Thanks again, mucho appreciated-o!
bethefly, my camera and lenses weighed in around 6 lbs, and I'm not sure how much my film weighed, but I (embarrassed to admit) carried about 90 rolls of film. Ha ha! Yes, I had some leftover! I bet it would be safe to say my camera gear weight fell snugly in between your little digital point-n-shoot camera and your 4x5 setup! :^D I used to live in Redding, now I'm Rocklin, but I loved it up there! Of course I love summer heat, so it was all good. That's awesome you get to make a living as a fly fishing guide, yaaaa!
sierra_hike, the scanner I use is a Nikon Coolscan IV ED. It's a year or two old and it scans at 2900 dpi, I think the new Coolscans scan at 4000 dpi. I haven't made any prints from my scans yet, but I have no doubt an 8x10 would show no resolution loss, especially if using a fine-grained positive film like Velvia 50, Velvia 100, or Provia 100F. I'm sure I could get even larger than that without any noticeable loss. My online photos are scanned at a low resolution. Thanks again!
If anyone is interested in the Lost Coast, I've been backpacking quite a bit there (already a few times this year, it's a great "winter" getaway if you want a break from the snow!) and I just uploaded some photos from recent trips. Those are at my same Photo.net site in a different folder at:
<a href="http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=295463">Lost Coast pics</a>
