[Leica] OT: Film AND Digital?

[lambroving at worldnet.att.net (William G. Lamb, III)]

Jim,

For a couple of years I've been having my local camera shop in the wilds of 
western NJ do high-res scans with the processing of my color negative and 
prints. They have a newish Agfa machine and the operator is a lady who has 
been with this store for 15+ years. I know the owner of the shop and always 
make a polite fuss whenever I go in and make it clear that my negs are NOT 
consumer P&S stuff.

Bottom line, the scans are usually excellent, 4 - 6 MB files, 3000x2000 at 
400 dpi. They require little or no PS. I've mailed a few which were 
subsequently used for magazine covers. The printer in Birmingham, UK had no 
trouble with them it would appear. Cost of the CD was in line with Didier's 
experience. I have NO time to mess around, given my "day job", so this 
work-flow definitely works for me! :-) Maybe it's just a matter of finding 
the right shop or lab? I also ask for and get ~ 20% "professional discount" 
when I bring in several rolls.

William

At 10:17 AM 12/05/2004 -0600, you wrote:
>Anyone had any good experiences with mass market scanning of film? I've 
>seen some on the list who use film but have it scanned to CD. Is the 
>quality good? I mainly use Leica M and Canon SLR and don't have access to 
>a darkroom but would love to get into digital printing without the expense 
>of buying a good scanner. (I know...cheap ;)
>
>Jim