Re: [Philmont]: Photographic reproduction - back

Michael-

Though a color negative film with an ASAP, actually an ISO nowadays, is a
good choice, it is considered a slower film. You may want to throw in a few
rolls of 200 and even 400 for those late afternoon and rainy day (yes it
does rain at Philmont) photos. Almost any good retail film processor should
be able to do a good to excellent job at processing your nags for you,
because the color films today have a wider exposure latitude than they did
years ago. The problem comes in with what you mean by "quality" and how much
you want to pay for it. Commercial film labs, the ones that the "pros" go
to, have a tighter or higher quality control tolerance than the retail labs
do - they replenish the first developer with every run for example, and run
test strips prior to every run adjusting the chemistry for the results - or
at least they should. But that is probably overkill for your needs.

It's in the printing where you'll notice the retail vs. commercial. Many
times commercial labs will do contact prints for you first before any prints
are made so you can pick out the "keepers". Again it's probably overkill for
the smaller standard enlargements. But if you're going to have any 8 AX 10s
or 11 AX 14s especially in multiples of 10 or more, you may want to consider
a commercial lab for "quality" or "repro" as it is usually known,
enlargements.

As to CD, that's another matter. To create a CD, your nags or prints must be
scanned in. Since a print is one generation away form the original (the nags
that is) loss of quality and increase of contrast is always the result.
Another prime consideration is the resolution you tell them to make the
scans at. Typical rest's are 72, 100, 300, 600, and 1200. The rest will
depend upon what you want to use the scan for. 72 is the rest used for
monitor output. 300 is the rest used for publications such as magazines and
journals. 600, and especially 1200 is the rest used for very large
enlargements - 3' by 4' etc as the type used in trade show booths. I would
suggest 300 or 600 if you plan on making color laser or inkjet output
prints. As you might imagine, the higher the rest the greater the cost, and
certainly the bigger the tiff or jog file. If you plan on having a photo lab
scan your nags onto a CD, ask what the specs are - that is what the
resolution, the color mode - RIB or CYMA, and if you want tiff or jog files?
A tiff file is best, but the file size is large, and CYMA is used for higher
end laser prints and offset prints and printing. If you have a service
bureau in West Reading, you may want to have it do your scans and CD
burn,and dupes.

Also a thought on popping off 1,200 nags. Its easy to do at Philmont - real
easy. That averages out to about 4, 36 exp rolls a day. For a crew with 10
members that isn't hard. But I've know my share of those who do shoot of 500
or so shots with the greatest of intentions of doing their own scans, and
creating a power point when they get home. Some have actually been able to
pull it off. But most remain as intentions. I advise that before you take a
photo, ask yourself, "Do I really need the 57th shot of a mule deer?" You'd
be surprised that when you finally do get to editing those 1,200 photos the
following December, how many are true "keepers"

Jim Whitcomb
Otetiana Council
Rochester NY

Editor
Photoshop Fundaments Journal

----- Original Message -----
From: <Scoutman97@aol.com>
To: "Multiple recipients of list philmont" <philmont@troop47.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 10:16 AM
Subject: [Philmont]: Photographic reproduction

> I know I've seen some discussion in the past, but I need some more
concrete recommendations. Another advisor and I will be carrying our 35 mm
SLR cameras on the trek. What is the best way or best service to have
prints and QUALITY CD's made from the same roll? Ideally, I'll be using 100
ASA film, maybe print-maybe slide (haven't decided yet), and will want the
ability to make or have made multiple sets of prints and CD's.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Michael Golembiewski, Scoutmaster
> Troop 445, West Reading, PA
> Eagle Class 1982
> PhilAdvisor 1991, 1998, 2003

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