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Posted by: count.d on 18 January 2004

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[This message was edited by count.d on SUNDAY 18 January 2004 at 12:42.]

Posted on: 24 January 2004 by Dan M

Where's Mick?

Mick,

Would you consider popping up a few pics from your Leica? I'm curious as to how they compare.

cheers,

Dan

p.s. Has anyone used the b&w films that can be processed as color film. Any good? It would certainly lower the cost of experimenting.

Posted on: 24 January 2004 by Steve G

quote:
Originally posted by Dan M:
p.s. Has anyone used the b&w films that can be processed as color film. Any good? It would certainly lower the cost of experimenting.

I tried the Kodak one a few years back and found it ok, although as is often the case with colour print film, a lot is down to the quality of printing from the lab you use.

What I do when experimenting with "normal" B&W is to either develop the films myself (which is pretty easy and quite fun) or alternatively to get a contact print made. I then just get prints made of the images I like.

Regards
Steve

Posted on: 24 January 2004 by JeremyD

quote:
Originally posted by Derek Wright:
...it helps explain the "discord" I was experiencing with the the picture that I could not indentify the cause of...

Actually, I like the two trees pic as it is - I found the effect quite striking. Take any old route ahead and find yourself on a pleasant walk. Or take the route between the two trees, if you dare, and find yourself in a deceptively similar looking but altogether more sinister world.

Or maybe it's just my sci-fi addled brain.

Posted on: 24 January 2004 by Derek Wright

Jeremy - thanks for your comments - a picture can be interpreted in so many ways

The walk would not be too sinister as it was in a WWF reserve and the only creature you would see would be flamingo in the plural.

Derek

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Posted on: 25 January 2004 by MarkEJ

quote:
Originally posted by domfjbrown:
Derek - how do you "eject" a scanner?? Sorry to be facetious, it's just this crappy scanner's done this about 6 times, every time requiring either a complete PC rebuild or a lot of timewasting on my part - for the £40 it cost me in 2002 I'm tempted to cut my losses and buy a proper make. I thought Agfa were supposed to be good, but that thing's been rubbish since day 1.

What's the best scanner under £100?

__________________________
Make your choice, adventurous Stranger;
Strike the bell and bide the danger
Or wonder, till it drives you mad,
What would have followed if you had.

Dom;

The SnapScan series were bloody good scanners, IMO. However, they were discontiued before the release of XP, so the software which came with them possibly won't like XP. Get the latest version (suppposedly XP friendly -- can't comment) here.

BTW: your sig takes me back years -- visions of a petrified George W presiding over a post-Deplorable Word DC come to mind; "I poured out the blood of my armies like water...", etc.

Best;

Mark

Posted on: 25 January 2004 by Joe Petrik

Dan,

quote:
Has anyone used the b&w films that can be processed as color film. Any good? It would certainly lower the cost of experimenting.

All the B&W pix I posted here were shot on Kodak Portra 400B&W, a film that's processed and printed just like colour print films are. These C-41 chromogenic films, as they are called, can yield great results, but it depends a lot on the lab you use. You may need to try several before you find a lab that's competent and predictable.

Joe

Posted on: 25 January 2004 by BigH47

Snapscan E25 s/w upgrade for XP seemed to work OK for me. Load the original and ignore XP error messages and then download later drivers.

Howard

Posted on: 25 January 2004 by Haroon

good call on this topic, here are some of my own:

Posted on: 25 January 2004 by Haroon

any comments welcome

Posted on: 25 January 2004 by Haroon

though do gotta say these are small jpeg versions - so there is the obvious loss of colour and quality that comes with digitisng prints

Posted on: 25 January 2004 by Haroon

last one, yeh im getting carried away here

Posted on: 26 January 2004 by domfjbrown

quote:
Originally posted by Mark Ellis-Jones:
The SnapScan series were bloody good scanners, IMO. However, they were discontiued before the release of XP, so the software which came with them possibly won't like XP. Get the latest version (suppposedly XP friendly -- can't comment) http://www.agfa.com/digicam_scanner_drivers/scanner/snapscan_e20/<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

EXCELLENT! I'll try downloading this tonight then. The prob is the scanner WAS working fine, so I'm not sure if the software is throwing a wobbly (probably!) or if the scanner itself is playing up. Certainly when it works it's a good performer - better than my old HP one and a third of the price...

quote:
Originally posted by Mark Ellis-Jones:
BTW: your sig takes me back years -- visions of a petrified George W presiding over a post-Deplorable Word DC come to mind; "I poured out the blood of my armies like water...", etc.

Of course, Jadis, unlike George W, was "seven foot tall and dazzlingly pretty". George W is a cowaring wuss... Though to keep our mates "that side of the pond" happy, I don't rate Blair either. I doubt I could do a better job than either of them though so I'd better shut up

I had an argument with some mates over the CS Lewis Narnia books - everyone else was convinced "The lion, the witch and the wardrobe" is the first one in the series. Of course, it's the "Magician's nephew" that starts the series, with Charn, the birth of Narnia, and the above poem of course. I really loved the imagery of the dying sun etc in that book the first time I read it - I should fish them out and have another read

Back on topic

__________________________
Make your choice, adventurous Stranger;
Strike the bell and bide the danger
Or wonder, till it drives you mad,
What would have followed if you had.

Posted on: 26 January 2004 by JeremyD

Calcutta street scene, early 1986. (Canon AF-35ML).

Posted on: 28 January 2004 by Tarquin Maynard - Portly

How do I get the blasted pics onto the site???

New camera, old brain problem.

Regards

Mike

On the Yellow Brick Road and Happy

Posted on: 28 January 2004 by Tarquin Maynard - Portly

quote:
I had an argument with some mates over the CS Lewis Narnia books - everyone else was convinced "The lion, the witch and the wardrobe" is the first one in the series. Of course, it's the "Magician's nephew" that starts the series, with Charn, the birth of Narnia, and the above poem of course. I really loved the imagery of the dying sun etc in that book the first time I read it - I should fish them out and have another read

I think you are noth right - TLTWATW was published first, MN afterwards. I love the description of the wood between the worlds myself. Writing order: Lion Witch and...; Prince Caspian; Voyage of the Dawn Treader; Silver Chair; Horse and his Boy; Magicians' Nephew; The Last Battle.

Hippy at heart, I suppose.

Regards

Mike

On the Yellow Brick Road and Happy

Posted on: 28 January 2004 by herm

It's a little late, but I'd like to say I really like Joe's pictures, and the less artsy they are (Katie and Anna) the more I like them. They convey a wonderful sense of intimacy. A good portrait doesn't need any props.

Herman

Posted on: 28 January 2004 by domfjbrown

quote:
Originally posted by mike lacey:
Writing order: Lion Witch and...; Prince Caspian; Voyage of the Dawn Treader; Silver Chair; Horse and his Boy; Magicians' Nephew; The Last Battle.

Hippy at heart, I suppose.

Interesting - I wander why it took CS Lewis so long to get round to writing a prequel to TLTWATW then? MN is still my favourite, though I do wander what happened to the people who acted in the BBC version of "The silver chair" etc - the girl was lush (I was roughly the same age as her at the time so I can say that).

Anyone want a free Agfa e20 scanner? It's either that or I stamp on it in a minute - the POS STILL won't work - and not even Cinderella can keep me sane now!

__________________________
Make your choice, adventurous Stranger;
Strike the bell and bide the danger
Or wonder, till it drives you mad,
What would have followed if you had.

Posted on: 28 January 2004 by matthewr

Posted on: 28 January 2004 by Joe Petrik

Herman,

Thanks, really. I've got a couple more pix you might like, but it'll have to wait until I get a chance to scan them.

Joe

P.S. Excellent idea for a thread, by the way. Keep the pix coming.

Posted on: 28 January 2004 by MichaelC

Here goes

Posted on: 28 January 2004 by Joe Petrik

Nerd info: Nikon F4, 105 f/2 DC, Kodak Portra B&W400

Joe