Re: [photo-3d] Pro photo CDs

[Ron Beck <rbeck@xxxxxxxx>]

Make sure you distinguish the difference between the PhotoCD and the
PictureCD!  I ordered the Picture CD when I had some Loreo prints
developed, mainly for the Time/Life "Century in Review" photo review
they included on the CD.  Apparently this is a "Picture CD" and is
different from the "Photo CD" which offers 5 different resolutions (at
least that's what I'm guessing at this point!).  My Picture CD has .jpg
files of all my Loreo prints, the largest of which is ~650kb.  Hardly a
high density .tif file.

Also, I think $72.00 (36 exposures * $2.00/exposure) is a bit steep, at
least for my pocketbook.  It is cheaper to have your images added to a
CD at the time of developing instead of later.  However, you then need
to decide if it's more cost effective to get all of them (good and bad)
on a CD or preview the prints and have the "good ones" added later at a
higher cost per neg.

My personal preference at this point is to use my scanner for any prints
or transparencies, manipulate the image as I see fit, save the results
and eventually (when I get enough files) write them to CD-R or CD-RW.  I
could then add some sort of viewer to the CD as well and produce "photo
album CDs" for friends and family.

HTH,
Ron

Jim Harp wrote:
> 
> >Actually, the BEST way to do this is to have your images scanned by a pro
> bureau that can give >you PRO Photo Cds (including 5 resolutions of your
> image - the highest of which allows for the >creation of new negatives). I
> can get this done for about $2.00 per negative here in Colorado >Springs.
> 
> Wow! - I thought getting pro scans was a lot more expensive than that.  Do
> you know what the highest resolution is, or what the size of the highest
> resolution files are?  Are the files on the CD jpegs or TIFFs?   Can this
> also be done with slides?  I'd appreciate any suggestions of good bureaus
> who can do this by mail.  Jim
> 
>

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