Thought this was an interesting read..

http://digital-photography-school.com/last-romance-with-film

If your going to shoot 35mm film..a scanner is the best move..7200DPI at this price is decent..

HERE

Digital sensors still cannot handle sunsets like film but I am very frustrated with trying to find a scanner that provides good results. I use a Nikon Coolscan IV ED which set me back $1200 but does not come anywhere near the resolution plainly visible on the film or slide.

I do not bicker about digital pro cameras being bulkier - they have so much more in them! So, as much as I like the feel of my old cameras, I'm afraid my 'last romance with film' has turned into a divorce.

Greetings,

I read Last Romance with Film, and saw the claim that a Costco 1-hour photo center
can produce 25 megapixel images while the photographer is having lunch. 

I called 3 Costco locations near me to see what they would say ... 

• the first was too busy to answer the phone;

• the second one answered the phone, but then didn't talk to me;

• the third, after some discussion, claimed that the scan would produce an
  8 megapixel image. 

• Too early in the day to call the Costco in San Diego, CA. 

Additional research on this issue is needed. 

Might shoot a roll of 35mm and play dumb. 

As to the rest of Last Romance with Film, I agree that it is difficult to get a good
quality scan of a 35mm film image ... it's almost impossible to even get the tech
to say what resolution they can scan. 

Comments, please.

--MGD

Here is some of that "additional research" I spoke of ...

• One of the Costco in San Diegi, CA asserted that  a scan of 35mm would
  give 2,000 X 3,000 pixels ... that's 6 Megapixels.

I'm starting to doubt the 25 Megapixels claim in the article. 

Comments, please ...

--MGD

 With all of the broohaha over digital resolution vs ultimate resolution of film, it occurs to me that the resolution of film is not infinite, but depends on the granularity of the silver emulsion.  Does anyone know what that resolution is on reasonable speed film?

I found a Ken Rockwell comment on film processing ...

"Why we love film"

Which says in part,

"35mm Film vs. Digital"

"A frame of 35mm film, scanned cheaply at a good photo lab to a CD,
is about equal to the resolution of a 25MP DSLR."

Somewhere else, he might mention Costco ... but not here. 

He does mention North Coast Photographic Services which offers to scan 35mm ,,,

• ENHANCED SCAN 35mm 3339x5035 pixels

• BUDGET SCAN 35mm 2048x3072 pixels

• PREMIUM SCANS FROM SLIDES & NEGATIVES
  35mm slide/negative Premium Scan @ 3339x5035 pixels

That's 16.8 Megapixels; 6.3 Megapixels, and 16.8 Megapixels. 

That's not 25 Megapixels. 

Comments, please ...

--MGD

p.s. NCPS mentions Ken Rockwell. 
 

Ok, I remember a post still up here from Kort about full frame digital.   I said I would wait.  (In reality what option is there without easily accessed deep pockets of which I have neither.)  So, I will not take my time or cash to shoot film and then try to find a high meg scanner.  

For one thing, I have become spoiled or used to the idea of preview of a image just shot so I can decide to take another or not.  I am used to the idea of adjusting exposure as I desire without having to bracket the dickens out of it with film, not certain of the result.

The last series of photos I took were for my church, all indoor stuff with a high ceiling taxing the Nikon strobe used as a bounce.  I shot a few, found what worked and then went to manual with one more adjustment to speed and did all that way.  All were likely the best "from camera" photos I have taken in that facility, no camera calling the shots but on manual (assisted by the camera in the first place to find the range needed  and what EV to use on the flash).  With film, I could not do that and certainly could not remember how I might have done it with film some years ago!

I did try playing a vinyl LP music recording with water on the disc..a fad to try at the time.  No more abiity to play "records" anymore and all went to garage sales, even the turntable which was a fine one with a very well rated cartridge.  Something better came along.        Tom.