by Tim Parkin | Jun 9, 2024 | Testimonial, Transparency
I have been photographing motorsport since the early 1980s primarily using 35mm slide film as well as 120 roll film using a rather cumbersome Pentax 67. When I decided to create a book of my photography it was inevitable that many of my images would come from this...
by Tim Parkin | May 4, 2024 | Testimonial, Transparency
Just upstream from Stockghyll force near Ambleside are a series of falls, including this one. One rainy day I took a Linhof Technika with a Grandagon and some Portra 400 in a 6×9 roll film back, also brought along a Leica M240 with a Summilux. Getting the film...
by Tim Parkin | Feb 17, 2024 | Testimonial, Transparency
I have been shooting slide film for 8 years and I have always used an Epson v850 for my scans. I have always considered the scans from the v850 good/adequate especially when the slide is accurately exposed (not so much when it’s not). I recently sent some slides...
by Tim Parkin | Jan 18, 2024 | Film Type, Testimonial, Transparency
Here is a sample of a scan that was returned to me from an inexperienced scanner operator. He didn’t notice the flaw in the image where one section was out of alignment. This is how I learned the hard way that it’s a waste of time and money to try and save...
by Tim Parkin | Jun 15, 2023 | Testimonial, Transparency
“Dense Kodachromes, in the way many of us used to expose them, are the most difficult of all colour reversals to scan. Shadow detail is very subtle, only just visible under a loupe. Only a drum scanner is even worth considering, and even then, there are...
by Tim Parkin | Apr 29, 2023 | Testimonial, Transparency
“I have used the service at Professional Drum Scanning for some years now, and working with Charlotte and Tim is a dream – they are totally professional, the work is of an excellent quality and is great value for money. When I produced a show for the...
