That was not a typo. I will be working with him to make sure he is doing what he can to satisfy the needs of LF people and I will let you know when the service is up to snuf (where did that phrase come from?).
That was not a typo. I will be working with him to make sure he is doing what he can to satisfy the needs of LF people and I will let you know when the service is up to snuf (where did that phrase come from?).
Thanks,
Kirk
"Vocation to Solitude -- To deliver oneself up, to hand oneself over, entrust oneself completely to the silence of a wide landscape of woods and hills, or sea, or desert; to sit still while the sun comes up over the land and fills its silences with light." Thomas Merton
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"$30.00? 4x5 High Res?"
$30.00 is a reasonable price point. I've been scanning 4x5s for friends on a 646 for $27.00. I arrived at that price based on $20.00 per hour for time and depreciating the equipment over three years. I'm not making a profit (just convincing my wife that the purchase was a "business" expense). But I'm also not doing a high volume. At $30.00 for the 949 (faster but more expensive) and a reasonable volume of work a reasonable margin should be possible at $30.00.
The old pricing structure for drum scans (i.e. $0.50 per megabyte plus a setup fee) is base the labor intensive wet mounting process and the slower throughput of that equipment.
Regarding Kirk's original question: I have been able to mimick the Flexcolor sharpening effect with Photoshop but it takes a dozen more steps. I haven't compared what happens with greyscale work.
Just curious if you have the time. What are the steps?
Thanks,
Kirk
"Vocation to Solitude -- To deliver oneself up, to hand oneself over, entrust oneself completely to the silence of a wide landscape of woods and hills, or sea, or desert; to sit still while the sun comes up over the land and fills its silences with light." Thomas Merton
KIRK GITTINGS
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LIGHT+SPACE+STRUCTURE (blog)
Kirk, if you're asking me, I'll email you something tomorrow.
"I meant what I said, not what you heard"--Jflavell
Yes John sorry to be vague.
Kirk
Thanks,
Kirk
"Vocation to Solitude -- To deliver oneself up, to hand oneself over, entrust oneself completely to the silence of a wide landscape of woods and hills, or sea, or desert; to sit still while the sun comes up over the land and fills its silences with light." Thomas Merton
KIRK GITTINGS
WEBSITE
LIGHT+SPACE+STRUCTURE (blog)
Kirk, I've emailed several things to you.
"I meant what I said, not what you heard"--Jflavell
Knowing what the prices and quality are on the global market, I'm not particularly impressed by the $30.
We do our Flextight 949 scans from 4 by 5" film to 476 Mb (16 bit scans) (this biggest optical res you can get from the Imacon) for Australian $25 (about $18 of your US dollars I think).
Less for bulk as well by negotiation!
Of course, you have to send your film to Australia, but many people are doing so without trouble!
Check out:
http://www.imagescience.com.au/Scanning/Flextight949.php
Image Science Flextight Scanning direct link.
> We do our Flextight 949 scans from 4 by 5" film to 476 Mb (16 bit scans) (this biggest optical res you can get from the Imacon)
Does this work out to about 2200 DPI?
Ed Richards
http://www.epr-art.com
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