film development/scanning

[weixiang80]

Hi guys,

Can I check with you, usually the photo labs do the scanning, what's the norm size of the pics?
I received mine , 1 photo about 1mb and seems very digitized when zoom in....

Thanks

 

[artspraken]

Cheaper and better result if you do it yourself.

 

[weixiang80]

So means.... Develop by the lab, scan by myself?
Any scanner also better than the lab huh .?

 

[artspraken]

1. Black & White film development is relatively easy to DIY.

2. C41 (color) film development is more temp sensitive, so not as easy to DIY.

3. Scanning is troublesome to setup (and find the sweet spot in the config). But once you get the hang of it, the main cost is just time. Plustek 7600 and Epson 700 are the 2 default scanning solutions for 'prosumer' or amateur level who want a reasonable result.

The reason why I prefer to DIY scanning is because I have more control over the result. of course this is my personal generalisation.

Not sure what standard you expect. if you prepared to pay professional scanning using drum scanner, then good for you, that type is super high res.

for amateur-standard type scans on the cheap, so far the results I get from photolabs - well I rather do myself.

I am just giving the DIY amateur viewpoint, btw. got many sifu here can give u more profound tips.

 

[FBA]

I usually send my travel photos to Kingston for scanning as I want archival quality -- he does both in TIFF and JPEG. I can send you some samples so you can analyse if the resolution is up to your expectations.

Cheers
Fari

 

[sinned79]

i did my own B/W processing, for colored film, i sent to lab.

scanning i do my own, on entry level Epson V330.

here's a sample photo:
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7075/7159181670_f55c6acc9f_o.jpg

i did some editing to clone out some scratches accidentally left on the film when I process it.

 

[NazgulKing]

Best result I got so far was using a lab in the US that actually knew how to do the color etc.

To boot:

46970038.jpg by NazgulKing, on Flickr

This was Velvia 100 by the way.

 

[weixiang80]

1. Black & White film development is relatively easy to DIY.

2. C41 (color) film development is more temp sensitive, so not as easy to DIY.

3. Scanning is troublesome to setup (and find the sweet spot in the config). But once you get the hang of it, the main cost is just time. Plustek 7600 and Epson 700 are the 2 default scanning solutions for 'prosumer' or amateur level who want a reasonable result.

The reason why I prefer to DIY scanning is because I have more control over the result. of course this is my personal generalisation.

Not sure what standard you expect. if you prepared to pay professional scanning using drum scanner, then good for you, that type is super high res.

for amateur-standard type scans on the cheap, so far the results I get from photolabs - well I rather do myself.

I am just giving the DIY amateur viewpoint, btw. got many sifu here can give u more profound tips.

Totally understand the viewpoint , i just gotten a scanner and its really better than the labs....
of cos really time consuming but have better control over the quality

Thanks for your inputs!

 

[weixiang80]

I usually send my travel photos to Kingston for scanning as I want archival quality -- he does both in TIFF and JPEG. I can send you some samples so you can analyse if the resolution is up to your expectations.

Cheers
Fari

Thanks for the information and the pic!
Helps a lot

 

[weixiang80]

i did my own B/W processing, for colored film, i sent to lab.

scanning i do my own, on entry level Epson V330.

here's a sample photo:
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7075/7159181670_f55c6acc9f_o.jpg

i did some editing to clone out some scratches accidentally left on the film when I process it.

I should be going this direction as well, thanks

Nice photo

 

[Benji77]

For me its about cost and quality.
Sending one roll to the shop for scanning costs (if I am not wrong) $10/roll.
Scan 30 rolls this way and its gonna cost you $300, where you can get your own scanner.

This means you break even after you scan 30-40 rolls.

 

[pixelbrain]

For me its about cost and quality.
Sending one roll to the shop for scanning costs (if I am not wrong) $10/roll.
Scan 30 rolls this way and its gonna cost you $300, where you can get your own scanner.

This means you break even after you scan 30-40 rolls.

hahaha u never factor in your own man-hours.. ;p

 

[Riotbmx]

hahaha u never factor in your own man-hours.. ;p

If you factor in the time taken to go to the lab, it'll break even also

 

[NazgulKing]

If you factor in the time taken to go to the lab, it'll break even also

If I factor in the time I spend just to clean up the film....

 

[newghost]

hahaha u never factor in your own man-hours.. ;p

If you factor in the time taken to go to the lab, it'll break even also

If I factor in the time I spend just to clean up the film....

Perhaps better to shoot digital then! lol :bsmilie: