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Subject: [OM] Re: sensible course of action for getting print films into computer
From: "Roger D. Key" <rdk@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 13:57:30 +0200

If you do not buy your own scanner, you could try dlab7.com
(www.dlab7.com), who are I believe in the Channel Islands (used to be
called Process E6). They have quite flexible ordering, and can, for
instance, process slide film and return the slides together with prints
and/or a CD. The scans on the CD are 6Mb jpeg files, but for an extra £5
they can be 18Mb scans. Dlab 7.com are connected with 7dayshop.com.

I myself can loan a film scanner, but I have just ordered an Epson Photo
RX600, which combines a good photo printer (5760 x 1440 dpi, 6 colour
cartidges), a 2400 x 4800 scanner (and copier), digital card readers, and
can scan negatives and slides at 2400 dpi. It can do all sorts of tricks
without being connected to a PC even.
I will let the list know how the scanning goes... Best of all is that the
total price in Denmark including 25%sales tax and shipping is 2750kr =
450USD = 250GBP.

Roger Key



James wrote:


I would like to end of with all my photos as *good* *quality* imagines in
my computer or at the very least all subsequent photos.
At the moment I use an OM3 and just take print film. When I get my print
films developed I also ask for them to be scanned and burnt onto cd.
However the quality of the scans it not good and I have no way to specify
the quality. They are quite heavily Jpeg compressed and don't come close
to the originals in terms of quality.
So as far as I see I have four courses of action open:

1. Buy a scanner and use a shops print film developing and get 7x5 prints
and scan them. (larger prints are not ecconomical for me)
2. Buy a negative scanner get the print film developed at a shop and scan
the negatives avoiding the cost of getting prints made
3. develop the film myself and use a negative scanner
4. buy a digital camera body and use my olympus and tamron lenses

I am looking for a good comprimise between quality and cost per photo. I
don't mind if the inital set up costs are quite high.

Any thoughts on the way to go?
What I don't want to do is have to give up using my om equipment.

Regards
James







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