[Gllug] OT: Photo CDs

[Chris Bell]

On Thu 21 Aug, Stan wrote:
> 
> Are all photo CDs equal?  I'm just about to get some holiday photos
> processed (35mm) and thought it would be nifty to have them put on CD
> (save me the effort of scaning from prints and hopefully get better
> quality).
> 
> A friend used truprint but looking at their CD the 'Hi-res' images are only 
> 
> goldfinch:~/mnt/cdrom% identify HiRes/A_1.jpg 
> /mnt/temp/HiRes/A_1.jpg JPEG 1536x1024 DirectClass 8-bit 703kb 0.0u 0:01
> 
> Frankly I was hoping for a better res than that (my cheapo desktop
> scanner can pick out finner detail from the print!)
> 
> So will Boots/Snappy Snaps etc photo cds all be the same?  If not who
> offers the best resolution?  Oh and does anyone know of a cheap place
> to get all my old negs scanned?
> 
Hello,
   Most of the professional quality film processors in London have folded
because so many professional photographers now use digital, have their own
scanners, or leave it to the photosetters. There is a long standing hand
processing and finishing company near Olympia, Colour Centre, 020 7602 0167,
but they are not cheap.
   I have a SCSI Nikon Coolscan (early version) which is good but slow and
came with Mac and M$ drivers, but there does not seem to be a Linux driver.

-- 
Chris Bell


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