At first I thought there might be more automation involved, if they developed. But their website says, "Hand processed by our skilled technicians." They also have a 5 day turnaround for B&W, whereas color is one day. Dmitry, I did ask them if I could pay for the develop/scan, hand over my negs, and save them some work. She gave me a look like, is this guy serious, and shook her head. LOL Kent
On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 12:50 PM, Dmitry Gromov <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. -- 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.
