Re: digital proofing of negatives

[sam wang <stwang@clemson.edu>]

Thanks Gordon and Don.

I was thinking about using a camcorder but wondered if there was a  
still camera that could do better. My new Samsung SC-D372 renders very  
light in negative effects, even at the darkest setting.

Yes Don, I have heard about ScanCafe but it would be too wasteful to  
scan all of my negatives - a lot of them not good enough to do  
anything with and others too valuable to let out of sight. Even at  
such bargain prices, to send 40 years collection of negatives to India  
for cheap scans does not seem fun.

I guess everyone else keeps their contact sheets in good order, so  
there's no such need to sort through the mess? In a way, I feel like  
an archeologist, digging through the mountain of images to find a few  
forgotten gems for Photoshop to give new life to.

Sam

On Jul 5, 2008, at 9:54 PM, Don Bryant wrote:

> Sam,
>
> Perhaps this service maybe worth considering for 35 mm and MF  
> negatives:
>
> http://www.scancafe.com/negativescanning.php
>
> Don