New T-Max 400 TMY - Scanning is much improved

Many photographers have said Film is Dead. Well, Kodak didn't get the memo. They have recently released an improved version of their excellent T-Max 400. I picked up a roll and shot it in the New Jersey Botanical Gardens.

Here is an example:


This was shot with a Canon Elan 7NE with the Canon 24-70 f2.8 L zoom lens. Center-weighted averaging metering. Developed with D-76, full strength.

Here is a link to Amazon.com for the Canon 24-70 f2.8 L lens. Check it out!

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM Standard Zoom Lens for Canon SLR Cameras

Although you can't tell from this image, the grain seems finer then T-Max 400, and a lot finer then Tri-x 400. I scanned it on the Nikon Coolscan V ED. This is the easiest scanning film I have come across. It makes me wonder if they made the changed to the film just to improve its scannability. Just awesome!

Check out the info on Kodak's page on the new T-Max 400, pick up a roll and give it a shot. You will love it.

Carbonite On-Line Backups

Looking for an easy way to securely back up your data? Something easy to use? A service that is focused on the needs of the customer? Carbonite is it.

I've been using Carbonite to back up my vital documents and photographs for a year now and have no reservation recommending it to anybody who has photographs or other important documents or files to back up. The service is quite impressive with its ease of use. I first heard about Carbonite from Leo Laporte on one of his TWiT.tv podcasts. Glad I did.

Check out my article on why it is so important to back up your photographs here.

Carbonite uses the Internet to back up your photographs off-site, away from your home. It's basically a small program that runs in the background that monitors your My Documents folder for files to back up as well as any other folder you choose.

When first installed Carbonite will start to upload an encrypted copy of the contents of your My Documents folder to their servers. This may take some time depending on you Internet connection speed, or rather your upload speed. (Upload speed is often much slower then download speed.) When the initial upload is completed it will monitor the My Documents folder for any additions, updates or deletes, reflecting that change with the copy on their servers.

Adding additional folders to your backup is VERY easy. I don't store pictures in the My Documents folder, I store them on a separate hard drive. To back up these pictures all I had to do was open Windows Explorer and navigate to D:\Pics. Right clicking on the folder will open a menu with Carbonite as a option. The Carbonite menu gives an option to either "Back this up" or "Don't back this up". Can't get easier then that, right?

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A great feature of the service is recovering a deleted file. Carbonite keeps a copy of all files deleted from backed up folders for 30 days. This can save people a lot of grief if they accidentally deleted a file. Note: If you right click on a file or folder that is already backed up and select Don't back this up it will be deleted within 72 hours.

Give Carbonite a try. After being a customer for the last year I can recommend them without hesitation.