A few classic computer photos

Tony Duell wrote: ?2 for a "Standard Resolution" CD. For ?4 they should be able to do a "High Resolution" or "Supersize" CD (the terminology depends on who you ask -- old-timers will call it supersize, the "in the middle" group call it 'high resolution', the newbies just give you a blank stare). The difference is that the images on the standard CD are 2 or 3 megapixels -- basically thumbnail size, and good for printing to (maybe) 7x5 at a push. On the hi-res CD, the scanner resolution is increased to "12x8" (it's based on the target image size, not DPI), which equates to (if memory serves) about 10 megapixels. You can push the newer machines higher -- the newer Fuji Frontier570 systems can do "18x12" scanning and printing, which (again IIRC) is about 20 megapixels. It also takes the best part of 40 minutes to scan a 36-exposure strip of 35mm film... I think I'll be keeping my Minolta 5400 Elite around for a while yet. It really does pay to get to know the lab techs -- there are things that the machines can do (or be made to do) that aren't necessarily on the service lists, or they are on the list but the frontline staff don't know about them. The big one is having stuff printed with "auto-correct" off -- the Fuji Frontiers have an automatic colour correction system that completely FUBARs just about any image that's been fed through Photoshop and had colour-correction applied (though it can screw up some digital camera images too). IME most lab techs know about this (it makes orange/red sunsets go *green*!) and also know how to switch the stupid thing off... It also pays to find a lab that follows the maintenance schedules to an insane degree. The Jessops labs I've put prints / negs through have always been well-maintained (again, the "get to know your lab guy" point) but I've seen some pretty shocking things at other high-street chains... And again -- high-street labs can do it, it just takes longer (and sometimes involves asking the person that's actually running the lab). There's generally one or two people in a given store that know the lab machinery inside-out, back-to-front and from behind -- the sort of people who can tell you not only what the component parts of ID-11 are but also how it differs from D76 and how to mix it from scratch. Ideally you want to talk to one of those people :) Is there anything you won't strip to pieces and/or (at least attempt to) repair? :) -- Phil. classiccmp at philpem.me.uk http://www.philpem.me.uk/