Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/02/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Marc, here's a suggestion if you want to continue using your film cameras but make digital prints until you get your darkroom up again. Shoot with C41 film (BW or color) and have the film developed at a drugstore that has a Fuji Frontier or similar machine. Get a CD of the scans (with or without prints). Download Picasa from Google (free, and much simpler than Photoshop). If you shoot in color, convert to BW in Picasa. You can even add filtration effects if you like during the conversion. Then print on your inkjet printer. Frontier scans make gorgeous prints up to about 6x9 inches. That's what I do. You may be surprised. No RIPs, no profiles, and cheap. All the images on my Smugmug site (see below) were done this way except the Vietnam and Memphis galleries, which I scanned from old negs. If you need handholding contact me offlist. -- Phil Swango 307 Aliso Dr SE Albuquerque, NM 87108 http://pswango.smugmug.com/ pswango(at)att.net