Digital BW, The Print

"William Cobb" <bcphoto@...> writes:

> An Epson 1640 or 2450 with transparency adapter would do for 5x7
> film if the person were willing to do two scans and stitch them
> together in PhotoShop or some other image editor.

The other issue is the dmax the scanner will handle, in combination
with the brightness of the light source.  With my Umax Astra 1220U
plus transparency adapter, I can make scans of 4x5 negs (or 127 roll
film, for that matter), but I don't get that many grey levels resolved
and I tend to lose the highlight detail.  I can make useful prints,
but compared to a *good* scan of the same negatives, it's actually
pretty bad. 
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