Digital dimensions from 35mm film

joolsveer

I left a 35mm film into Boots a couple of days ago for developing and printing and asked for the photos to be transferred to a CD. The resulting jpegs are 1840 X 1232 (giving 2,266,880 pixels). This does not seem to exploit the inherent potential of the 35mm frame. I had a quick scan on the net of film to jpeg services and one promised 22.8 megapixels.

Is there anywhere in Dublin I could have my films processed and get decently sized jpegs? Or do I have to invest in a negative scanner?

cecilwinthorpe

I dont know if they're any better for digital prints but you could try doubleprint. Ive been using them for years now and ive only once had a problem with them with one set of prints which they fixed for me as soon as i told them and free of charge.

joolsveer

cecilwinthorpe wrote:

I dont know if they're any better for digital prints but you could try doubleprint. Ive been using them for years now and ive only once had a problem with them with one set of prints which they fixed for me as soon as i told them and free of charge.

Please see attached pdf which shows that the company does not recommend that you use their jpegs for reprints!

DotOrg

Is there anywhere in Dublin I could have my films processed and get decently sized jpegs? Or do I have to invest in a negative scanner?

for the price of a really good neg scanner you could buy a new Canon 350D

joolsveer

DotOrg wrote:

for the price of a really good neg scanner you could buy a new Canon 350D

Ah but I have a lot of slides and negatives going back about 30 years so I think I'll go the scanner route for the moment.

Burago

DotOrg wrote:

for the price of a really good neg scanner you could buy a new Canon 350D

Not exactly, you could pick up a great film scanner for around 300. All that it would be missing is digital ICE, which might be important for older negs or slides.