Digital BW, The Print

I have a 35 mm camera and I want a cheap way of converting my film
To digital.

Here is what I would think would be the perfect solution.

I snail-mail my undeveloped 35mm film to a processing center that 
develops it and digitizes it and lets me login online and download 
the digital prints. (no paper prints).

Does this type of service exist, or is there a better cheaper way?

Thanks.

I have seen such services advertised.  But, the question you need answered is what kind of quality do you need vs. the quality the services provide.  Figure out what size prints you will make, the file type you need, and the bit depth you need for editing, etc.  They compare the services against your needs.
 
Tom Baker

exemptfromlife <junkmail@...> wrote:



I have a 35 mm camera and I want a cheap way of converting my film
To digital.

Here is what I would think would be the perfect solution.

I snail-mail my undeveloped 35mm film to a processing center that 
develops it and digitizes it and lets me login online and download 
the digital prints. (no paper prints).

Does this type of service exist, or is there a better cheaper way?

Thanks.










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Hi:

You can take your film to a drugstore and order a cd (Kodak's Picture 
CD) but the files are "consumer resolution". Read low rez. I've heard 
WalMart offers a similar service for slides, but again, Low Rez.  Once 
I had all my memory cards maxed out on holidays and went to London 
Drugs  who offered to burn all my images to cd. Guess what? Low Rez. 
Yes there are online stores but I'm not sure what they offer. I know 
some offer enlargements of images you upload.

Consumer Beware. Ask for "professional resolution". They will assume 
"consumer resolution" or may not even be aware of any options.

Get a decent film/slide scanner and if you scan enough of your 
negatives, the cost per scan will be pennies. The resolution will more 
than equal a 6MP camera. You only need to scan the good ones.

Leslie Otterbein

On Saturday, February 19, 2005, at 12:16  PM, exemptfromlife wrote:

> I have a 35 mm camera and I want a cheap way of converting my film
> To digital.
>
> Here is what I would think would be the perfect solution.
>
> I snail-mail my undeveloped 35mm film to a processing center that
> develops it and digitizes it and lets me login online and download
> the digital prints. (no paper prints).
>
> Does this type of service exist, or is there a better cheaper way?
>
> Thanks.
>
 From the heart of the Kootenays


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There is a local photo shop here that uses an Agfa system.  You can have
either lo-rez or lo and hi-rez on the same CD.

Try some of the independents.   

==-----Original Message-----
==From: Leslie Otterbein [mailto:lotterbein@...] 
==
==You can take your film to a drugstore and order a cd (Kodak's Picture
==CD) but the files are "consumer resolution". Read low rez. 
==I've heard WalMart offers a similar service for slides, but 
==again, Low Rez.  Once I had all my memory cards maxed out on 
==holidays and went to London Drugs  who offered to burn all my 
==images to cd. Guess what? Low Rez. 
==Yes there are online stores but I'm not sure what they offer. 
==I know some offer enlargements of images you upload.
==
==Consumer Beware. Ask for "professional resolution". They will 
==assume "consumer resolution" or may not even be aware of any options.
==