Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/04/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I do C-41 all the time :-) E-6, B&W, all of them, from 35mm, to 6x6, to 4x5. Anyway, it depends on how much you shoot, but if you shoot more than a roll a week on average, I'd purchase a film negative scanner such as the Minolta Elite II. You should be able to find one ~$500. You can still have them process the film for you, and just scan them yourself to whatever quality you want. On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 3:43 AM, Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com> wrote: > All, > > I had some C-41 that I shot because I wanted to use my "real" Leicas > again. I > went to a store that I used to use over many years of film photography and > who > had dealt with C-41 film for me and done it well. They told me that their > new > kit could only produce jpegs. > > I guess I have a few options: > > (i) Use the large jpegs that they generate and convert them to TIFFs and > work > from there. > > (ii) Find someone else who will dev the C41 and produce me TIFFs > > (iii) Soup it myself - not really on (although I could use true B&W film, > eg FP4) > > (iv) No, that option isn't even up for consideration - and if you thought > it.... > > So, questions: > > * What are the relative merits of using large jpegs, converting them and > using > the TIFFs, or and can they be seen as a viable alternative to TIFFs? > > * @UK LUGers - any one got any ideas of good UK houses that can handle C41 > and > generate TIFFS? Peak seem only to want to produce JPEGs and are definitely > not > cheap. > > Thanks for your help/comments > > Peter > > PS Ted, I know it's tech talk but there is something so sensual about > using film > again :-) > -- > > =========================================================== > Dr Peter Dzwig > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> // http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto // https://instagram.com/richardmanphoto