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From: "Jon Mitchell"
<jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject:
Slide Processing & Film Scanning Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 22:04:47 +0100
Hi guys,
Back from Holiday and trying to catch up on what's been happening. I
uns*ubscribed (to preserve the sanity of my email server !) so I'm a bit
behind on some things. I take it from the emails I've seen that Oben is
back ?! Go get him, I say, and may Microsoft have no mercy on his soul !!
Right, coupla questions for you all. My Aunt, being a little "old", got
rid of her Olympus kit a while back and got a P&S thing. Anyways, was
sorting her out with a batch of "cheap" flms (I got a load cheap by bulk
ordering - anyone interested try www.7dayshop.com - good, but can be slow
on delivering) and noticed she was using Fuji Sensia 200 in the camera. My
remarks of "Oh, so you've gone back to slide film then" got a rather
shocked response, starting with "eh ?" and ending in "Oh ******, not again"
!! Turns out the film had been in there for some time - best before date is
Feb 2000 !! Question is, I know Slide Film has a shorter shelf life so
will it really be worth processing ? Also she wants Slides & Prints from
it if possible. I have heard some places will do this - any thoughts,
comments, recommendations ?
Second Question. I am borrowing a Negative Scanner from a mate at work
soon (tomorrow ?) and would like to get this right first time if I can. My
previous attempts at scanning things (paper flatbed scanner) have always
resulted in a certain amount of "playing" with the image being required to
lighten/darken/colour it. Question is, what does one use as a reference ?
As I see it, the image you get when "adjusting" it is dependent on how you
have the monitor set. I know pretty much what I am looking for (I work in
Film & TV and know how to match to a colour card, etc.) - is there such a
thing as a colour scale or grey scale chart in a JPG file ? If I got one
of these and loaded it into Paintshop Pro, and lined up the monitor, could
I then be sure of the image quality if I adjusted every other image with
the monitor at this setting ? How do all of you guys do this ?
If anyone has any suggestions / comments / ideas on the scanning issue
please let me know. On the same issue, what is the general consensus
regarding Bitmaps vs JPGs ? My main idea is to provide storage for my
photos, so I'm thinking Bitmaps so I can then load them and save them as
JPG's if I need to Email them / attach them to a web page. Space isn't a
big issue as I have a CD Writer and a large stack of Blank CD's !
Also, could I use the Negative Scanner to scan Slides, and use the
"negative" function in Paintshop Pro to get the right image ? Any thoughts
?
Right, wasted enough of your bandwidth with my questions. I look forward
to your answers !
Regards,
Jon Mitchell
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