Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/02/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]B. D. Colen wrote: >The $14 is what sounds high...It's great if what happens is that the >person gets the film processes, looks at the scans on the machine, and >discovers that he only wants prints of a couple of images...which is >what usually happens when all those prints come back anyway... > > Not in my house. I've tried that experiment. For my own work I shoot B/W negs and chromes. For pictures of the kids my wife wants 4x6s of *everything*. I've had to gently explain that it is just too much work to print 36 frames. Large format is actually *less* work for me 'cause I can give her 4x5 and 8x10 contact prints. I've tried digital (bought my first camera in 1998) and its gotten the least use of all -- spending all that time and expense in Photoshop to get 4x6 proof prints is a big waste of my time and energy. $ 0.29/proof is about right. That's about the cost of a 4x6 on my Epson 2200, and the minilab does all the work. Drop off a roll at a one hour lab, go get lunch and let *them* do all the printing. I still get the negatives and can re-scan and enlarge those that I care about -- everyone is happy. I suspect that there are many people like my wife who want prints, and I suspect that there are many people using their digital cameras and Epson/Canon/HPs to print out lots and lots of 4x6s at a great big waste of time and money for the collective population :-) Viva la Frontier! Jonathan - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html