[photo-3d] Digital print costs

["Jim Harp" <matmail2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> When I get my prints, I scan them on a regular scanner
> at a high enough resolution to allow me to crop them some
> and still have enough pixels for the final monolithic
> pair to be 1000x1500 pixels on a 4x6 print. I trim off
> the top and bottom 3/8 inch or so and I have a single
> chip to fix to my card. It works pretty well.
>
> The problem with the Fuji 370 is that you probably won't
> want to rescan your prints. You could get possible moires
> this way. So you will have to mount the left and right
> halves by hand with all the opportunity for rotational
> and other alignment errors. Photoshop is great for fixing
> these kinds of problems, but you will want your scans
> from analog prints. The other way is to get your negs
> or slides scanned and manipulate these digital images
> in photoshop. The kicker here is that I haven't found
> a lab yet that will give you high-res scans for free as
> part of having your film processed, or even give them
> to you reasonably,

Has anyone tried the scanning/CD services from Mystic Labs?   I imagine that
there will soon be mail order Fuji 370 services available at reasonable
prices.  Working with a well scanned negative seems far more desirable than
scanning a print.  No matter how well the print is done you're losing a
generation and detail, not to mention moires and other artifacts from
digitizing twice.  It costs me about $2.00 per slide to get scans done on
the 370, plus $10.00 for the CD.  Similar prices are available from Advanced
Digital Imaging www.adiweb.com.   Scanning Nimslo pairs mounted in a single
2 X 2 slide comes out to $2.00 a pair, and then 40 cents each to have the
monolithic print done after trimming and windowing have been done in
Photoshop.  Compared to the custom printing prices I've heard discussed this
seems like quite a bargain.   By the way, Robert's APEC cards alway look
terrific, so I guess that just shows that there is indeed "more than one way
to skin a cat."  Jim Harp