However, it is a fact that virtually all new or re-converts to film are not going to leap straight in with a fully wet process, myself included. I want to shoot film, discuss camera repairs, talk about exposure & lighting, but the fact remains for my circumstance I send my film to be developed by someone else. Sometimes I just get prints, sometimes a CD as well. I am also interested to know which films scan best, which isn't a discussion about scanners, but about film!
I too send out some work, typically for weddings and the like.
I too thought I needed to know something about scanning and the best film for scanning to get good results.
What I found was that I needed to know the lab. The specific people doing the scan; their professionalism, skill, and attitude, is a bigger wild-card than the film will ever be.
A fair number of Pro-labs even specify specifically what films they will deal with because they don't have the experience needed to do other films, other Pro-labs can and will do a good job with any film.
The limiting factor for quality here is not the film, it's the people doing the scan.
If this board is going to attract and keep new people who will, once they have been made welcome and feel that they will get something out of it, reach the point where they want to actually subscribe, it has to accept that there is a crossover.
I don't believe anyone at APUG is trying to police what people do or say outside the forum. Yes, we all know there is crossover, and that there are many people here in this community that scan as a regular part of their workflow and we accept that.
That doesn't mean that scanning is a topic we are interested in talking about as a community. The
http://www.hybridphoto.com/forums/home.php community, our sister site, is interested in that topic.
At the moment I am wondering whether subscription is a good idea, or whether this is a closed group. I support the film manufacturers by buying film, but perhaps this board is just *too* analogue to meet my requirements. Seems a bit crazy to turn off potential subscribers, but there you go!
I have an auto mechanic that works on my Prius, all he works on is Japanese cars, gotta take my Eurovan to a different guy who just does European cars.
Those businesses are essentially "closed groups". They are better at what they do because of it. I "subscribe" to both of their communities because I need what they each provide.
APUG isn't meant to be the Wal-Mart of photo info. Subscribe at
http://www.hybridphoto.com/forums/home.php if that fits you better.
Come by and visit APUG regularly too, there is lots to learn here even for people who scan.
