On my last vacation, I took a good (for me) minox ECX snapshot and wanted to make copies. So, I took the snapshot to my local photo shop, and just scanned it to a floppy. I planned to make some 5x7's for family members. But, when I got home, and loaded the image (which was around 500kb) I was amazed at the quality of the image, from color 100 film--particularly the lack of grain and the sharpness of the image. The shot was a mid-range portrait, with a scenic background--but everything was in focus.
I was amazed. Full size, 100% magnification, according to MS Photo Editor is larger than my monitor (21") and it still looks good, but a little grainy. At 25% it's a snapshot size, and 50% is a beautiful 8x10.
I just found out about the scan service from the Minox Memo, and I plan to try that with my next roll of film. Would appreciate any feedback on this service, since I understand that scans work better on negatives than prints.
I am sold on this thing, thought it was just for snapshots.<div></div>
I've seen quite a lot of professionally done Minox prints and to me they just don't hold up compared to prints from 35mm or even APS from a good camera.
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Speaking of scanning Minox negs:
On my last vacation, I took a good (for me) minox ECX snapshot and wanted to make copies. So, I took the snapshot to my local photo shop, and just scanned it to a floppy. I planned to make some 5x7's for family members. But, when I got home, and loaded the image (which was around 500kb) I was amazed at the quality of the image, from color 100 film--particularly the lack of grain and the sharpness of the image. The shot was a mid-range portrait, with a scenic background--but everything was in focus.
I was amazed. Full size, 100% magnification, according to MS Photo Editor is larger than my monitor (21") and it still looks good, but a little grainy. At 25% it's a snapshot size, and 50% is a beautiful 8x10.
I just found out about the scan service from the Minox Memo, and I plan to try that with my next roll of film. Would appreciate any feedback on this service, since I understand that scans work better on negatives than prints.
I am sold on this thing, thought it was just for snapshots.<div>
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