<p>Tuomas, when I took that picture, I remember focusing on the people, if not the circle at the bottom. Unfortunately there is no way for me to rescan because Walmart does not return negatives. As far as I know, it's the full scan. are soft. Walmart gives you prints and a CD with the scans on them, and on a mac the CD software doesn't work, so you have to go in into the files in order to retrieve the scans — the file folder is always called "hires" — hi-res. Here are two more samples: both the same picture, but one is edited to increase brightness, contrast, etc. I remember doing my best to get the photos on focus, but Mendel has brought it to my attention that it would be a better idea to look at grain sharpness. Grain is visible, but it is no longer grain, more like freckles.<br /><br />http://www.photo.net/photo/18074028<br /><br />http://www.photo.net/photo/18074027<br>
<br />Lenny, I am definitely <em>not </em>surprised at the results, at least not anymore. When I first got the scans, I was appalled. That was the first time I'd used walmart's services in years! I was just getting back into film photography. Now, like I said, I drop off my cheap film at walmart because I know that the scans are not of good quality, and the rolls I drop off are usually not important to me. This post is a post of curiosity, because from what I know, Wal-mart sends their film out to Fujifilm labs, where the rolls are developed and scanned without returned negatives. How can such a company not have trained people on the job? How can they not have good (i.e. decent) scanners? How can they give me scans which are light years behind consumer scanners such as the Plusteks (https://www.ephotozine.com/article/plustek-opticfilm-8100-film-scanner-review-18933)? Can't they at least offer a "high quality" scanning option to their service?</p>