Digital BW, The Print

On 10/10/02 10:36 AM, "Doug I." <doug@...> wrote:

> As long as you respect the inherent limits of the film format and are able
> to get a decent exposure on film, I see no need to ever get a 35mm drum scan
> vs. what you can get with one of the 4000dpi dedicated film scanners and a
> reasonably talented operator. Unless you just have some excess money you
> need to get rid of, in which case feel free to give me a call.... ;-)
> 
> Doug


A drum scan is going to pull more detail out the densest areas of the film
than one of the 4000 dpi dedicated film scanners.  It's also going to have
less noise.  Whether these things are important to your final output or not
is the issue.

Lawrence


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