Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/02/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]If you have the time and patience, good film / scanner combination still kicks major butt. In the last few years we all seem to have contracted "digital attention deficit disorder" May I propose a the acronym DADDy? :) Eric ps. Still love that C-41 TCN film (or BWpro.. whateve..r) On 2/15/06, Richard S. Taylor <r.s.taylor@comcast.net> wrote: > > Nathan - Contrasty or not they're still nice photos. Next time you > might try letting the file processor scan the negatives for you and > avoid the work. I get back a CD with my negatives (and no prints) > for about $10.00 US per roll. These commercial scans have been fine > for web posting and prints to about 8x10in. Almost everything I've > posted has been scanned this way. I've only had to rescan a couple > of frames for one reason or another. > > Regards, > > Dick > Boston MA > > > >When I went to London last week, I took my CL and Tri-X, partly for old > >times' sake and partly because I wanted to travel really light (and I > >knew there would not be much time for photography). I did spend a > >pleasant afternoon in the company of Peter Dzwig in and around > >Guildford, and we did take some pictures. I must admit that it felt kind > >of nice to pick up the film from the lab on Sunday (for the first time > >in a year), but that nice feeling disappeared in about 30 seconds once I > >started scanning the film ;-) In any event, the results can be seen here: > >http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws/?page_id=12 > >I took Tri-X in anticipation of typical English weather, but of course > >the sun was shining brightly all day, so the negatives ended up more > >contrasty than I would have liked. > > > >Once again, thanks to Peter for taking the time to show me around his > >beautiful part of England. > > > >Nathan > > > >Nathan Wajsman > >Almere, Netherlands > >http://www.nathanfoto.com > >http://www.fotosevilla.com > >http://www.fotocycle.nl > >Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > >Print sales: http://www.photodeluge.com > >Image licensing: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Leica Users Group. > >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >