A test…

Ryanair at PIK, very common sight down there now…

Thanks for the film scanner info T5, I was expecting to pay about £300 for one so that info is useful. Have you got anything you could show on here out of interest ?

Here’s another 2 from PIK and CD-ROM

I would have said the first was the better one. When you scan the photo in, that’s gone from negative to paper and then scanned in. With the CD, it’s negative and scanner, no paper whatsoever, so you don’t lose much (if any) of the quality.

Film scanners are great, I’ve got a Microtek Filmscan 35, it’s only £130 (about the cheapest available) and is also available, exactly the same model, under the Jessops brand but at £10 less. I find colour negatives and slide (positive film) extremely easy to scan but black and white is extremely hard and requires patience!

Top one is the CD-ROM and bottom the scan, you can tell the scan by the little bits of fluff and hairs that got caught on the glass. I’m off again to Boots to get my other Prestwick stuff onto CD-ROM. Hopefully by late summer I’ll have my own neg scanner and better lenses.

Until then it’s the Spain trip which I’ll be picture posting next week when I return.

Contrast loks a bit better on the first one

I’d say the second one is the better quality… the titles on the aircraft are bolder and are more clear.

I’d guess the first being the scan and the secone the CD?

The top one is best, I think that is the one you scanned yourself.

Can you tell which is which ?