P.S. You better believe I get paid for my scans as well as any other time or
materials that go into creating an image.
Mike Moore
Dicky wrote:
> --- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Moore" <miguelmas@qwest.net>
> To: <filmscanners@halftone.co.uk>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 6:42 PM
> Subject: Re: filmscanners: Nikon 8000 ED or Polaroid Sprintscan 120 ??
>
> > Richard: I earn my living as a professional photographer... I do not scan
> for
> > fun... I scan because I have to have a reliable source of scans that I can
> > manipulate in Photoshop and be able to hand my clients a CD or
> photographic
> > print made from a digital file that matches the iamge I visualized at the
> moment
> > I shot the picture.
> >
> > I do not have the time to wait for PhotoCD Master scans to be made, nor am
> I
> > inclined to trust my scans to lab scanner techs who are trying to meet
> > production schedules. I have my 4x5 film scanned by a custom lab at $29
> per
> > scan...(I plan to buy a Linocolor 1400 very soon) I scan my own 35mm...
> that is
> > why I, and a lot of other PROFESSIONALS are buying these Minolta and Nikon
> and
> > Polaroid scanners... We must adapt and change in order to survive... I
> used to
> > shoot film and leave it at the lab and then go back and explain to the
> counter
> > person, who would hopefully explain it properly to the printer (who
> hopefully
> > knew what I was trying to achieve, etc) and three or four or five days
> later, I
> > would get a print... if it was close to what i wanted, great.. if not,
> back in
> > for a redo... I had one lab tech do me the favor of giving me ragged black
> > borders on what were supposed to be full frame prints from 35, no borders,
> for
> > an architectural competition... this all on deadline.. the client was with
> me at
> > the lab, he went ballisitic... Now I control this myself... I scan my own
> negs,
> > I do the appropriate manipulations, I print out on my Epson or send them
> to a
> > lab with a Fuji or Noritsu (for up to 8x12) printer that will spit out
> real
> > silver based photographic prints... and I can hand my client a CD with
> those
> > same scans as PSD or TIFFS and they can get all the prints they want, that
> look
> > like I want them to look, and I can keep shooting...
> >
> > You may be retired, but I am still in the fray of this digital
> revolution.. Just
> > as we saw the computers become smaller and into the hands of the end
> users, so
> > we will see more pro photographers take the scanning into their own
> control...
> >
> > If you want to see one photographer who has already handled the whole
> deal, from
> > taking the photo to making the final scans for his glossy coffee table
> show
> > book, check out this link
>
> I am quite prepared to believe all you say but that is hardly the point.
>
> You will, at some future stage, have to chose between taking the picture and
> reproducing it, simply because the time scale will eventually force you to
> decide between the two processes. One is creative and the other largely
> photomechanical and therefore technical rather than creative.
>
> No doubt there are photographers who will act as their own publisher and
> wish to have control over the whole job, well, unless they wish to work 24
> hours a day for ever, at some stage they will have to prioritise and perhaps
> they will decide it is cheaper to put the work out.
>
> I must say your paying a lot for a 5X4 scan set.
> In the uk these sizes are usually called a "min" and where a batch are to be
> scanned, in my time they were usually priced at between £7-9 sterling each.
>
> Richard Corbett
>
> I hope you get paid for your scans, it is my impression that many
> photographers do not.
>
> Richard Corbett
