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  1. <p>Another way to look at it: ACR has the ability to <em>produce</em> a jpeg, or tiff, or various other formats. Your raw file is left alone, but ACR will remember your preferences for producing the viewable image.</p>
  2. <p>I'd strongly recommend to start with black and white film. Also, liquid concentrate chemicals are much easier to mix, especially in small quantities, compared to powders.</p> <p> </p>
  3. <p>Are you thinking to do old-school enlarging as well, or just film developing, and then scan? If it's just developing film you're going to undertake, a small bathroom is good, preferably windowless. Safelights are not a factor, you need total darkness, and just until the film is loading into the canister.</p> <p>When light sealing the room I would suggest to check by just sitting in there for a few minutes, then looking for light leaks, as your eyes get more sensitive. You really don't want to see any. Everything helps. For example, with my setup (which I use very infrequently, lol) I would only develop film at night: bright daylight outside might overpower my efforts. :)</p>
  4. <p>David, you mention having a changing bag. Did you use one before, and you're comfortable with it? Just my thought: if you can light seal a small bathroom it makes things a lot easier.</p>
  5. <p>Dedicated film scanner? Though the main players of yesteryear are out of production, support gone, and compatibility with latest operating systems getting very iffy.</p> <p>I'm looking at a Minolta Scan Elite 5400 (first version) and a Nikon V, sitting on the upper shelf of my station. But both are very dusty...</p>
  6. <p>+1 for Windows Snipping Tool, very fast and convenient. Assign it a hot-key, say "S", then no matter what program you're in, just do ctrl-alt-S to invoke it.</p>
  7. <p>The phone's ubiquity <em>alone</em> is threatening the DSLR. You always carry your phone. A bulky camera, perhaps with a menagerie of lens, stifles spontaneity. Yeah, I have one of those, a Canon 5DIII, and the arsenal of lens, sadly not seeing not much use.</p>
  8. <p>If and when you purchase Vuescan, go for Pro version. The cheaper one only allows updates for one year, and I believe also locks out the (invaluable) Raw Scan file function.</p> <p>I wouldn't hesitate to use it sooner; wouldn't consider it just an adjunct to lack of Microsoft support. It's very useful for any other scanners you might have too, say a flatbed.</p> <p>https://www.hamrick.com/vuescan/html/vuesc11.htm#appendixa</p>
  9. <p>Your old scanner too, is just using some software to deal with color negative film. As previously mentioned, you might try Vuescan with it, see how it works, and if it allows you to run it with your newer computer as well.</p>
  10. <p>There's several references in the article to external hard drives, that's all. Anyone using <em>internal</em> hard drives, ie: an extra hard drive inside the case, say d:? That's worked for me, for several decades, coupled with dual dvd disc archives, when space requires.</p> <p>On a windows system robocopy is indispensable for me, very effective in a batch file.</p>
  11. <p>Hah, thought this would be about "dodging" prints.</p>
  12. <p>And, just run a scan or two, at that resolution and down a it lower, see how it works out. 240 dpi might be a bit high, considering the purpose.</p>
  13. <p>What you can do to lube filter threads: is run your finger along the side your nose, picking up a little skin oil, then run your finger along the filter threads.</p>
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