think about whether they were making the CD from the prints or from the negatives. Perhaps if I ask the right questions they'd scan straight from the negatives next time. -Rich William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Richard Klein Subject: Photo CDs I tried getting a roll of film developed straight to a CD for the first time yesterday. I forget the brand name, but it wasn't a Kodak PhotoCD. The files on the CD were .jpg images, approximately 1480x1035, 24-bit color. I was a bit disappointed because that resolution doesn't allow for much zooming and cropping before you run into blatant pixellation. Is this the same for all photo CDs, or could I do better going with another lab? That is called a Picture CD. We make em at Wal-Mart for about 10 bucks. IMHO, they are a really cheap and cheerful product. They are scanned from the print, not the negative, so the quality is dependant on print quality (I would lay odds they made a set of prints from your negatives). Funny thing, we paid 10 grand (Canadian) for the equipment. I figure I could have bought the stuff retail for about 2000.00. William Robb - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Photo CDs
I've been using Kodak Photo CD service to digitize my slides over the last 3+ years and have been very happy with the results. Costs me locally about $1.50 to $2.00 US per image scan depending on the number of slides scanned. The CD has 5 resolutions per image, from 192X128 up to 3072X2048. I usually get over 100 scans per CD. these scans sometime require minor lightpoint and darkpoint adjustment and some minor color adjustment, which only take a minute or two along the way to sizing and printing or posting. I have only printed up to 8X10, but once I fire up my Epson 2000P we'll see how big these images can be and still be acceptable. There appears to be confusion about the different CD scanning services out there. From what I can tell, the Kodak picture CD service is limited to web postings or smallish prints. Kodak also offers a Photo CD Pro whicch allows scans up to 70mb, but cost over $20 per scan. I believe that with the Kodak Photo CD service, like other mass marketed processes, it will only be as good as the people doing the scanning. Ken Waller - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2001 12:07 PM Subject: Re: Photo CDs Rich wrote: I tried getting a roll of film developed straight to a CD for the first time yesterday. I forget the brand name, but it wasn't a Kodak PhotoCD. The files on the CD were .jpg images, approximately 1480x1035, 24-bit color. I was a bit disappointed because that resolution doesn't allow for much zooming and cropping before you run into blatant pixellation. Is this the same for all photo CDs, or could I do better going with another lab? First time I did that they were truely cheap and cheerful .jpg's of maybe 256K each onto a floppy. The second time it was closer to your experience. The images were still unsatisfactory. Lately I have tried more Kodak CD's. The first batch I tried worked out OK with images of 2000x3000 pixels available on the CD. Later I sent about 80 negatives and slides for scanning thru the local service. The results were OK again, but I did note some variation in quality of the final product. I thought some of the slides weren't scanned as well as before and I was surprised by some of the negatives...very good while others were just OK. I paid about $1.50 each to put the 80 images up. That's cheaper than the $600 I'd need for a good scanner and it didn't take any of my time, but I want better results! Regards, Bob S. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
