Conversion of 35mm film to digital format.

[JerChan]

As above, anyone knows where to get it done and what would the quality and cost be like?

 

[ckiang]

Originally posted by JerChan
As above, anyone knows where to get it done and what would the quality and cost be like?

Try Colour Lab (Adelphi), Konota (Penisula Plaza), FotoHub (OUB Centre), Photo Friend (Penisula Plaza)

Colour Lab charges $13.90 per roll of pre-processed negatives for 1800x1200 JPG scans, $9.90 extra per NEW roll if you order prints as well. Develop + Scan is $13.50.

The other shops I am not too sure of their pricing.

Regards
CK

 

[Poke-u-pine]

>$9.90 extra per NEW roll if you order prints as well. Develop + Scan is $13.50

Hi ckiang

does color lab charge differently if you do everything in
stages instead of all at once?

example: instead of deciding that you want
developing + scanning + prints, you first get
developing + scanning then few days later
decide you want prints

is that considered "re-print"? [not eligible
for discount as I read in another thread]

thanks!!

 

[rueyloon]

I do scanning with my CS IV, I charge $1.50 per scan,
minimum 36 photos to scan. I'll throw in the CDs.

2900 DPI scan, around a 3000X2000 pixel image.

 

[ckiang]

Originally posted by Poke-u-pine
>$9.90 extra per NEW roll if you order prints as well. Develop + Scan is $13.50

Hi ckiang

does color lab charge differently if you do everything in
stages instead of all at once?

example: instead of deciding that you want
developing + scanning + prints, you first get
developing + scanning then few days later
decide you want prints

is that considered "re-print"? [not eligible
for discount as I read in another thread]

thanks!!

If you develop + scan + print, the scanning cost is only $9.90.
If you develop + print first, and scan later, the scanning will cost $12.00 (more work to do mar).
If you develop + scan, then ask for prints later, cost is about the same as doing everything. And yes, this is considered "reprint" and is not entitled for discount.

Regards
CK

 

[taicw]

Might be slightly OT, but how do u convert from a scanner's DPI to pixel count and vice versa?
so what will a scanner of 2720dpi be equivalent to in pixel count?

Thanks

 

[ckiang]

Originally posted by taicw
Might be slightly OT, but how do u convert from a scanner's DPI to pixel count and vice versa?
so what will a scanner of 2720dpi be equivalent to in pixel count?

Thanks

Very simple.

A 35mm negative/slide measures 24mm x 36mm.
Converting this to inches gives : 0.94" x 1.41" (1" = 25.4mm)
So, at 2720dpi, our image size will be :
0.94" x 2720dpi by 1.41" x 2720dpi
=~ 2556 x 3835 pixels.

Roughly equivalent to 9.8mp.

Regards
CK

 

[Darren]

Originally posted by rueyloon
I do scanning with my CS IV, I charge $1.50 per scan,
minimum 36 photos to scan. I'll throw in the CDs.

2900 DPI scan, around a 3000X2000 pixel image.

So cheap?? Spoil market leh

Whats the catch? No Digital ICE/ROC, 8-bit scan?

 

[ckiang]

Originally posted by Darren
So cheap?? Spoil market leh

Whats the catch? No Digital ICE/ROC, 8-bit scan?

Hmm, according to my calculation above, 2900dpi scan should be more than 3000 x 2000..... ;p

Regards
CK

 

[taicw]

thanks for the explanation CK! clears it up

 

[mpenza]

Originally posted by rueyloon
I do scanning with my CS IV, I charge $1.50 per scan,
minimum 36 photos to scan. I'll throw in the CDs.

per scan? so if I send 100 negatives, also $1.50 total?

 

[rueyloon]

Originally posted by mpenza


per scan? so if I send 100 negatives, also $1.50 total?

yup and like darren, compared to the market rate, it's already very cheap.

 

[rueyloon]

Originally posted by Darren
So cheap?? Spoil market leh

Whats the catch? No Digital ICE/ROC, 8-bit scan?

you got scan also meh ?? ;p

only put ICE, nothing else on... else have to charge much more

 

[ckiang]

Originally posted by taicw
thanks for the explanation CK! clears it up

You're welcome.

Regards
CK

 

[erwinx]

I've just found out that when you send negatives to 35mm Lab for processing and developing, and ask for the pics on CD....

THEY SCAN THE 4R PRINTS with a flatbed scanner. So ALWAYS ASK THE LAB HOW THEY'RE GOING TO CONVERT YOUR PICS TO DIGITAL.

 

[Juvelyn]

how many pictures can be stored in a photo CD? [36]

if not flatbed scanner, then what else could they use?
[just curious]

 

[ckiang]

Originally posted by Juvelyn
how many pictures can be stored in a photo CD? [36]

if not flatbed scanner, then what else could they use?
[just curious]

The digital minilab which they use to print your negatives onto photo paper, or a film scanner. Using a flatbed scanner is ridiculous.

Regards
CK

 

[ckiang]

Originally posted by erwinx
I've just found out that when you send negatives to 35mm Lab for processing and developing, and ask for the pics on CD....

THEY SCAN THE 4R PRINTS with a flatbed scanner. So ALWAYS ASK THE LAB HOW THEY'RE GOING TO CONVERT YOUR PICS TO DIGITAL.

Is this the "35mm Colour Lab" at Bukit Timah? Strange, they have Fuji Frontier machines what...

Regards
CK

 

[Juvelyn]

:angel: oops .. *koks head*

was thinking about scanning from photo
to CD direct

going to develop 3 rolls later - thinking of choosing
the best prints & having them scanned into a CD

can just go to Kodak Express?

is it 36 photos in one CD?

thanks

 

[StreetShooter]

Even if you want to choose the best ones and scan them into a CD, it's better to scan from the negatives rather than the prints, because the image loses a lot of dynamic range when made into a print. You notice you can easily tell a scanned print from a digital image or scanned slide/negative because there is a loss of "luminosity" for want of a better word. This is something I only discovered for myself recently.