Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/07/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]There is in fact a debate going on in the processing industry concerning the pricing of a CD. Cost of materials is a few cents, the real cost is the added scan time, in a high volume lab the extra scan time is a killer. Kodak and now Fuji are giving away a free CD with their better SUC cameras so I think inertia is keeping the CD's from every roll of film. Interestingly enough, the new Frontier models have change to a diode scanner with all the scanner features you associate with the upper end Nikon's. No grain, no scratches, no dust, great color balance. For the average American who shoots about five rolls of film a year, there is no reason to change to digital. WTH, just buy a $6.99 disposable with the free CD and pretend you are in the digital age. Don dorysrus@mindspring.com -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+dorysrus=mindspring.com@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+dorysrus=mindspring.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Brian Reid Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2004 4:33 AM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Reality Check re: Digital vs Film vs Cost > Kodak or Fuji > could produce a top notch filmscanner, sell it cheap in order to sell more > films - Both Kodak and Fuji already make top-of-the-line filmscanners. Kodak's is arguably the best in the business. They are sold not to consumers but to service bureaus. If film companies want to stay in business they will ensure that every film-processing place in the world delivers a top-quality digital scan of every negative, along with the print. Photo CD's did this, but the proprietary format has become ridiculous. Scanning is tedious work that only dedicated people ever get around to doing. Bundling scanning with film processing is the best hook. _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information