Originally posted by Jonathan Mac
'I need to get my act together and work on doing this better but mostly what I'm missing are the skills and knowledge in post-processing the raw files using the software I have as most of what's out there is for photoshop.'
Well, I did wonder about this and it would be an expensive white elephant if I bought a scanner and wasn't happy with it. I've mentioned elsewhere that my next plan is to get some extension tubes so I can use my Canon EOS 5D and 40mm prime lens in a similar fashion to the Sony. Whether I get better results from my ancient 5D Mk:1 is another matter.
I use Photoshop 7 to invert the neg image and, if necessary, adjust the histogram before reducing the image size for Flickr or wherever. But Irfanview doesn't do a bad job and it's free.
I don't have a darkroom - yet - so I can only develop with my changing bag, and my second-generation (first digital) image must come from the neg and not a print. We used to have a works club darkroom and I used to do my own printing, but that's long gone. I'm trying to whip up interest amongst the young 'uns at work, who are curious about film and who like the 'retro' look of Spotmatics and whatnot to get another going.