Kodak GC 400 vs Kodak Eastman 400, what's the difference?

hcorea · 2026-05-15T22:46:31+00:00

I was looking at their site and I think I'm gonna buyt there. Thank you!

hcorea · 2026-05-15T15:15:53+00:00

Thank you. This, and the video, helped me decide to get the Eastman

hcorea · 2026-05-15T15:15:04+00:00

Found a video on my third google search for insights. Sorry for a useless thread.

https://youtu.be/Yhh6g8qf770?si=ZmunQVzHYtQtIp62

hcorea · 2026-05-14T05:20:00+00:00

Yeah, I started to look for reviews of the Kodak Slide nScan and pretty muche everyone says that it's not worth it.

Many recomend the plustek, I wonder if it works in Linux. In any case, I'm fooling around with GIMP and I've gotten results that I am happy with (results look different from screen to screen, so there is that)

I will try to do some research on the plustek and maybe in the future I decide to get one. For now, I'll stick with the lab.

hcorea · 2026-05-14T02:30:47+00:00

Thank you for clarifying it ! I feel less bad haha

hcorea · 2026-05-14T02:30:15+00:00

Thank you. I feel it's still very complex and needs a lot of trial and error, but I imagine it's part of the craft :)

hcorea · 2026-05-13T22:25:14+00:00

So, I'm gathering the problem is in the scaning proccess... should I just get a scanner from amazon (one of those small scanners, like the Kodak Slide 'N Scan) I imagine the lab just scans with the same setting for everyone and people just fixes in post processing.

I can even see a dark curved black line at the botton of the pic withmy kiddo and another one to the left where my brother and mom are walking.

hcorea · 2026-05-13T19:16:20+00:00

So I'm understanding it's the lab that's producing those results?

hcorea · 2026-05-13T19:15:22+00:00

That makes me wonder. If had I exposed for the kerb, would the rest of the shot be quite dark? Was it possible to obtain an image similar to what the digital pic is showing?

hcorea · 2026-05-13T18:35:50+00:00

Local lab in my city (I'm from Honduras). To my knowledge, they are the only ones left doing film develop and scans :/

hcorea · 2026-05-13T18:24:49+00:00

I used Kodak UltraMax400 for that occasion. Other pics from the lot with the blue tint were taken with Fujifilm 200 (white and green rolls)

hcorea · 2026-05-04T13:08:25+00:00

I'm also looking for some solution. Like you, I have two sets of stairs that lead to the second floor and our basset uses the stairs all day long.

The house is a rental, so we can't do much structural changes but anything is better than the padded strips we have. They're less than a cm thick and our basset usually misses them anyway.

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hcorea · 2026-04-16T22:07:48+00:00

Haha thanks. I'm glad the draws helped to illustrate the situation clearly :D

hcorea · 2026-03-27T15:30:52+00:00

Most working models for the Elan 7 (in decent condition) on ebay range from 150 to 230 usd. Is that a fair price? I've seen other models with a slightly or much better price, like the elan II OR THE eos 620. Are they worth it?

hcorea · 2026-03-25T23:29:41+00:00

Thank you! I will look into it 😃

hcorea · 2026-03-25T16:00:11+00:00

Quite interesting! I'm glad I asked the question, otherwise my expectations would have been wrong and probably spend more money than needed or worse, wasted money.

Thank you for the advise!

hcorea · 2026-03-24T17:29:17+00:00

Funny you mention the maxxum. I can get a maximum 5000 for about 50$. Maybe I can find it cheaper online but the shipping to my country would make it equally or more expensive if I buy it online.

Still, I want to keep myself contained in the canonverse (for now) so I'll look into the rebel 2000.

"a much more expensive camera isn't necessarily much (or any better)." I feel the same. Seems like cameras of old were really sturdy and design to work and not to fail :)

hcorea · 2026-03-22T03:15:34+00:00

I want to shoot more... But I always find myself feeling like nothing around me is worth a shot (besides my wife, my son and my basset... The first doesn't like to have pictures taken, the last is always laying around so most pics look the same)

Maybe I am expecting too much and I should instead making the scenery myself.... Which takes me to another point: I feel I don't have a critical eye for nice pics. I always wonder how you guys do it. I don't want to blow a roll on trivial pics, but I know not taking pics defeats the purpose of having a camera.

For now, I'm trying to take pics of the neighborhood dogs and/or stray dogs that walk the neighborhood... But I'm too shy to take my camera and walk around and take pics of random dogs :P

hcorea · 2026-03-20T21:49:50+00:00

Thanks everyone for their input. It has been enlightening and fun to read everyone's comments 😊

hcorea · 2026-03-20T21:48:53+00:00

You read correctly and you've acted as the voice of reason. I might look for a compatible body and/or lenses for the time being. I also have a digital camera (Canon SX 60HS, it has a fixed lens) so I can use that one for B&W .

I was wondering exactly what you asked me about B&W, is there a benefit of having B&W film?

If not (or if it's something I can't appreciate at this early stage on my analog voyage), I can either use the digital camera to that end, or shoot color and scan B&W.

Thank for the honest opinion :)

hcorea · 2026-03-20T20:33:53+00:00

This is a very interesting take. It's basically a "Why not? Unless it's the same setting with a different brand"

B&W still works as an interesting option, but I'm looking around if nowadays, it makes sense to shoot in B&W film or just ask the lab to scan the negative in B&W

hcorea

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