Fujichrome Sensia

[yellowjeep]

Wow. :thumbup:

My a100 is in the shop and my sisters' prom was last Saturday. I figured it was a great time to try some slide film. I was amazed at the IQ and the color reproduction. My only grip was it was $10 a roll and $10 get it processed. Are there any online options to cut that cost down?

I aslo just ordered an Epson 4490*, I can't wait to share some of the results.

*Just a note. If anybody is looking for a good deal on a scanner, Buy.com has the 4490 for $137 with free shipping + another $10 off if you are new to Google checkout.
Thats almost $25 off of Epson's online store.

 

[nealjpage]

I always scout out the local photo shop for clearance/expired film, which is a lot cheaper. Also, $10 for processing seems out of line. My local lab has to send it two hours away for processing and it comes back, nicely done and mounted, in a week, for $6.50.

 

[yellowjeep]

Really, 6.50...

I was feeling kinda ripped off by my camera shop. But the lab is only 4 blocks away (I really had no idea). My camera shop doesn't charge anything thing to "send them out" but the lab itself charges 10 bucks. How lame. :thumbdown:

Sam's Club will do 36exp for 4.50 but it takes two weeks. But maybe that is the way to do it.

Reguarding film. These 2 rolls are actually the only ones that I've had that are were not expired when I got them. I watched an auction for 100 rolls of Konicachrome of somesort go for $140 a few weeks back. I was bummed.

 

[nealjpage]

Well, maybe the $6.50 I get charged from Dotson's is below average. Maybe the girl at the local shop just thinks I'm cute and gives me a special price.

Sam's Club might be a viable option. I'm not sure where they send it to, though; however for less than half the price I'd be willing to wait longer.

I also buy a crapload of film from Ebay. You can find some good deals if you search.

 

[Smith2688]

*Just a note. If anybody is looking for a good deal on a scanner, Buy.com has the 4490 for $137 with free shipping + another $10 off if you are new to Google checkout.
Thats almost $25 off of Epson's online store.

You could also order a refurbished one from Epson for $109.:

http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/consumer/consDetail.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&oid=63060806

I just received mine and it works great. I have a small scratch on the plastic casing, but I would otherwise think it was brand new.

 

[yellowjeep]

Aw man, thanks for raining on my parade.

 

[Smith2688]

Too late to cancel?

At least yours is brand new!

 

[yellowjeep]

I was just joking about the rain thing. Yeah I don't mind the 20 dollar difference. It will be here tomorrow:thumbup:

 

[Alex_B]

these days, with cheap processing you can get unpleasant surprises, such as badly cut film, bad framing and all ... I once had some nice shots ruined that way.

 

[christopher walrath]

Yeah, I had a couple of bad bouts with Wally World. "No, the scratch isn't on the next roll. When was the last time you had the machine serviced/cleaned?" And that was with a wedding. Never again.

 

[Smith2688]

I was just joking about the rain thing. Yeah I don't mind the 20 dollar difference. It will be here tomorrow:thumbup:

Yeah, not if it's arriving tomorrow! You'll enjoy it, I'm sure. Make sure to post some scans!

 

[yellowjeep]

Yeah, I had a couple of bad bouts with Wally World. "No, the scratch isn't on the next roll. When was the last time you had the machine serviced/cleaned?" And that was with a wedding. Never again.

Hmmm, I talked to the girl that works at the photo center at Sam's today. She told me that they send off film to a lab in Denver, anybody know what lab?

Give me a few and I will post some scans

flickr uploader is soooooooo slow

 

[yellowjeep]

Finally.

My sisters.


Dress


My dad


Shot with 700si

 

[bhop]

Wow! I haven't scanned any slides with my 4490, mostly because slide film's more expensive and I won't be able to get the $2.95 develop only price that I currently do with negative film at the local drug store, but your scans really make me want to try some.

 

[Early]

You can get film and pre paid mailers from B&H.

On a side note, that Sensia film is real contrasty. Too contrasty for those pretty sisters of yours, if you don't mind my saying.