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> thanks in advance
IMHO - you're better off letting WM or someone do the work. It is quite
time consuming.
> It is important that students bring a certain ragamuffin, barefoot,
> irreverence to their studies; they are not here to worship what is known,
> but to question it.
> - Jacob Bronowski, 1908 - 1974
Harry Palmer - 25 Apr 2007 04:13 GMT
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> > but to question it.
> > - Jacob Bronowski, 1908 - 1974
Is the quality the same? The coolscan gets 4000 dpi I think would the
Walgreens scan get the same results?
Joel - 25 Apr 2007 06:01 GMT
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> Is the quality the same? The coolscan gets 4000 dpi I think would the
> Walgreens scan get the same results?
I have never done it myself, but I believe many labs (Wal-Mart, Walgreens
etc.) offer to save the photos to CD for few extra bucks ($2-3 or so) and to
me that's a real deal if you have to scan yourself.
I don't know what format they use, and not very sure about the size but I
believe my brother told me they include something like album, slideshow
which you can use to display or order the print etc.. I am not 100% sure.
And hope they use good scanner (suppose to).
ray - 25 Apr 2007 15:30 GMT
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> Is the quality the same? The coolscan gets 4000 dpi I think would the
> Walgreens scan get the same results?
I'd ask them for specs.
> ALSO I want to take photo's with my A1 and get them to hard drive.If I
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> them myself.
It is doubtful that any consumer film processor--such as Wal-Mart or
Walgreens--would scan your negs at high resolution. In fact, the people
that operate those scanners will probably not even KNOW what resolution they
are set for.
I, too, have remained with my film cameras and lenses. I take my film to my
local CVS pharmacy, where they develop and return the uncut negatives for
$2.50 per roll. The process takes all of 20 minutes. I wait for them at
the counter, rather than making a return trip. Then I just take them home
and scan them myself.
The scan time is the problem. It takes me 30 minutes to pre-scan the roll,
then it takes about 6 minutes per each final scan (when Digital ICE3 is
turned on). So it takes between 2.5--3 hours to scan a roll, but I get
48-bit scans, Digital ICE3 cleaned-up, tiff format files that are 103 meg
each.
If you scan only a roll at a time it is not a big problem, but if you shoot
several rolls, the scanning times are burdensome. My scanner can scan the
entire roll without intervention from me, so if I put in an uncut roll, I
can leave and come back in 2 or 3 hours and the job is done. This is NOT
the case with mounted slides, which must be individually scanned.
You might check amazon.com for the PrimeFilm scanner series, as they are
priced low and some of them have Digital ICE3 (a must). But if you are a
high-volume shooter you will find scanning to be a big drain on your time.
As I understand it, virtually all consumer scanners take a long time per
image.
Fortunately, I'm a "one-roll-a-week-man." I can live with 3 hour scan
times--especially since I can walk away and let the scanner operate on its
own.
Harry Palmer - 25 Apr 2007 20:49 GMT
> > ALSO I want to take photo's with my A1 and get them to hard drive.If I
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> times--especially since I can walk away and let the scanner operate on its
> own.
Now this is a great answer and full of really useful information. Thanks
alot jeremy, this has told me all I wanted to know and more. Thanks again. I
think I'll stick with the coolscan though but I will check out the Primefilm
scanner series. We have an excellent photography shop in Chicago called
Helix so I think I'll pop in and check it out.
Harry
jeremy - 26 Apr 2007 18:36 GMT
> Now this is a great answer and full of really useful information. Thanks
> alot jeremy, this has told me all I wanted to know and more. Thanks again.
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> scanner series. We have an excellent photography shop in Chicago called
> Helix so I think I'll pop in and check it out.
Harry-
My PrimeFilm PF 3650Pro3 scanner offers a lot of bang for the buck. The
slow scan times (and I believe that all consumer-level scanners are
relatively slow) are less objectionable because I can insert a whole roll of
negs and walk away for a couple of hours, while the scanner does its thing
automatically. I have even set up rolls of film to be scanned before
bedtime, and I awoke the next morning to find the job done. This is
certainly more acceptable than having to cut the negs into strips, and then
insert each strip individually.
(I should point out that I actively shoot with my film cameras, and I just
have the film developed and returned uncut. Not so for my old negs--they
are all cut into strips.)
Here is a full review of the scanner:
http://www2.hardwarezone.com/articles/view.php?cid=13&id=868
I have noticed that it has disappeared from the manufacturer's web site
recently, and I have not been able to find it listed on Amazon.com, either,
so it may have been discontinued. If you want it, best to check out the
shops right away to see if there are any left in stock.