Russell- I don't think you're really missing all that much.
For proofs you can probably get away with scanning at a lower resolution, and scanning a whole contact sheet's worth at a time. Another way to do it would be to make contact sheets and scan them, which might be simpler, though you would want to be careful to get pretty good contact prints, in order to get a good quality scan.
It's not hard to see how a fully digital workflow can save you money, after the equipment is paid off, of course, and at least postpone most of the time and hassle till the very end! Actually, digital is a hell of a lot easier, I wouldn't be doing any of the stuff I do without it. I understand it's not the same and I understand how people who've got the whole thing working with silver processes would be reluctant to change, but it sure is enabling technology.
At 22:16 -0400 4/13/03, Russell Baker wrote:
Hi Gang....................
As I have mentioned before It seems as if shortly I will be attempting to move into doing photography digitally.
[per all my questions about the Olympus E-10]
I was at first thinking of continuing to use film
and scan it and then print it digitally or have
photo type prints made from the scans.
And as cost was an issue I was looking into using a flatbed scanner such as a Epson 2450. (now the 3200 I believe)
But there is the thing that baffles me.......
As I understand it, it takes about 12 minutes to scan a 6x7 negative.
On Tuesday I am shooting 13 people using 120 film (10 exposures).
One roll per person.
130 exposures..............................
Where in the world would anyone have the time to scan all those negatives to make proofs..............
Sure I understand that maybe a few shots on each roll may not be "keepers", but still that's a lot of negatives.............
It sure seems easier and less time consuming to just go digitally form the start.
Or am I missing something here?
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