Digital BW, The Print

On Sun, Aug 1, 2010 at 4:53 PM, Lew Schwartz <lew1716@...> wrote:

>
>
> I recently completed a short class in B&W digital printing. The instructor
> recommended always scanning 35mm negs at 4000 dpi. 4000 is, in fact, the
> max
> listed in VueScan software for my Nikon LS-5000, but other settings are
> allowed. I'd like each scan to be the last I'll ever have to do for a given
> neg, so what are the ins & outs of this choice?
>
> The only negative is the increase in file size.  It's easy to downsize the
image, if needed.  If you scan at a lower res, you could possible need a
higher res scan.  In that case, you'd have to rescan.  Another advantage is
that scanning at the max optical resolution will give you the most detail
and cleanest files that you can get from that negative/scanner combination.


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