Careful with terminology here. PhotoCD is *not* the same as Picture CD.
Photo CD gives multiple levels of resolution, with the highest resolution
being 2048 x 3072 pixels, through 1024 x 1536; 512 x 768; 256 x 384 to 128 x
192. A Pro PhotoCD adds 4096 x 6144. The file format is proprietary PAC.
Picture CD gives a resolution of 1024 x 1536 with JPEG compression
(according to the spec!).
Over here in UK, scanning of E6 to JPEGs (ie Picture CD) at processing is
pretty easily available for less than $10 (and higher resolution JPEGs at
higher prices). I have had Photo CD produced from E6, though it cost nearly
$40 (and the image quality was, of course, in a different league).
Piers
-----Original Message-----
From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Jim Sharp
Sent: 18 June 2004 07:31
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: Kodak PictureCD enhancement?
You may be in a test market or maybe they've not upgraded the lab in my
area. I just got a PhotoCD made from a roll last week and the scans were
still 1536 X 1024. The quality might be slightly better than it was a year
ago but it's still dismal around here...
--
Jim
Curtis P. Hedman wrote:
> I may be stoned for admitting it, but I often have a Kodak PictureCD made
> when I have a roll of film processed, to have a convenient set of digital
> images if I don't feel like firing up my film scanner...
>
> Anyway, I just noticed that Kodak seems to have done a "Stealth upgrade"
of
> the product... as initially introduced, the images were scanned at 1536 x
> 1024 pixels, or about 1.5 megapixels; a recently processed roll resulted
in
> 2100 x 1400 pixel images, or about 2.8 megapixels... a decent improvement!
> Has anyone else noticed this? I'm surprised that Kodak has not publicized
> this enhancement... unless I live in a test market of some sort! For what
> its worth, APS film is scanned at 2100 x 1200 pixels. Since the APS frame
> is only 30mm vs the 36mm of 35mm film, it would appear that the PictureCD
> scanner is not set to a fixed pixel per inch resolution - another curios
> feature...
>
> A puzzle to be sure - anyone have any light to shine on the subject?
>
> Curt
>
> P.S. Anyone know of a service that will do whole roll scanning of
> transparency film at a price anywhere near what the PictureCDs now cost
> ($3.99 above the cost of processing and 1 set of prints at my local Target
> store)?
>
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