You can hold the slide/neg up to a window, or a light source like a bulb and
look at
it with most any loop.
I just read an article a few days ago about color ink-jet printers, they said
that
the ink would only last with bright colors for about 6 months, so they haven't
replaced the good ol photo lab yet.
terry
Jeff Borenstein wrote:
> Hello There!
> I'm fairly new to photography and this list as well. As i went to go
> buy a loupe today at some of the local camera stores (I came up empty
> handed! Please, someone recommend a loupe to buy that has included light so
> i dont have to spend $$ on a table too!) I brought up the question of
> scanning and slides. Remember I'm very new to the finer life of photography
> so I still hadn't descided wether I was going to concentrate on Slide Or
> print film for my upcomming trip to costa rica. He said his company did
> custom scanning at any resolution and dpi! For 2.00 a slide they will scan
> a slide at 340 dpi and 2000x something resolution. I recently purchased a
> Epson Stylus Color 850 and it prints at 1440 dpi. WOW!! Some of philip
> greenspuns prints from photo.net came out incredible! So, I hear so much
> talk about slides vs. prints, and now that the digital age is finally
> catching up in quailty i've descided to focus my skill in the next two weeks
> on slide film. This will allow me brighter colors and the ability to print
> fairly descent prints at home! Of course if I do take that magical shot or
> two that I wan't professioanlly done, i feel confident this local company
> will do a great job of it! Here's to all the 0 and 1's in the binary
> world! Things are just starting to get interesting!!!
>
> -Jeff
>
> P.S. What is the name of the kodak slide film (iso 100) that is a little
> more neutral and more suitable for portraits again? I plan on shooting a
> lot of velvia but want some faster film for those other situations..
>
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