Washing and Scanning Films!

[vandol]

Hi everybody i have another newbie question. Recently i checked out the prices to wash and scan films into cd. Most of the shops at penin or other places charges about $12 plus. Washing cost $3-$5 and scanning into cd cost the rest. I don't necessary need to have the photos on my computer because i just wanna see how the films looks like after washing.

So is it more worth it to print out the photos then to scan into a cd? So do i still pay $3-$5 to wash and printing will cost the normal printing cost? (x cents per photo)

Pls advice! thanks!

 

[ziploc]

Washing film? Is it dirty? :think:

 

[vandol]

ziploc: LOL! Fine, D-E-V-E-L-O-P

 

[daredevil123]

Washing.. LOL :bsmilie: I so saw it coming.

To the TS, many scanners nowadays have the ability to scan negatives. Check if your scanner can do that. Even my old Canon MP800 can scan negatives and color slides. Scanning dual frame negatives like those from Hasseblad Xpan is a problem though, and I had to use Vuescan to get around it.

 

[ziploc]

ziploc: LOL! Fine, D-E-V-E-L-O-P

Oh I see. For a while I thought they are those dirty pictures. :bsmilie:

 

[adamadam]

Oh I see. For a while I thought they are those dirty pictures. :bsmilie:

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHahahahahhaahahaha :thumbsup::thumbsup:

 

[vandol]

daredevil123: Haha thanks for advising with so much information, though i don't understand a single thing you're talking about.

I don't have a scanner so can someone pls constructively answer my question and not ask me if i use soap or detegent to wash the films. hahaha thanks

 

[ziploc]

Ok back to your question. If you're mainly shooting slides then just develop and watch with loupe & lightbox. Otherwise if it is negative, it can be difficult to see with loupe & lightbox, so if you have a lot, you can do the scanning yourself with those flat bed scanners that come with film adaptor. Of course the quality of flat bed scanner won't be able to match those dedicated film scanners. If you have a lot of slides & negatives which you want to scan into the computer for archiving and you want good quality, consider getting a dedicated film scanner.

If you don't have a scanner and not intend to buy one, and just want to compare whether it is better to print or to scan, my preference would be to scan. That's because even though it is more expensive, once scanned in you can archive them and need not worry too much about degradation of the film. And you can print as many copy of the digital images yourself, can post them online, send to friends, etc. And once printed out you'll need to find space to store them. I still have piles of prints from the days I was shooting film and don't know what to do with them.

 

[greg]

.. I don't necessary need to have the photos on my computer because i just wanna see how the films looks like after washing. ..

i'd do contact sheets assuming if you're shooting b&w, I believe labs do color contacts, no? I donno.

 

[ziploc]

The labs can do color contact sheets, but my experience is that they usually won't want to do it because they don't earn much, not unless you print the contact sheets along with a whole stack of prints.

 

[vandol]

thanks to everyone for your help! Colour contact sheets sounds like what i really want. Anyone knows how much it would cost? (Plus developing)

 

[chiif]

thanks to everyone for your help! Colour contact sheets sounds like what i really want. Anyone knows how much it would cost? (Plus developing)

I think it's best you check with the shops... I don't think they surf clubsnap and probably won't publish their rates over here.

You can check with Konota, which is located at Pennisular Plaza, first floor.