Digital BW, The Print

See the post by Kirk Gittings, a very demanding professional
photographer with whose work I'm familiar:

http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?t=27076

http://www.gittingsphoto.com/


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "David Whistance"
<david.whistance@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Sarah, this subject has been discussed at some length on
> http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/.  One of the
suggestions there
> was to look at the high end flatbed scanners such as Creo as an
alternative
> to purchasing a drum scanner.  Your friend might have a look at the
> secondhand market in these to see if they are affordable.  They
should prove
> easier to use than a drum scanner.
> 
> David Whistance
>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of
sagaface
>   Sent: 09 July 2007 21:19
>   To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
>   Subject: Re: [Digital BW] All you scanning pros: Great scanner for 4x5
> negs?
> 
> 
>   Thanks all, for the responses so far. It gives me a fair amount to
report
> back for
>   consideration. Some other info that I didin't make very clear:
> 
>   My friend has inherited from several sources a vast collection of old
> maritime negs dating
>   from the late 1800's thru about 1970. All together i think there
are three
> sources, totalling
>   something close to 4000 negs! He had been sending out his scans -
just a
> few so far - at
>   $130 a pop. Then he found someone to do it for $75....but doesn't know
> what type of
>   scanner they used.
> 
>   He has been considering purchasing one, because the
scanning/archiving of
> all these is
>   going to take quite some time, and he figured sending them all out
would
> eventually
>   bankrupt him. He assumed (rightly or wrongly) that the initial
outlay for
> a better-than-
>   decent scanner would save him money in the end, considering how
many negs
> there are.
> 
>   The $5000 is just my guess at what he'd be willing to spend on the
scanner
> alone....I just
>   threw that number out there for him to consider, thinking about
used drum
> scanners in
>   my mind. I had no idea how off the mark I might be but I knew they
were
> quite expensive
>   and I wanted to prepare him for a high number. Obviously less $$
would be
> better! He was
>   then hoping to hire someone to work for him, scanning as well as other
> things. He
>   wouldn't be printing them himself.
> 
>   Thanks again for all comments,
>   Sarah
> 
>   --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, wkm@ wrote:
>   >
>   > I'd take a look at the Epsons as others have suggested. Drum
scanning
> requires a skilled
>   operator and those folks are few and far between. If drum scanning is
> something that
>   becomes a must then I would send the negs out to a lab with a skilled
> operator using
>   equipment that they are familar with rather than trying to find one to
> operate yours.
>   >
>   > Walt
>   >
>   > >-----Original Message-----
>   > >From: sagaface [mailto:sagaface@]
>   > >Sent: Monday, July 9, 2007 04:49 AM
>   > >To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
>   > >Subject: [Digital BW] All you scanning pros: Great scanner for 4x5
> negs?
>   > >
>   > >Hi all,
>   > >
>   > >Can any of you recommend a scanner for (old and delicate) 4x5 negs?
> It's not for me,
>   but
>   > >for a friend who is considering purchasing a pro-sumer oriented
model
> and hiring
>   > >someone who knows what they're doing to use it, with the end result
> being poster
>   sized
>   > >prints.
>   > >
>   > > I think his price range is up to around 5-ish grand.
>   > >
>   > >If this topic has been beaten to death, could someone direct me
to an
> archived thread?
>   I
>   > >haven't found anything specific yet.
>   > >
>   > >thanks!
>   > >Sarah
>   > >
>   > >
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