Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/10/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Oct 2, 2005, at 5:04 PM, Aaron Sandler wrote: > Maybe I'm the last person in the world to discover this, > but...contact sheets are not dead! > > I had been dreaming about being able to look over contact sheets of > my recent rolls while sitting in a cafe, and wishing that the > little 4"x6" index prints that the one-hour lab I use at the local > Costco always makes were big enough to be useful. I knew they > could print 8x12s, so I thought there was no harm in asking whether > they could make an 'index print' that size. "Of course," they > said. So, today I got my first digital versions of contact sheets > from my latest rolls and they're fantastic. They're cheap ($1.50 > each!!!) and, even better, they are slightly enlarged and easier to > edit than a normal contact sheet! What a revelation. > > So, now for my C-41 film, I will add the 8x12 'index print' to my > standard order of develop and scan to CD with all automatic > adjustments turned off. No prints, thank you very much. Grand > total (with tax) $7.50 per roll, easy to edit, and enough quality > for posting to the web. Not bad at all...might even make up for > the increasing film costs! > > Hope someone finds this useful, I have been doing exactly the same Aaron..minus the 8x12 index print...I think I will add that, thank you very much...Steve