Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "hflockwood" <hflockwood@...> wrote:
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Harry,

You are not reading what Michael has said.   He said that a higher resolution scan created a file that showed more grain and was softer. We all know the mantra to scan at high res for possible future use, but possibly higher res scans magnify grain.  Has this issue been covered?

Lincoln

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> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@...m, "Michael" <michael3442@> wrote:
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> > I'm back to scanning for a 2nd round of learning and could use some additional perspectives. I'm scanning old 35mm Plus-X negs. and would like them to be as sharp as possible. The question I have is how do I best evaluate - on screen - scans of the same frame made at two different resolutions? While the answer seems to be to view them at "actual pixels" size, when doing a side by side comparison the larger (full optical rez) scan is more "zoomed in" in appearance than the smaller scan and is softer with more grain showing in the sky.
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> Scan at max resolution and keep that as a master for future prints.  Lower resolution will be fine for small prints, but when you want to go larger, you don't want to have to scan yet again.
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> Harry
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