Re: Please title your mail so I can decide whether to read it or not

[JLacyPhoto@xxxxxxx]

In a message dated 2/1/2002 2:36:07 PM Eastern Standard Time, murchu@ecosse.net writes:


> Ummm.. this list is about scanning. 
>  
> Bob


While this list is primarily about "scanning" the topics I've archived here over the last few years have ranged widely. The main interest has always been on hardware; comparing specs and new models etc. But it has also included processes, software, media types and content. It really is all part of the picture so long as it doesn't stray so far from the topic to be relevant.

As a photographer and a designer utilizing scanning in commercial production, all aspects of the field have merit. For instance, I used to think that pros shot chrome and hacks shot negs. Now years later I'm shooting 90% negs. It makes more sense for my current applications (industrial & architecture) and both the films and the scanners (and software) have improved vastly. Lighting sources, content and film types all are factors in producing suitable scans, manipulating the resulting files and outputting them for the web, or in offset printing, dyesub prints and/or imagesetters. I believe that elements of all these steps are valid topics for discussion on this list.

This list has always been rich with both information and opinions, both of which have for me anyway been valuable. It's great to see more people contributing rather than the same 3 or 4. At the same time, my only beef with the list is the contributions with nothing to add like "I agree" and "thanks Bob", perhaps those could be made directly instead of replied to whole list (I get enough mail already thanks.)

John Lacy
Creative Director/Photographer
Real Smart MarketingLLC
www.proshooter.com