Posted on 02/25/2011 1:24:07 PM PST by SWAMPSNIPER
Several months ago I found a Minolta XG-M from the early 80s in a thrift shop, for 5 bucks. It cleaned up really pretty but needed light seals and a mirror damper to really be back in shape.
It's ready to go now, maybe it will make another 25 or 30 years.
I used Kodak Hi Def 400 for these, Walmart developed the film and I scanned the negatives with my Epson scanner.
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Thank you FRiend
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If the film is good for ~4000 x 6000 grains or better, what would be the best scanning resolution?
What does the development of the film cost?
What model is your Epson scanner?
oh, the cats in the cradle.....
I know very little about the technical part of film photography.
I looked for some 200 film the other day, none in town, back to Ebay.
I'm working on a Minolta Hi Matic 9 rangefinder now, maybe I'll get it back in action soon.
I have a Mimaya Sekor from the early 80’s that needs new light seals.
That thing took great pictures.
Once you scan the negatives, what program do you use to turn it into an actual picture? I found some negatives from 4 July, 2000, of me and my children posing with the country band Black Hawk. I’d love to have those as pictures.
The trick is to send of several rolls at a time but I got impatient.
I got the seal material last week, theae are the first shots after installation.
It's a simple job but the mirror damper drove my old fingers crazy!
I don't really want to pay for prints but Walmart and most other places don't have a develop only option. My scanner is slow but I can do a better job.
Not many labs do wet prints now, they scan your negatives and send you digital prints.
They do as you describe, give you digital files from your film.
Great shots. Interesting about the scanner. I can’t find our camera right now. Mrs. RQSR is the photog around here, and she has put it other than where it normally goes. It’s a Minolta from the mid ‘80’s. Wondering if it’s like yours.
Whatever. I’ll find it later. Thanks for the ping.
I have a Pentax film 35mm from the early 90s with a nice assortment of lenses.
The cool thing is that if I bought a current Pentax digital 35 like the KX, I could still use the old glass. They wouldn’t work in auto-focus mode, but they would still work in auto-exposure mode.
I have a 50mm that stops open to F-1.7, so its great for low-light work.
My local walmarts will do “develop onlys”, and only charge 2 or 2 bucks to do so. And that’s for 1 hour. You do have to explain it to the folks at the counter.
Walmart also does E6 slides and 120 film but that’s all send out work and it’s best to bypass the folks at the counter. They will tell you that they can’t do that.
I use an Epson V500 scanner which works faster than the older scanners and does a fine job. Now I need a better printer, my Canon Pixma MP250 does awful prints even on glossy photo paper.
I have a couple of rolls of Extar 25, maybe I should put them up for bids.
Sweet!
Where do you get the parts and supplies?
About 5 years ago I tried to get an authorized repair shop to work on the meter of my Nikon F2SB, which slowly faded over the years.
They flat out refused to do it.
I still have my Fuji ST701..black body f1.4 lens plus a 28mm wide angle lens I bought in 1971..took some great pictures, but I wouldn’t trade my digital Fuji.
I have two Pentax ME cameras with 1.7 lenses plus a 200 MM f 4 and a 28 MM wide angle for sale.
I also want to sell my 20 D Canon body and move up to a 60 D.
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