Hi! >From the description, Kenton is doing regular B&W, which I doubt machines like the ones for C-41 exist... Cutting into strips? That probably can also be arranged to keep in roll before scanning.
So - I still don't buy that price difference. D. On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 1:41 PM, Joseph McAllister <[email protected]> wrote: > Their processor scans the film as it exits the dryer, writes the resultant > data to CD. Little or no followup accounting for exposure error. Their > scanner is calibrated to do the best with the images their machine provides. > > If you process your own, you most likely cut it into strips of 6 or 4, which > they would have to feed through their scanner one strip at a time. It's > unlikely that your negs would match the calibrated gamma their scanner is > expecting. > > My thoughts on the subject, subject to re-interpretation by folks who know > what they are talking about. > > Joseph McAllister > Lots of gear, not much time > > On May 29, 2012, at 10:23 , Kenton Brede wrote: > >> So I decided a few weeks ago to give film a try. I bought a couple >> old Pentax cameras and started shooting. Locally we have a camera >> shop that will develop black and white film and scan to disk. So I >> shot a few rolls and really liked the process of shooting a manual >> film camera. So I thought I'd go a little deeper and start developing >> the negatives and have the same shop scan them for me. So I worked >> with the owner and bought all the chemicals. I mixed the D-76 and >> Fixer last night in preparation of developing three rolls tonight. So >> I called them this morning and asked what the price would be to scan >> three rolls. This is the breakdown: >> >> Prices for them to develop one roll of B&W and scan to disk. >> >> $5.25 developing fee, $3.99 for the scan to CD = $9.24 >> >> Prices for them to scan my negatives, 36 frames. >> >> 69 cents per image, $3.99 for CD = $28.83 >> >> I asked why they were charging so much more for doing less work, and >> the answer was, after consulting management, "We give a price break on >> the scanning, if you develop your film here." >> >> Needless to say, I won't be developing my negatives tonight. >> >> Anyway, just a rant. Sorry it was so long. I know there are cheaper >> scanning alternatives online. I really didn't want to purchase a >> scanner right away. I wanted to wait to make sure I was going to >> stick with film, before buying a scanner. But at those prices it >> wouldn't take long for the scanner to pay for itself. >> >> -- >> Kent Brede >> http://kentonbrede.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. -- //DG LOC(NJ) //* -- 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.
