There is a further printer option which is a Fuji Frontier (eg) at your
local processing lab. They print to real silver halide photo paper, but use
digital input. That is normally a scanned negative processed in the minilab
- but could equally be a jpg or tif from your digital camera memory card -
or from your scanned 35mm slide, burned on CD.
Best of all, they can be ICC-profiled!
Piers
-----Original Message-----
From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Simon Worby
Sent: 18 September 2004 18:15
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: slightly OT - UK - film scanning - business proposition?
Mike wrote:
>> For around a grand, I can continue to use all my old OM kit with
>> almost all the advantages digital offers (but at a tiny fraction of
>> the cost of digital gear which will be obsolete and worthless in 2 years
anyway).
>
> I subscribe to this philosophy myself. However I get by with a $200
> scanner until the time arrives (in 2-3 years) to get a digital body. I
> would use the money saved to buy an Epson 2200 and print your own
> photos. I think a 2700dpi scanner + the 2200 is still within the $1000
> budget. I can do 11x17 no problem and 13x19 look pretty good too.
I thought about getting a printer, but several things concern me (which may
or may not be valid -- I'm sure people will let me know):
1. The ink wouldn't be waterproof (professionally-printed photos are).
2. Running costs are very high (decent paper is dear, as are the inks). I'm
not sure how much it costs per page, but it's quite a lot.
3. I'd need to learn how to use the printer (including all the printing
settings). I've played with friends' "photo" printers and their complex
beasties.
4. Obsolescence. Inkjets have come so far is the past two/three years, and
the pace of development shows no signs of slowing.
I'm willing to be convinced otherwise, but all-in-all I thought sending them
off for printing was probably a better option and a good compromise.
Regards,
Simon
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