I concur. Kodak photo CDs are great quality, and the process doesn't crease
my 6x6 and 6x7 trannies the way folding them into the ES-10 does. <g>
Here's a complication -- trannies I print on Ilfochrome almost require
contrast masking to print with any sort of manageable contrast range
(thanks George!). Should I leave the mask on for scanning, with the idea
that it will perform the same function for the scanner that it does for the
Ilfochrome?
My local Ilfo lab is getting away from contrast masking because Kodak has
allegedly stopped making the CM film and there's no viable substitute.
They're moving to digital and have produced some wonderful
35mm-enlarged-to-7cm-so-I-can-print-them-in-my-6x7-enlarger transparencies
from me. The lab tech claims he scans 'em in to photoshop, reduces
contrast, and output them to the 7cm tranny for me. I don't know how this
works without upping contrast and losing detail, but it does.
Dave
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If you're not really scanning big volumes of stuff, and you want high
quality at a reasonable price, use Kodak photo CD. When you consider the
cost of a good scanner, the time to learn how to use it, the time to do the
scanning, the cost of upgradeing your computer and the depreciation of the
equipment over time the photo CD really starts to make sense, even more so
if you are a medium format user.
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