Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/24

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Subject: RE: [Leica] home b&w processing
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 10:38:57 -0400

YES....I have the original version of the HP Photo Smart..which costs ..or
did $399....It has been improved some....my version scans at 2400 dpi, which
is more than sufficient for black and white...it's BAD for slides...okay for
color negs...the software isn't great, but there are a lot of alternatives
around...........If you are going to primarilly do B&W, it is definitely a
more than acceptable way to go.....

B. D.

All of scans at below site were done with the $399 HP...

http://www.a-day-in-our-life.com
A Day In Our Life...
Documentary Photography
of American Families

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of M.E.Berube
> - GoodPhotos
> Sent: Monday, July 24, 2000 10:03 AM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] home b&w processing
>
>
> At 09:38 AM 7/24/00 -0400, Sir Deadman wrote:
> >Film onto stainless steel reels and into tank using changing bag.
> >
> >Develop in daylight in laundry or kitchen sink. Takes half an
> hour. Use Xtol
> >which is non-toxic, lasts months, and makes beautiful negs.
> >
> >Hang to dry on $5 sock dryer.
> >
> >Into filmscanner!!
> >
> >End of story.
>
> For those of us who are trying to save our coppers for quality lenses
> first, is there a less expensive film scanner on the market that still
> delivers quality scans?
>
> I'm using a really inexpensive odd brand flatbed scanner now and
> am not all
> that happy with the printing results (though it's not that bad for web
> publishing use.) A shooting buddy got a transparency adapter for his HP
> flatbed and the results leave much to be desired.
>
> Optimally something that scans negs and slides well for under $500 would
> fit the bill. Printer wise I'm currently also stuck with a
> Lexmark z11 that
> was given me and an HP Deskjet 722c that we bought for my first PC when I
> moved over from MAC.
>
> Is it hopeless? Should I just have Portland Color
> (http://www.portphoto.com/) make quality scans on CD for me until I can
> afford a real scanner?
>
> Any suggestions graciously welcome.
> Carpe Luminem,
> Michael E. Berube
>
>