Digital BW, The Print

Hello Stephen,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephen Kobrin [mailto:skobrin@...] 
> Sent: Friday, May 23, 2003 4:12 AM
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] help with developing problem
> 
> 
> It is relatively new and not gray market.  It was refrigerated, but 
> there were two rolls and one was out of the refrigerator for two days 
> before I shot it.  I just checked with an 8 power loupe and can 
> barely see the specs...but they are there when I look at a 5X7 (print 
> size) scan, especially when I zoom in at the "fit on screen" level.

I just don't get it:

You barely see it on the negative with a 8x loupe but you can clearly
see it on a 5x7" print. It doesn't make sense to me. 5x7" is rougly 5x
(5.3x exactly) magnification. Logically, the scan - which is only 5x
magnification - should show much less specs than the 8x loupe
inspection. Maybe the problem is more related to the scanning (dirt on
bed or optics) and/or printing workflow/software.

BTW not directly related to your problem but... it is not a good
practice to inspect the print in "fit on screen" zoom. The quick
interpolation algorithm used by PS often shows (actually non-present)
specs and artifacts. It is better to examine it in 100% or "print size"
zoom.

Regards,
Loris.