Hello There!
I'm fairly new to photography and this list as well. As i went to go
buy a loupe today at some of the local camera stores (I came up empty
handed! Please, someone recommend a loupe to buy that has included light so
i dont have to spend $$ on a table too!) I brought up the question of
scanning and slides. Remember I'm very new to the finer life of photography
so I still hadn't descided wether I was going to concentrate on Slide Or
print film for my upcomming trip to costa rica. He said his company did
custom scanning at any resolution and dpi! For 2.00 a slide they will scan
a slide at 340 dpi and 2000x something resolution. I recently purchased a
Epson Stylus Color 850 and it prints at 1440 dpi. WOW!! Some of philip
greenspuns prints from photo.net came out incredible! So, I hear so much
talk about slides vs. prints, and now that the digital age is finally
catching up in quailty i've descided to focus my skill in the next two weeks
on slide film. This will allow me brighter colors and the ability to print
fairly descent prints at home! Of course if I do take that magical shot or
two that I wan't professioanlly done, i feel confident this local company
will do a great job of it! Here's to all the 0 and 1's in the binary
world! Things are just starting to get interesting!!!
-Jeff
P.S. What is the name of the kodak slide film (iso 100) that is a little
more neutral and more suitable for portraits again? I plan on shooting a
lot of velvia but want some faster film for those other situations..
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From: Gilbs <gilbs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, June 12, 1999 8:14 PM
Subject: [OM] Re:OM System & Digital Photography
> I'm in the process of setting up a <Digital Darkroom> and I thought it
might make an interesting topic for discussion on the list, or stir up a
hornet's nest! As I've only been on the list about a month I've been
wondering what people's attitudes are to the digital age. I'm sure some
people are opposed to it on moral or religious grounds, as OLYs are a
<traditional> camera, but then we do all use computers, don't we?
> I don't see myself ever abandoning the OM system, which is a large part
of the joy of photography for me. My idea of digital is using a film
scanner & photo quality printer to produce my own prints. I have done B&W
printing in the past, but being married rather rules that out now.
(Planning permission has been refused to convert the spare bedroom to a
darkroom by she who must be obeyed!) However, adding a few extra boxes to
her PC is a different matter, lots of cash notwithstanding! Anyway, phase
one of my cunning plan is complete, the purchase of a Nikon Coolscan 3.
(LS30) This seems very good, installed without problems with it's own SCSI
card, and came complete with Photoshop 4LE. Phase 2 will be a good printer,
probably an Epson Stylus 1200, which will print up to A3 size. (Currently
saving for that!)
> I don't see myself getting heavily into digital manipulation, but as my
main interest is Landscape, as I see it using photoshop for colour
correction will mean I can leave the filters at home, (more room for
zuikos!) allow easy cropping, etc & so simplify my photography. It also
means no more indecision over film. Hopefully I can Standardize on slide
film, though I'll have to experiment to see if neg film gives better
results. B&W can be done at the computer stage, from colour film, I look
forward to trying that out. Restoration of old photographs is probably
worth a few brownie points from your wife, mother, aunt, etc, as is red-eye
correction. (Something my wife's Oly Mu zoom (Stylus) is terrible for,
though otherwise it's an excellent party camera)
> I would be interested to hear if other Zuiks use digital gear alongside
their OMs, any suggestions, experiences, etc. would be most welcome.
> Finally, let me leave you with this. We all know digital cameras are of
generally poor resolution at the moment, but the ability to produce
instant(ish) prints is for some purposes an irresistable attraction. When
the quality is there, and the price is right, couldn't someone make a
digital back for my OM1 & OM4?......Olympus perhaps?
> Imagine that, a digital camera with the seductive handling & shutter
sound of the OM1.......(drool!).........
>
> Andy Gilbert
> Exeter
> England
> gilbs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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