Who Da Man? I'm Da Man...

[Nikon Bob]

All I know is that somebody is making good money at this printing kiosk thing as it costs as much to do that as have C41 film developed and printed. Funny thing is that now you do not need that big ugly costly to run and maintain machine for developing film. Anyway, good for you Bill.

Bob

 

[bmattock]

I don't have a Walgreens anywhere near me and can't seem to find a place that will give me a cd only, much less a high-res cd. It's always just an "add on" or part of the "premium package." So, I'm intrigued by this idea of negative scanning, I never entertained the idea. I've only ever done post processing and sent jpegs to Apple (Kodak). I've never even "unrolled" a roll of film. So, I could just feed my developed roll into a specialized negative scanner? I've found an Epson "Perfection" online for pretty cheap, it's a flatbed but has a feeder on the top. 😕 I think I need to do a lot more research.

If you are shooting 35mm, you'd probably be happier with the results from what is called a 'dedicated' film scanner rather than a flatbed - the results are much better. And yes, generally you put the film in a tray, and feed the tray into the roughly shoebox-sized box and run the scanning software from your PC. There are three basic brands of dedicated scanner, and the top two are pretty good - Konica Minolta and Nikon. Many agree that if you're on a budget, the KM ScanDual IV is a good bet at something around $200 US. If you shoot medium format, then yes, an Epson flat-bed scanner is usually a good deal.

This might seem like a lot of money (and it is), but if you regularly shoot film and have it processed and printed (or scanned) at a local one-hour place, you're probably paying $5 or $6 per roll of 24 exposures. If you have processing-only done, it costs about $2. So presuming you scan your own negatives and only have printed those photos you wish and not all of them, you can recoup the cost of the scanner pretty quickly and then you're saving money from then on.

It does require a desire to learn some computer photo editing skills, and it does take time, so you have to decide if you want to make that investment.

Best Regards,

Bill Mattocks

 

[ClaremontPhoto]

Of course they can do a dev, hires and lores scan to CD, index, uncut negs and no replacement film.

That what I have, you may differ a little in your requirements.

Talk to the main guy and don't let them supersize you with extra cheese into a package you don't want.

In another city nearby to me there are two minilab shops right next to each other on the street. The Fuji one has a sign for 30 minute dev and print. The Kodak one has a custom-made sign for 29 minute dev and print. But when I've been to either one (in the morning) thay have told me to come back tomorrow!

 

[pedro.m.reis]

Of course they can do a dev, hires and lores scan to CD, index, uncut negs and no replacement film.

That what I have, you may differ a little in your requirements.

Talk to the main guy and don't let them supersize you with extra cheese into a package you don't want.

In another city nearby to me there are two minilab shops right next to each other on the street. The Fuji one has a sign for 30 minute dev and print. The Kodak one has a custom-made sign for 29 minute dev and print. But when I've been to either one (in the morning) thay have told me to come back tomorrow!

Hey Jon, you are living in Alentejo, the portuguese region of "let it be... cool down ... if you can do it tomorrow, dont do it today" 🙂))
Great food & wine also 🙂)
When i was in my parents home last summer, a litle town in tras-os-montes, it was the same... the minilab only worked 2 days a week 🙂.

 

[ClaremontPhoto]

Amanha.

(A few extra words to get it over the ten character thing.)

 

[bmattock]

Of course they can do a dev, hires and lores scan to CD, index, uncut negs and no replacement film.

I don't like the in-store scans - first even the hirez is lowrez to me, second, it scratches the neg for my scan later. I always have the negs cut, I find that rolling the strip back up and stuffing it into the cannister puts scratches on it too. I never got for the replacement film.

That what I have, you may differ a little in your requirements.

Talk to the main guy and don't let them supersize you with extra cheese into a package you don't want.

In another city nearby to me there are two minilab shops right next to each other on the street. The Fuji one has a sign for 30 minute dev and print. The Kodak one has a custom-made sign for 29 minute dev and print. But when I've been to either one (in the morning) thay have told me to come back tomorrow!

I live in a small town. We have Walmart and Walgreens. That's it. If I want to go to a camera store, I drive an hour. You can guess I don't do that much.

Best Regards,

Bill Mattocks

 

[Trius]

Bill: I suspect you're right about the differences I'll find. I'd say Ilfochrome (apologies to Ilford for the retro mistake earlier!) would be significantly different even at 8x10 due to the dye sets and different colour signatures. But I haven't made one in a LONG time, so I could be wrong. It's a moot point right now as I don't have a darkroom setup, so any comparison would have to be via lab/mailorder.

Earl

 

[aad]

How much difference is there in speed and quality between a dedicated film scanner and a flatbed? And would a film-only unit handle mounted slides?

 

[bmattock]

How much difference is there in speed and quality between a dedicated film scanner and a flatbed? And would a film-only unit handle mounted slides?

Yes to both parts of your first question, and yes to the second question as well.

Best Regards,

Bill Mattocks

 

[Kin Lau]

Up here in the great white north 🙂.... I've been using a local grocery (www.photolab.net) chain which does online prints for CDN$.24 ... Walmart, Costco & Sam's Club will do it for CDN $.19 or $.20, but I don't belong to either Costco or Sam's and Walmart's lineups are ridiculous.

At CDN$.24, it's cheaper than what I can get good 4x6 paper for, and I send the files online, and pick them up on my way home from work.

 

[Trius]

Bill: I picked up the scans from the lab after work today. (BTW, the files are 25MB ea.) With a casual look, I'm not happy with the K64 scans; I also had some Elitechrome slides done and I don't think all of them are great, either. One of the Kodachrome scans is VERY unsharp, as in out of focus, not just digital lack of sharpness.

Harrumph. I'll go back Wednesday and see what the lab says. I paid a lot for these scans, so I'd better get some sort of satisfaction.

Earl