That will work if she can find a place that will do good high resolution scans at an affordable price. I've seen MF drum scans priced as high as $200 per frame. And the kind of scans you'll get from most labs are garbage. Paul
On Jan 21, 2011, at 2:28 PM, John Sessoms wrote: > If she's already got contact sheets, flat bed scans should be good enough to > allow her to choose which negatives she wants to pay to have the high > resolution scans made from, shouldn't it? > > Good enough to carry her through until she has time to find a darkroom or buy > a dedicated medium format film scanner. > > From: Paul Stenquist >> If you really want a 6x7, you can be sure that Bill's camera is in >> excellent condition and fairly priced. >> >> Remember though, that to take advantage of those big negs, you will >> need either a darkroom or a relatively high end scanner, like the >> Nikon medium format film scanner. You can get decent scans on a good >> flatbed, but your results will be about as good as what you'd get >> from an *istD or other relatively low resolution digital camera. Been >> there, done that. Fun, but not very productive. Paul >> >> >> On Jan 21, 2011, at 12:15 AM, William Robb wrote: >> >>>> On 20/01/2011 11:05 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: >>>>>> on hold at a neighborhood camera store here in Chi Town, and >>>>>> I'm thinking about it. For $549.00 I get the camera & a 90mm >>>>>> lens. I have read about the camera & know about the Mirror >>>>>> Lock Up issue. I have found and downloaded 6 x 7 user manual >>>>>> I found on the net. I've read about the camera via Wikipedia. >>>>>> I've opened the back, looked at the insides, depressed the >>>>>> shutter using the "special trick" when no film is loaded. I >>>>>> found a photo lab very near my house, which will process 120 >>>>>> & 220 film, create contact sheets, and create scans (120/220 >>>>>> negative at 18mb $1.00/per neg & 120/220 negative at 19-128MB >>>>>> $3.00/per neg). >>>>>> >>>>>> I've mention many times that I'd love to do/learn medium >>>>>> format work. Film is really my only way in to this kind of >>>>>> photography because of its affordability. >>>>>> >>>>>> So what do you guys think? Should I do it? >>>>>> > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1191 / Virus Database: 1435/3393 - Release Date: 01/20/11 > > > -- > 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.
