[MacDV] Re: Film Scanners

[Geno Kearney]

Can someone give some specific recommendations on where to get it done? Any
internet service recommedations would be appreciated. Living in Podunk, KY,
I have no good local options. Thanks.

Geno

----- Original Message -----
From: "Danny Grizzle" <danny at mogulhost.com>
To: "Macintosh Digital Video List" <MacDV at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 12:15 PM
Subject: [MacDV] Re: Film Scanners


> On 12/30/02 3:17 AM, "Gregg Gorrie" <ggorrie at telus.net> wrote:
>
> > My advice - take them to a service bureau that does Kodak Photo
CD/Picture
> > CDs and spend your time/money on the creative side of things.
>
> Outstanding advice, and the real bottom-line behind my long winded
> exposition on scanning still images. If you don't know what you are doing
> (and - assumptions aside - you don't, unless you've had specialized
> training), then most users would be well advised to farm this task out. It
> might expensive, but go the other route, and you will look back to realize
> how cheap the "pro" option really is.
>
> Scanners are mainly a convenience option, when you need something
instantly
> during the course of an edit session. That's my perspective -- other
advice
> and techniques offered in this thread are laughably amateurish, suitable
> only for home movies with non-existent standards of quality.
>
> One detail: Kodak Photo CD and Kodak Picture CD are *completely* different
> products. For quality, choose Photo CD.
>
> Picture CD is a newer, low-budget offering with relatively low-res scans.
> "Low budget" usually translates into higher margins for photofinishers,
not
> lower costs for you. Shop around - true high-res Photo CD is not much more
> expensive, if anything, though you may have to look past Wal-Mart and
> Eckerd's for the service. Lowest price will probably be on the Internet,
not
> a local photofinisher. I've seen a huge range of prices - it pays to shop
> this, for sure on price and maybe on quality between various vendors.
>
> Don't count on retail clerks to know the difference between Photo CD and
> Picture CD. Few photofinishers do this work on premises. You might try a
> test with a small number of slides/negatives, just to confirm what you
will
> get for your money. The CD-R discs returned from the lab should be clearly
> marked, either Photo CD or Picture CD.
>
> Danny Grizzle
>
>
>
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