Digital BW, The Print

----- Original Message ----- 
  From: David Dyer-Bennet 
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2002 11:30 PM
  Subject: Re: [Digital BW] My wife does not understand me


  "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. 
  -- 
  David Dyer-Bennet, dd-b@...  /  Ghugle: the Fannish Ghod of Queries
  John Dyer-Bennet 1915-2002 Memorial Site http://john.dyer-bennet.net
          Book log: http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/Ouroboros/booknotes/
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  The better quality alternatives would lead to a scanner that was beyond the budget the poster originally stated, but you're right 3.2D isn't going to give one the greatest scan on the planet.



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