Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/11/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hugh, most (many?) commercial scanners built for use in labs over the last 10 - 20 years will give a high res TIFF as output. Many lab owners are very happy to do so, provided that they fit you in at the end of the day. Try asking them. Particularly in a country like Pakistan, you might just be very pleasantly surprised. The pictures are good and aa very intersting insight for most of us into Pakistan today outside of the news headlines. Keep them coming. Peter Hugh Thompson wrote: > Friends, after a long time, I am de-lurking to tell you a little of what > has been going on in my world. I left Canada in May to come to > Pakistan, I have many friends here, and we are working to set up our > business here. Before you say "security", yes, it is a problem, but we > work with it. I have to be careful, and my freedom is curtailed, but I > really love the people, they are generous, mostly very courteous, and kind. > > I no longer have my M8, but have scrounged up a very sweet M3 and 50 2.8 > Elmar. They have film here. These are from the first roll, Fuji Color > 100. I don't have a scanner, so the lab does a scan to a CD for me. > Problem is, it is a low grade scan, so I can only do basic adjustments. > Second problem is that I am using Sunny 16 for exposure. I must say, > however, it is fun waiting for the pictures, and see if my various > experiments are working. > > Here are a few shots from the first roll: > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Hugh+Thompson/Pakistan/F1040023.jpg.html> > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Hugh+Thompson/Pakistan/F1040016.jpg.html> > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Hugh+Thompson/Pakistan/F1040034.jpg.html> > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Hugh+Thompson/Pakistan/F1040030.jpg.html> > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Hugh+Thompson/Pakistan/F1040013.jpg.html> > > There will be more images. > > Your C&Cs will be most welcome > > Hugh Thompson > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- =========================================================== Dr Peter Dzwig