BTW, list is Gary. I got off my arse and hopefully changed the username
field.
My gut feeling is scanning or even film developing is the low profit
part of the business since many companies can provide scanning services.
[Custom Labs in Berkeley being the only one to bite the dust as far as
I know.] Lightjet (Fuji) or the other version that uses Kodak paper seem
to be the high profit item. Besides Cantoo, Lightwaves in Berkeley
provides such prints, as does one in Emeryville that slips my memory.
[I never used the Emeryville shop, but a friend has made some very large
digital prints there.]
Since you are in the North Bay, maybe this scene will look familiar:
It's a part of Mt. Tam that faces the ocean, though we were a bit
beneath grade. Whenever you try to do those shaft of light shots, they
almost never look as dramatic as real life. In this particular case, the
fog was slipping over the hill, so the fog made the shaft of light
actually show up. [Fuji Astia 100F pushed one stop, Minolta 5400 II
scanner.]
Sam McCandless wrote:
>>Sam,
>>
>>1) where do you live?
>
>
> In Northern California, Brad, north of San Francisco - in "the North
> Bay" - whereas "Lists" and CanToo.com are in "the East Bay". I'm
> guessing there's a quite small film-scanner market much more local to
> me.
>
>
>
>>And how much would you charge per 6X7 transparency or neg?
>
>
> I don't know - nor, and what's worse, even how to decide. But for a
> little speculation, see my response to "Lists" and also the CanToo
> web site Lists referenced.
>
>
>
>>It sounds like an interesting idea.
>>
>>Brad
>
>
> I'm glad you think so too. I think I'll explore it at least a little.
> --
> Sam
>
>
>
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Unsubscribe by mail to listserver@halftone.co.uk, with 'unsubscribe
filmscanners'
or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or
body
