[Leica] Large JPEGS, TIFFs, C-41

[Richard Man]

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
>
>
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