Digital BW, The Print

Tony,

I'd be wary of flatbed dpi claims.  They may have that many receptors, but
the actual sharpness and information is not, in my experience, close to what
a true film scanner will produce.  After all, a lens that can cover 8.5
inches is not going to be able to compete with a lens that is designed to
just cover 2.25 inches, all else being equal.  My Epson 1600 Expression Pro,
for example, captures a reasonably good 800 dpi, but that's about it.  For
MF snapshots and internet photos that's fine, but for display prints it's
not.

For my MF negatives, the Nikon 8000 is the first scanner I've had that comes
close to doing justice to the negatives.  Before that, I'd enlarge my MF
negatives to 8x10 internegatives and then use the Epson 1600 scanner.  While
that combination actually could pull slightly more resolution from a MF
negative, the flare was so much worse that the Nikon 8000 that the Nikon's
overall image was much better.

Paul
http://www.PaulRoark.com
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-----Original Message-----
From: Anton Pickard [mailto:lightworx@...]
Sent: Monday, May 26, 2003 12:09 PM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Digital BW] Scanners for B & W


As I continue to contemplate a good strategy for my existing B & W MF & LF
negatives, and as Clayton Jones wisely suggested I consider a flatbed
scanner to do this with as I learn the process. Can anyone suggest a good
scanner for the purpose? Clayton suggested an Epson 1640SU which I
understand is a 1600dpi scanner. I am seeing that Epson now has a 3200 dpi
scanner. Since I am starting from scratch, I would like to know if others
consider this a good way to go. What problems might I face, or to put it
another way, what alligators live in this swamp?



Many thanks in advance.



Tony



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