Re: Now this is why I wanted my own scanner

2010-12-07 Thread Ken Waller
Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "Ann Sanfedele" Subject: Re: Now this is why I wanted my own scanner Nick David Wright wrote: Oh wow. By different I didn't mean hard. I just meant you have to go

Re: Now this is why I wanted my own scanner

2010-12-07 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Nick David Wright wrote: Sorry to hear your scanner is giving you fits. Glad to hear Adorama still has this on sale for ya. If you get one, I think you'll enjoy it. I should note my "black and white" comment is (so far) specific to C41 b&w. I do not currently have any images on normal b&w film

Re: Now this is why I wanted my own scanner

2010-12-07 Thread Nick David Wright
Sorry to hear your scanner is giving you fits. Glad to hear Adorama still has this on sale for ya. If you get one, I think you'll enjoy it. I should note my "black and white" comment is (so far) specific to C41 b&w. I do not currently have any images on normal b&w film. The abandoned/wrecked car

Re: Now this is why I wanted my own scanner

2010-12-07 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Nick David Wright wrote: Oh wow. By different I didn't mean hard. I just meant you have to go at it a little differently than you do for digital camera images. Because I think that's where most folks have their problems. They expect scanning film to be just like a digital camera, and it isn't.

Re: Now this is why I wanted my own scanner

2010-12-02 Thread Eric Weir
On Dec 2, 2010, at 11:01 AM, Nick David Wright wrote: > By different I didn't mean hard > > It can be very very easy though. The V500 is an exceptional scanner > (especially for the price), and I'm finding it very easy to use. Black > and white particularly so. > > Don't let what anyone els

Re: Now this is why I wanted my own scanner

2010-12-02 Thread Nick David Wright
Oh wow. By different I didn't mean hard. I just meant you have to go at it a little differently than you do for digital camera images. Because I think that's where most folks have their problems. They expect scanning film to be just like a digital camera, and it isn't. It can be very very easy th

Re: Now this is why I wanted my own scanner

2010-12-02 Thread Eric Weir
On Dec 1, 2010, at 10:04 PM, Nick David Wright wrote: > Scanning film is a good deal different than digital photography. I got an Epson V500 back when I started working my way back to photography -- about a year ago. At the time I didn't want to hear about digital, and have lots of slides and

Re: Now this is why I wanted my own scanner

2010-12-01 Thread Walter Gilbert
Thanks for that info, Nick! Very helpful. I've found out that my local camera shop carries a decent variety of b/w film & supplies and develops for a pretty reasonable price. Maybe at some point, I'll get into developing my own film -- starting out with one of those cans. Thanks again.

Re: Now this is why I wanted my own scanner

2010-12-01 Thread Nick David Wright
Well, Macworld rated that scanner's quality as very good: http://www.macworld.com/reviews/product/405131/review/scanjet_g3110.html You really ought to give it a try. I'd almost bet the negative reviews come from people who don't take the time to learn what they're supposed to do. Scanning film i

Re: Now this is why I wanted my own scanner

2010-12-01 Thread Walter Gilbert
OK ... now that you've gotten me to try my hand at film photography, I need a scanner. Well, I have one now ... sort of. I've managed to inherit an HP Scanjet G3110, which does have a transparency carrier. Problem is, everything I've read about it says it's not very good at scanning nega

Re: Now this is why I wanted my own scanner

2010-11-28 Thread Nick David Wright
Me either. That's why I had my brief little fling with digital in 2009. I was so upset at the results from the lab's scanning. I'm so happy I got my own scanner. On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 2:44 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > When I was shooting film and having to send it out for processing, it > dar

Re: Now this is why I wanted my own scanner

2010-11-28 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
When I was shooting film and having to send it out for processing, it darn near made me stop. I don't know how a photographer can do Photography without control of the process. On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 9:00 AM, Nick David Wright wrote: > Got this film back from Walgreens a couple weeks back. I was

RE: Now this is why I wanted my own scanner

2010-11-28 Thread John Sessoms
From: Nick David Wright Got this film back from Walgreens a couple weeks back. I was really excited to see a photo I'd made of my little town's Baptist Church. I was disappointed when the scan came back really bad: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pedalingprose/5106011280/ I pulled the neg out thi

Re: Now this is why I wanted my own scanner

2010-11-28 Thread Walter Gilbert
Wow! I had no idea how badly those places could screw up a print! I mean, I knew they could do it. But, good Lord! I figured technology had taken some of that capacity away from them by now. It's a small consolation to know that, when I get my prints back and they look like crap compar

Now this is why I wanted my own scanner

2010-11-28 Thread Nick David Wright
Got this film back from Walgreens a couple weeks back. I was really excited to see a photo I'd made of my little town's Baptist Church. I was disappointed when the scan came back really bad: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pedalingprose/5106011280/ I pulled the neg out this morning to scan for mysel