Glad I could help. I often speak with the voice of experience. :-) Tom C.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jack > Davis > Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 11:37 AM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: RE: Shooting film (Velvia) > > Thanks, Tom! I had been wondering why the wood screws were taking me so > long to drive in. Thought I had it solved when I decided that the > pointy end should go in first. ;-)) > (having a giddy moment) > > Jack > > --- Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Common sense point... :-) ... I only once considered scanning 35 film > > with a > > flat bed scanner. It was a high-end (for the time) HP something or > > the > > other. I looked at what the add on attachment cost vs. the price of > > a > > dedicated film scanner which was something like $100 for the > > attachment vs. > > $350 for the dedicated film scanner. The choice was obvious based on > > the > > value I was getting and film scanners were a pretty nifty item. > > > > There's the right tool for every job and using an all-purpose > > flat-bed > > scanner that was not really designed to scan film as a film scanner > > is not > > using the right tool for the job, as anecdotal evidence bears out. If > > that's > > all one has, then OK, but in a general discussion about film > > scanning, any > > talk about how bad or hard your experience was, is sort of missing > > the > > point. > > > > It's like telling how hard it is to pound in a woodscrew with a tack > > hammer. > > Certainly one can probably accomplish it, but it's not representative > > of how > > to drive in a screw. > > > > > > Tom C. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of > > Scott > > > Loveless > > > Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 8:57 AM > > > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > > Subject: Re: Shooting film (Velvia) > > > > > > Adam Maas wrote: > > > > Velvia and Kodachrome are too high contrast to get good scans on > > low-end > > > > flatbed scanners and older mid/high-end flatbeds. The scanners > > simply > > > > don't have the DMax to handle these emulsions. > > > > > > I'll agree with that. I've never shot Velvia, but Kodachrome is > > nearly > > > impossible to scan with a low-end flatbed. If the photo doesn't > > have > > > dense shadows I can get a scan suitable for web viewing. That's > > about > > > as good as it gets. Astia, Provia and E100 are much more > > forgiving. > > > > > > -- > > > Scott Loveless > > > http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ > > > > > > -- > > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > > [email protected] > > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > > and > > follow the > > > directions. > > > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > > and follow the directions. > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the > directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
