RE: [APML] Best way to get prints/processing

["Wil Milan" <wmilan@airdigital.com>]

Mark,

I always shoot the exposure log page onto the film itself; that way there is
an exposure record right on the roll. And because I shoot the exposure log
in daylight, that frame serves as a frame reference for cutting the other
slids or negs.

Wil Milan
"The heavens praise your
wonders, O Lord..." Psalm 89:5
http://www.astrophotographer.com/


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-astro-photo@seds.org [mailto:owner-astro-photo@seds.org]On
> Behalf Of Kolb, Jon
> Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2000 9:40 PM
> To: astro-photo@seds.org
> Subject: RE: [APML] Best way to get prints/processing
>
>
> Mark,
>
> >5) I could use slides, this would mean taking a risk that the
> slides would
> >not be mounted correctly (ie processor cuts images in half). I
> would still
> >have the problem of getting prints and getting a digital image for
> >processing on the PC.
>
> I've had some good luck with Kodak Elite Chrome 200, and it's pro brother
> E200 (even better, but probably hard to get for you other than mail order,
> given the description of your local suppliers).  My efforts with
> slide film
> have all been wide-field with camera lenses so far, but both
> EC200 and E200
> look like outstanding films for astrophotography.  I plan to try
> the E200 in
> my astrograph if ever get back off the road and get some weather before
> there's too much moon this month.
>
> Any decent 1hr joint should see where to cut if the results are anywhere
> near what you'd be proud to look at anyway.  The mostly
> illiterate staff at
> the Walgreens near me actually didn't screw up a recent roll of
> Elite Chrome
> 200, so I know it's possible.  If you like the slides, tell them to "match
> the slide" when making prints, and you'll probably be OK. For prints from
> slides, some of these places send them out to better labs, anyway.
>
> Jon Kolb
> http://www.vantagehost.com/kenstars/Images.asp?GuestAstronomer
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